Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: gyk99 on September 18, 2008, 01:55:01 PM
-
Anyone know the units the airspeed indicator in the new Niki is? Value are too small to be MPH, KPH or knots. Though it should be in know.
-
Nevermind. This appears to be a programming error. I think the programmer accidently multiplied by 0.6 instead of dividing by 0.6 to determine KPH for the gauge to display.
-
I think the programmer accidently multiplied by 0.6 instead of dividing by 0.6 to determine KPH for the gauge to display.
I doubt that explanation is correct, because in AH all planes show MPH, regardless of nationality of origin. Has always been that way. No gauge ever showed KPH.
-
I am going by the assumption that they were replicating the NiKi more realistically that maybe than it was. Regardless, the gauge reads a factor of 0.6 off from the speed shown on E2B.
-
yea I have no idea what units the Niki airspeed indicator is in.
-
The difference between the speedometer readings before 2.13 and after are very noticeable. On take-off before 2.13, my landing gear would start to creak at about 145-150 mph; after 2.13 the creaking starts at about 100 mph. Climb-out speed before 2.13 was about 160mph; after 2.13 it reads out at 90-100 mph. In the AH Training Squad classes conducted by Rolex last summer, he said, as I recall, that the minimum speed needed to execute a vertical maneuver such as an Immelman is typically around 240 mph. That was true of my vertical maneuvers in a Niki before 2.13. Post-2.13, the minimum speed is around 170-180. It seems reasonable to conclude from the striking difference between the pre- and post-2.13 speedometer readings that they can't both be correct. I don't claim any expertise in these matters, but if I was forced to guess whether the pre- or the post- is correct, I'd have to go with the pre-. If we are stuck with the speedometer settings as they currently are, then I guess we'll just have to get used to it.
Kingbird
-
The difference between the speedometer readings before 2.13 and after are very noticeable. On take-off before 2.13, my landing gear would start to creak at about 145-150 mph; after 2.13 the creaking starts at about 100 mph. Climb-out speed before 2.13 was about 160mph; after 2.13 it reads out at 90-100 mph. In the AH Training Squad classes conducted by Rolex last summer, he said, as I recall, that the minimum speed needed to execute a vertical maneuver such as an Immelman is typically around 240 mph. That was true of my vertical maneuvers in a Niki before 2.13. Post-2.13, the minimum speed is around 170-180. It seems reasonable to conclude from the striking difference between the pre- and post-2.13 speedometer readings that they can't both be correct. I don't claim any expertise in these matters, but if I was forced to guess whether the pre- or the post- is correct, I'd have to go with the pre-. If we are stuck with the speedometer settings as they currently are, then I guess we'll just have to get used to it.
Kingbird
HTC has noted that the airspeed indicator is off and it will be fixed in the next patch.
-
The Niki also needs an update to the E6B as the max cruise, normal and, military powers no long sync with the gauges. Just throwing that out there.
-
i think it's in Nautical KNTS but in metric too, lol .. aren't they 1.8km i do a rough 1.8 estimate on the gauges, then it's close enough to the mph listed on eb6's IAS/TAS readings.
-
1.852m in a nautical mile...from memory