Are Q-Calls fixed?

[mooshim]

Frankly, I'm too much of a newb to verify this myself. :(

 

Wonder if a pilot could give some indication of this.

 

Many thanks.

 

Moosh

 

Not for nothing but... "--Oi Vey, the patch is Oisgeshtrozelt..."--as my Jewish Gradmother, would say, if I had one, God rest her soul.

[Kaiza]

What exactly do you mean by Q calls? Do you mean QNH/QFE? If so check the thread a couple down, altimeter settings are still given in QFE.

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=75040

[Frostiken]

Q-calls are what ATC tells you for whatever Q-code you get. Being told the QFE is a Q-call.

 

He wants to know if they're fixed, ie: in 1.1.0.7 you'd be told ridiculous things like 'QFE 3320'.

 

I don't know if they are, but that thread seems to suggest that they are.

[Kaiza]

Weird, never heard them called that.

[Frostiken]

It's actually referred to in the manual in a couple places, but never explains what it is.

[mooshim]

Thanks!

[spec10]

Q-calls are what ATC tells you for whatever Q-code you get. Being told the QFE is a Q-call.

 

He wants to know if they're fixed, ie: in 1.1.0.7 you'd be told ridiculous things like 'QFE 3320'.

 

I don't know if they are, but that thread seems to suggest that they are.

 

Hehe the highest QFE ever measured is 3206 (32.06 inHg / 1085.7 hPa). I guess the DCS world works a little bit different :)

[bluepilot76]

Yes QFE calls appear to be fixed now, checked it last night in first campaign/first mission. Thanks ED!

[VirusAM]

yes, it has been fixed, but i'd prefer to use QNH as in real life i use this, someone knows how to convert QFE in QNH please?

[bluepilot76]

Yes its easy>

 

rule of thumb> 1mb=30 feet.

 

if you know the altitude of your airfield, divide it by 30 and add the resulting number of millibars onto your QFE value.