Is there an altimeter in the Alb. DIII?

[rwmarth]

I'm not finding it anywhere in the cockpit. And the airspeed indicator's location defies me as well, if there are those in the cockpit.

[rwmarth]

Thanks, at least I know I wasn't staring right at the instruments and didn't realize it!

[77Scout]

Altimeter is "look at the ground and see how high you are"

Airspeed is "look at the ground and see how fast you are going"

 

Yep, it's that simple (grin).

[Bullethead]

Altimeter is "look at the ground and see how high you are"

Airspeed is "look at the ground and see how fast you are going"

 

If I progress far enough in building a plane to have a virtual cockpit, there's going to be a sign in the cockpit that says exactly that. That sounds way easier than making a working altimeter that goes from "counting leaves" to "seeing Earth's curvature", which was my original plan

[+Polovski]

German cockpits were generally as a rule sparse. RPM to make sure your engine is working, and fuel gauge, compass maybe was about it. Some later allied cockpits were extremely detailed (SPAD's like a mantle piece over the fire with all your brass on display ;), Bristol F2B, Se5a etc).

 

There's always the override F5 "HUD" dials or press Z for info.

[Bullethead]

German cockpits were generally as a rule sparse. RPM to make sure your engine is working, and fuel gauge, compass maybe was about it.

 

 

Well, the D.VII does have an artificial horizon of a sort .

 

BTW, IIRC, the reason the tach was right there in front of your face was so you'd check it before firing your guns. The synchronizer or interruptor or whatever it was only worked properly within a certain band of RPMs. If you fired while outside that RPM band, you might shoot your prop off.

[Olham]

My DFW C.V has an altimeter - my Albatros not.

[+Polovski]

Indeed some craft had extra instruments, but generally most German craft did not have much. We tried to model what you would typically find after researching.

One good instrument is the Mark I eyeball. Aim it at the big green thing - getting closer = bad generally in flight ;).

[Olham]

I think you got it right, Pol.

Such instruments may have been expensive and valuable then,

A bomber or observer craft needs to make sure that they get to a certain altitude, and they flewso high,

that they actually had to be careful about oxygen.

A scout like the Albatros had no real reason for an altimeter.