Uriah Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 Here I am riding my trusty Yak and I can't tell how much fuel I have left. When on the ground I can by opening the canopy and sticking my head out to see the gauges on the wings. But while flying about with the canopy closed I can't seem to move in position to see those gauges. I use TrackIR.
Shepherd Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 Raise your head a bit before looking on your wing. It's possible...
HeavyCavalrySgt Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 Yeah, if you move your head up and to the side, you can see them with the canopy closed.
-TBC-AeroAce Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 Yeah, if you move your head up and to the side, you can see them with the canopy closed. Yeah this but I don't like letting allowing head movement in the up down sense too much as sometimes its falls out off aliment just as ur about to take a shot!!!
HeavyCavalrySgt Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) Yeah this but I don't like letting allowing head movement in the up down sense too much as sometimes its falls out off aliment just as ur about to take a shot!!! I think then you would need to open the canopy to get the rail out of the way so you can see the gauges. Edited April 7, 2015 by HeavyCavalrySgt
Uriah Posted April 7, 2015 Author Posted April 7, 2015 Real pilots of course are all different heights. But would most pilots have to some how raise up to see those gauges? And I like the position of the pilots eyes in CLOD. It seems too close to to the instrument panel me in BoS. Not that big of thing.
HeavyCavalrySgt Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Real pilots of course are all different heights. But would most pilots have to some how raise up to see those gauges? And I like the position of the pilots eyes in CLOD. It seems too close to to the instrument panel me in BoS. Not that big of thing. I have no idea. I wonder if we are perpetually ducking to look through the gunsight? I do like to crane my neck to see better during take offs and landings, and I know I must have a very short forehead based on looking back over my shoulder with my head up high, but as you say - a minor issue.
Bearcat Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 You do. realize that you can customize the default front view for each aircraft yes?
216th_Peterla Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 I open the cabin of the Yak to check the fuel, then close it an ready to go. It only takes 2-3 seconds.
HeavyCavalrySgt Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 You do. realize that you can customize the default front view for each aircraft yes? Yep, but being lined up with the gun sight isn't the worst choice.
Finkeren Posted April 7, 2015 Posted April 7, 2015 Real pilots of course are all different heights. But would most pilots have to some how raise up to see those gauges? And I like the position of the pilots eyes in CLOD. It seems too close to to the instrument panel me in BoS. Not that big of thing. In reality it's a very small amount of head movement we're talking about. The Yak canopy is extremely small, barely large enough to fit the pilots head (compare with the LaGG or IL-2 cockpits, where a good portion of the pilots chest and shoulders are out in the canopy) IRL the head movement required to look at the gauges amount to no more than simply craning your neck a little bit and leaning your head to the side. It would require far more straining movement to check your six, which a combat pilot would do far more often than checking fuel gauges. It's only in a sim, where we are used to our view being far more stationary and where it takes as much effort to slightly alter your view angle as it does doing a neck straining six-o'clock check, that it seems like a problem to have gauges just outside the default view.
Potenz Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 The views inside cockpit are set to help those who don't use headtracking all set to align with the ginsight, today i set all my German cockpits views to the real pilots position and the visibility improved very very much
Finkeren Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 The 'ginsight'? Is that the blurry vision you get after downing your seventh shot?
BM357_TinMan Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 You do. realize that you can customize the default front view for each aircraft yes? Which is one the very awesome things about this sim. Don't know about any other plane other than the 109, but imo, the cockpit views in this game are just about the best I've seen....even better than the exceptional ones in DCS
6./ZG26_Emil Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 It's a well known fact that the average height of Russian WW2 pilots was only 5'1". Modeled correctly I say!
cellinsky Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 How do you know the exact rl-eye-position of any of the planes? Would love to have that as close as possible. Im used to lean for aiming with TIR.
Potenz Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 How do you know the exact rl-eye-position of any of the planes? Would love to have that as close as possible. Im used to lean for aiming with TIR. if you have flown a plane in real life, you can get an aproximate idea of which be your position in cockpit, looking at outside views and photos from the era
Sokol1 Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 Is not need adjust custom views, use TrackIR, OiR... or enlisting tally pilots only. To see Yak-1 (or other planes) fuel gauges, just use the default Snap Views keys. Press and hold KP Del + KP 1 (right) or 3 (left): BTW - To see the compass - hidden under gunsight, KP Del + KP2. Releasing the keys the camera POV goes for the previous angle.
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