Robert Vanderkam Posted October 31, 2006 at 01:35 AM Posted October 31, 2006 at 01:35 AM I'm used to pressing B to set my altimeter, but in VATSIM, I am supposed to make it a certain number. Do I still press B? I have been, but I thought I'd have to adjust it manually because I don't see how the auto set key can be matched with the online pressure. Thanks Rob Vanderkam Canadian Virtual Airlines (CVA) - in operation since 1997 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul O'Donnell 969350 Posted October 31, 2006 at 01:46 AM Posted October 31, 2006 at 01:46 AM I'm not too sure on this myself, but I think pressing 'B' works for the majority of the time. I usually press B, but have no gone for the manual changing now, since I started being a little more realistic with my flying. I had to change the international settings in order to have it (QNH) displayed in millibars rather than inches of mercury settings. The best way to check if pressing 'B' works to set it, would be to load up your aircraft, load up to VATSIM then check the weather with ".metar xxxx (ICAO)", check what the QNH/altimeter settings are and then see what it gives you when you press 'B'. 1013 millibars equals to 29.92 inches of mercury (usually the setting for above the transition level) Regards, Paul O'Donnell SINvACC - INS/CTR+ www.sinvacc.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Chou 980766 Posted October 31, 2006 at 02:18 AM Posted October 31, 2006 at 02:18 AM MSFS doesn't let you dial in the altimeter? What happens if you press "B" when you are above transition level, and you want to set it to "standard" pressures? (I'm an X-plane user, so I have to dial the altimeter setting manually all the time.) Running X-plane in Windows XP on a MacIntel... Why do things the easy way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul O'Donnell 969350 Posted October 31, 2006 at 02:34 AM Posted October 31, 2006 at 02:34 AM MSFS doesn't let you dial in the altimeter? MSFS does let you enter the altimeter manually. There's a knob at the bottom of the altimeter gauge to turn, in order to set it. from another thread: If a controller tells you "Altimiter something something something something" you set the number he sais (something something something something) in the window which I'v marked with a green circle. If it's QNH then you set it in the red circle... Some aircraft only have the right side one (Altimeter, no QNH) others have both no calculation or anything, just simply by rote - put the number he said in the equivelent area. Usually there will be a nob to change this, in this case you can see a grey nob on the bottom left of the altimiter itself marked "BARO". That'd be the one to move around untill the numbers matched what you were told the Altimeter/QNH is Regards, Paul O'Donnell SINvACC - INS/CTR+ www.sinvacc.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Vanderkam Posted October 31, 2006 at 02:47 AM Author Posted October 31, 2006 at 02:47 AM Yes, there is a calibration knobby! Thanks! Rob Vanderkam Canadian Virtual Airlines (CVA) - in operation since 1997 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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