TP_Silk Posted January 10, 2018 Posted January 10, 2018 By design. It stops when you turn too much or too hard and starts again once you've settled down.
=NVA=SunGirl Posted January 10, 2018 Posted January 10, 2018 If by stopping the OP means that the gyros are being caged. This is perfectly normal and happens when you make high G maneuvers.
Pupo Posted January 10, 2018 Posted January 10, 2018 By design. It stops when you turn too much or too hard and starts again once you've settled down. To clarify, it's by the Game's design, not Plane design. In real life, you would cage the Gyro before doing any hard maneuvers. In the sim, the game will cage it automatically when you start going bananas.
Herne Posted January 10, 2018 Posted January 10, 2018 you have two compasses in the spit, one magnetic and one gyro. I think the magnetic one is low down behind the stick.
216th_Jordan Posted January 10, 2018 Posted January 10, 2018 Its one of those things I'd love keybinds for as the basics are modelled already. This and fuel indicators. (didn't mention tank selectors as they are coming) Its those little things...forgot to cage the compass? Well, forget your orientation for the next minutes! Goes without saying that technochat would also need to be selectable server-side. 2
SCG_Fenris_Wolf Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 In VR, without HUD, that's sometimes an issue. But it's quick to take just a few seconds to see where the sun is. You'll never lose direction again.
1CGS LukeFF Posted January 11, 2018 1CGS Posted January 11, 2018 you have two compasses in the spit, one magnetic and one gyro. I think the magnetic one is low down behind the stick. Correct. The one on the dash is properly known as a directional gyro or a heading indicator.
przybysz86 Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 Ihave question about real life gyro-compass.-I cage it before going rough-I pull Gs and all-I uncage the thing......and now will it get back to correct position after uncaging or is caging just to prevent damage to the device and it does need full recalibration afterwards?
Herne Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 Correct. The one on the dash is properly known as a directional gyro or a heading indicator. Luke do you happen to know why the directional gyro on the p40 doesn't need caging ? I assume it's a gyro, certainly they look similar between the p40 and the spit.
1CGS LukeFF Posted January 11, 2018 1CGS Posted January 11, 2018 Luke do you happen to know why the directional gyro on the p40 doesn't need caging ? I assume it's a gyro, certainly they look similar between the p40 and the spit. Hmm, not sure on that. There's probably some mechanical differences between the two that required the Spitfire's DG to be caged but the P-40's did not.
Wedgewood Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 I've seen in the docs that it simulates the pilot locking the gauge to prevent damage during maneuvers. In real life the pilot would lock the gauge before his maneuvers and unlock when back to level flight.
Herne Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 I've seen in the docs that it simulates the pilot locking the gauge to prevent damage during maneuvers. In real life the pilot would lock the gauge before his maneuvers and unlock when back to level flight. Probably not too high on your priorities, when you are suddenly very defensive, because you have just been bounced by the "Hun in the sun"
CIA_Yankee_ Posted January 11, 2018 Posted January 11, 2018 To be fair, even the magnetic compass on the spit isn't right: the arrow points in the direction of your heading (similar to the HUD compass), instead of to the north. It makes it convenient to use, but isn't quite right.
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