Radio / Radar Height
Posted: 14 Jan 2020, 00:01
Hello There,
I'm new to these forums, and fairly new to flight simuations too, so please bear with me and try to repsond using as little jargon as possible. Thank you.
I use p3dv4 and have a number of saitek / logitechg panels. I have 2 radio panels.
I use spad.next to control the data input to these panels and for the most part they work really well and perform as expected.
However, I have a problem which I can't seem to work out, and was wondering whether you Guy's could help perhaps?
I am trying to set up the top right display on my lower radio panel to display the radio/radar height of my aircraft. (Aircraft in question is a Piper Saratoga from Just Flight)
I have used the spad.next program to program the radio panel as in the picture. I used the display RADIO HEIGHT option.
When I save and restart spad.next, and my aircraft is on the ground, the display gives a value of 4.0
I assume this is correct. See picture.
All, therefore looks well. However, I have noticed that once I take off the guage seems to be unable to "keep up" with my height. The numbers indeed increase but at a slower rate than those shown on the altimeter.
Also, more bizarrely, is that when I land the guage values are clearly wrong. As in the picture. I am on the ground so the value should be 4, but it clearly isn't. It is showing a reading of 359.8 (although you can't see if from the photo - the value is reducing down, but should already be at 4.0)
If I sit on ground and wait the guage eventually drops to a value of 4, but it is my understnading that the radio/radar height should be an instantaneous reading?
Interestingly, if I pause the simulation all the other readouts pause (as you would expect). However, the radio/radar height readout continues to climb or decent even with P3Dv4 paused. I can upload video of this if required.
I expect I am doing something wrong and would be grateful for any suggestions or comments please.
Many thanks in advance.
Hussman
I'm new to these forums, and fairly new to flight simuations too, so please bear with me and try to repsond using as little jargon as possible. Thank you.
I use p3dv4 and have a number of saitek / logitechg panels. I have 2 radio panels.
I use spad.next to control the data input to these panels and for the most part they work really well and perform as expected.
However, I have a problem which I can't seem to work out, and was wondering whether you Guy's could help perhaps?
I am trying to set up the top right display on my lower radio panel to display the radio/radar height of my aircraft. (Aircraft in question is a Piper Saratoga from Just Flight)
I have used the spad.next program to program the radio panel as in the picture. I used the display RADIO HEIGHT option.
When I save and restart spad.next, and my aircraft is on the ground, the display gives a value of 4.0
I assume this is correct. See picture.
All, therefore looks well. However, I have noticed that once I take off the guage seems to be unable to "keep up" with my height. The numbers indeed increase but at a slower rate than those shown on the altimeter.
Also, more bizarrely, is that when I land the guage values are clearly wrong. As in the picture. I am on the ground so the value should be 4, but it clearly isn't. It is showing a reading of 359.8 (although you can't see if from the photo - the value is reducing down, but should already be at 4.0)
If I sit on ground and wait the guage eventually drops to a value of 4, but it is my understnading that the radio/radar height should be an instantaneous reading?
Interestingly, if I pause the simulation all the other readouts pause (as you would expect). However, the radio/radar height readout continues to climb or decent even with P3Dv4 paused. I can upload video of this if required.
I expect I am doing something wrong and would be grateful for any suggestions or comments please.
Many thanks in advance.
Hussman