Metric

[Vraciu]

Just before this thread goes off on a tangent. I don't think it's important who used Metric but who's using it now. I'm just reporting what I was told. Imperial is unfamiliar and offputting and gave the impression that AH was only for American and British players.

It'd be a small concession to add alt and speed to the HUD in Metres and Km/h respectively. As Lusche said, icon range is close enough.

Generally speaking, aviation doesn't use metric as primary.  There are exceptions like altitude in meters (Russia, China)...and others where only visibility/RVR/ceiling in Met reports is in meters (UK, Nigeria) but most use feet and knots. 

[Ciaphas]

In the end they are just numbers, I know that if a take off speed says 120 than regardless of the unit of measurement the magic number is 120. With all of the information that is visually presented in the game HUD it should be easy to say that two items are identical regardless of the unit of measure.


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[nrshida]

Generally speaking, aviation doesn't use metric as primary.  There are exceptions like altitude in meters (Russia, China)...and others where only visibility/RVR/ceiling in Met reports is in meters (UK, Nigeria) but most use feet and knots.

Aha! Why does AH uses m.p.h. not knots? I'm thinking because it's more familiar to non-flyers from driving cars etc. But not if you drive on Autobahns, Autoroutes or Expressways 

I'm just trying to pass on initial objections new players make which they find off-putting. I do meet a lot of new European players in the MPA in my daytime. Depressingly you invariably see them once only hence this kind of post.

Had a fellow the other day using an X-box controller. He was doing alright.

[Oldman731]

Aha! Why does AH uses m.p.h. not knots?

Up until the 1950s or 1960s, we used mph on aeroplanes, not knots.  Beechcraft I occasionally fly has one of those speed indicators that has both knots and mph, like cars used to have in the 1970s.

- oldman

[RODBUSTR]

           Namaste.  Brit planes did not use Metric flight instruments did They.  German planes did.  Now The new players have a reason  to study a part of history  new to Them.  A benefit Aces High has for some that subscribe to a game like This is to pique an interest in a vital part of world history. and engineering.