Author Topic: Blind spots (Read 608 times)

Coshy · « **on:** February 11, 2007, 05:07:11 PM »

I recently had a session with one of the trainers and learned I had a problem with my views. I thought I had them set up fairly well, however it turns out I had a couple blind spots, mainly between the look up and look left/right views.

This got me to thinking, how would a person know if they had blind spots before they took to the air.

I think it would be helpful to have the ability to set up your views in the offline mode so you know where blind spots are, and where you may have to adjust your settings to cover 180 degrees around your plane.

I had this in mind ...

Show the plane on the runway with a 'bubble' centered around the selected plane, shaded red, availiable in F3 mode. By using your views (hat switches, buttons, etc) areas of the bubble would turn blue as they came into view from the pilots position. Once all the views availiable were selected, we could hit F3 for the outside view, see where the red areas are, and return to the cockpit to make fine adjustments. This would just be used to set your views so that you had a true 180 degree field of view. The views would have to be further fine tued to deal with things like braces, struts, bars, rivets, headrests etc.

cav58d · « **Reply #1 on:** February 11, 2007, 10:57:52 PM »

With all due respect, this will never happen. Never.

Ghosth · « **Reply #2 on:** February 12, 2007, 07:51:19 AM »

http://trainers.hitechcreations.com/files/murdr/hpsfiles.zip

Download Murdr's head position files.

Although I don't know if he has a good set for the Val.

Odee · « **Reply #3 on:** February 15, 2007, 09:28:15 AM »

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Originally posted by cav58d
With all due respect, this will never happen. Never.

I concur with Cav on this, simply because you can check your blind spots in offline mode already, and any changes you make per plane already carries over to online mode.

Simply use the arrow and up/down page keys, then lock the view with F10. You'll still have blind spots, but they'll be minimal.

wrag · « **Reply #4 on:** February 15, 2007, 01:10:24 PM »

Hmm how about telling every one BEFORE they set up this.......

Look at your keyboard keypad and hat switch on your flight controls.

There are 17 views possible/enabled in AHII when using an 8 way hat switch. Before flyin in AHII these views should be set up/adjusted by pressing and holding the view and using the arrow keys and pageup, pagedown keys until the view desired is obtained, then press the f10 key before releasing the view.

8 level, 8 upward, 1 straight up.

8 level using the hat switch or keypad ....

front = 8

front right = 9

right = 6

right rear = 3

rear = 2

left rear = 1

left = 4

front left = 7

upward views are obtianed by pressing the straight up view "5" key and any of the other keypad views.

tedrbr · « **Reply #5 on:** February 15, 2007, 02:00:43 PM »

And if you are still unable to set up views, time to invest in IRTracker.... it's your last hope.

Odee · « **Reply #6 on:** February 15, 2007, 04:12:35 PM »

Sorry guys, I presumed he knew how to use the hat to get to the views he wants to modify... Thanks ever so much for clarifying my error

wrag · « **Reply #7 on:** February 15, 2007, 05:38:51 PM »

OK

BUT

GOTTA charge yas a $.025!!!!!!!!!!!

Odee · « **Reply #8 on:** February 16, 2007, 03:49:13 AM »

Got change for a Washintong dollar?

TexInVa · « **Reply #9 on:** February 16, 2007, 04:45:47 AM »

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Originally posted by wrag
GOTTA charge yas a $.025!!!!!!!!!!!

Two and a half cents? What did I do with my tin snips.....?

Odee · « **Reply #10 on:** February 16, 2007, 05:43:30 AM »

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Originally posted by TexInVa
Two and a half cents? What did I do with my tin snips.....?

*Hands Tex back his tin snips*

Thanks for the loan, sir

oh, BTW... what times, arena you flying in? Would be nice to have someone in the same state to fly with.