Radio homing and contact altimeter in Bf 110 G

[SCG_motoadve]

How does radio homing works? 

Also the panel has a regular altimeter, and a contact altimeter, what is the contact altimeter?

[JimTM]

Re. radio homing:

 

  - Mission builders may place radio beacons (NDBs or Non-Directional Beacons) for each side at various locations on the map (usually, but not necessarily, on airfields).

 

  - The radio homing receiver in the cockpit detects the nearest friendly beacon.

 

  - The vertical needle on your homing indicator indicates the direction of the beacon. Keep the needle centered by flying towards it as follows:

     - If the needle goes right, fly right until it centers again

     - If the needle goes left, fly left until it centers again

 

  - The horizontal needle indicates range from the beacon. I believe the top mark is 0km, middle mark is 30km, and lower mark is 60km. 

[Yogiflight]

 

 

- The horizontal needle indicates range from the beacon. I believe the top mark is 0km, middle mark is 30km, and lower mark is 60km.

But IIRC, this one doesn't work in game.

[LukeFF]

 

 

Also the panel has a regular altimeter, and a contact altimeter, what is the contact altimeter?

 

 

That's a coarse altimeter, not a contact.

[Plurp]

You can also go to the gunner seat and turn around to the front.  There is a magnetic compass that has a P/S needle to fly to a beacon or from a beacon.  Line up the nose of the aircraft in the compass and the P needle to fly to a beacon.  Same that is on the 88 and 111.  The Ju-52 OBS dial serves the same function.

[Plurp]

More nav beacon info:

 

All planes that have the capability, the distance to beacon part of the gauges work as intended.  All seem to cut out around 90-95 km away from the beacon.

 

German:

 

110 E-2:  AFN-1:  Distance is 0-25-50-75-100:  Has Mag compass in gunner seat with P/S needle

110 G-2:  AFN-2:  Distance is 20-50-100:                                    "

 

111 H-6/16:  AFN-2:  P/S needle

 

Ju-88:  AFN-1:  P/S needle

 

Hs 129/Ju-87/FW A-5:  AFN-2:  Hs 129 if added

 

Ju-52:  AFN-1:  OBS Dial:  Shows course heading to beacon:  Kompass indicator:  Line up the needle to center mark to fly towards a beacon.

 

Soviet:

 

Pe-2-35:  RPK (if added)  Gunner seat:  OBS dial that shows the bearing from the plane to beacon  (i.e. 0 deg to fly towards a beacon, 180 to fly away)  Distance meter:  (Left of clock) 7=0, 4=50 km, 1=90 km.

Pe-2-87:  RPK:  OBS dial and distance meter.

 

IL2-43:  RPK

 

La-5:  RPK  (if added)

 

Yak-1/Yak-1b  RPK (if added)

Edited December 31, 2017 by Plurp