A vario tone for g forces

[Vraciu]

What they did have was being able to feel the buffet/how the airplane was reacting to the airflow.  Very, very useful indication of what is going on.

This. 

As for hearing, I landed once with a failed hydraulic system #1 in Phoenix.   I was almost at a dead stop before I realized my F/O was yelling at me that I was still in reverse.   (We go idle at 60 and stowed at 40.)  The howl of the air screeching backwards over the cockpit was the first thing I heard, that’s how focused I was on making sure I got the sucker stopped.   

Your hearing is the first thing that your brain shuts off under stress in my experience.   FWIW. 

[Puma44]

What they did have was being able to feel the buffet/how the airplane was reacting to the airflow.  Very, very useful indication of what is going on.

True, the basics of flight:  pebbles, rocks, and boulders before the stall.

[lunaticfringe]

you have a G-guage on the screen why do you need a tone?

[Wiley]

you have a G-guage on the screen why do you need a tone?

Because it's better to have something you don't need to look at while you're trying to keep an eye on bandits.

Wiley.

[FLS]

The other advantage is you can play tunes by stick stirring.   

[Shuffler]

The other advantage is you can play tunes by stick stirring.   

Like a country ho down

[Wiley]

The other advantage is you can play tunes by stick stirring.   

LOL first thing I'd try is the theremin part of the Star Trek theme.

Wiley.

[BuckShot]

LOL first thing I'd try is the theremin part of the Star Trek theme.

Wiley.

 ...and Dr. Who!

[Chalenge]

No. They didn't have HUDs, pitch ladders, or digits floating in space either.

No, but if it is sound related it could be physical strain like any fighter pilot would make in reality. Just another environment variable really.

[pembquist]

you have a G-guage on the screen why do you need a tone?

Need is a strong word.

There is a big difference between an aural signal and a screen display. You could say "you have an airspeed indicator on the screen why do you do you need wind sound effects?" While we have a G-meter the important way that G forces are represented to us is the blackout tunnel, the red out and airframe creaking. All of these begin at higher G forces. I would like to see what it would be like to use an aural signal to give an instant feedback on what the G forces are. Forces that in real life would be quite apparent without reference to cockpit instruments. The vario is a real instrument that works extremely well so I think just copying it's tone for this purpose might work well. I imagine this feature would not be everybody's cup of tea just as stall preventer, tracers, reflections etc. etc are not so it is an opt in feature and not a default.

[FLS]

You can put the g meter HUD in the center of your view so you don't have to look at your instruments and you can use it in aircraft without accelerometers so we do have some options already. The meter is more precise than a tone for those occasions when you want to know your radial g.

[pembquist]

There is a big difference between an aural signal and a screen display. I would like to see what it would be like to use an aural signal to give an instant feedback on what the G forces are.

[FLS]

I understand the wish I just don't see a vario tone being easily informative if you don't have perfect pitch.

One beep for each g up to 5g would be easier to keep track of. 

However, you really already know if you can ease up in a turn or you have to turn harder, the bandit is telling you that by their position.

[Rebel28]

The game at one time had a creaking noise of wing stress as you pulled G’s. It would start out low and get louder as you pulled more G’s up to the point your wings would depart the plane. This has been gone for quite a while.

[Wiley]

The game at one time had a creaking noise of wing stress as you pulled G’s. It would start out low and get louder as you pulled more G’s up to the point your wings would depart the plane. This has been gone for quite a while.

  My wings creak as I get close to G limit on the plane.

Wiley.