A-7A radar altimeter

[+Cliff7600]

Hi!

 

This post is about the WOV A-7A cockpit data.

 

As I was practising carrier landing, I saw that the stock A-7A radar altimeter didn't give the right values.

I don't know if the level 08 patch fixes the problem, I'm running a WOE/V 06 install.

After a "really exciting" tuning session, it could be something like that :

 

[RadarAltimeter]

Type=RADAR_ALTIMETER

NodeName=needle_radar_altimeter

MovementType=ROTATION_Y

ValueUnit=FEET

Set[01].Position=0.0

Set[01].Value=0.0

Set[02].Position=30.0

Set[02].Value=50.0

Set[03].Position=60.0

Set[03].Value=100.0

Set[04].Position=90.0

Set[04].Value=150.0

Set[05].Position=120.0

Set[05].Value=200.0

Set[06].Position=129.0

Set[06].Value=300.0

Set[07].Position=145.0

Set[07].Value=500.0

Set[08].Position=180.0

Set[08].Value=1000.0

Set[09].Position=219.0

Set[09].Value=2000.0

Set[10].Position=270.0

Set[10].Value=5000.0

 

It could be better with the 10,000 and 20,000 ft values, but I don't think it's very necessary...

 

If you got more accurates data, feel free to correct.

 

Thanks for reading :)

 

Cliff

 

 

 

[+Cliff7600]

In fact, there's many planes that really deserve a little radar altimeter calibration.

This time it's the F-4B (Stock ThirdWire)

 

For the F-4B cockpit :

 

[RadarAltimeter]

Type=RADAR_ALTIMETER

NodeName=needle_radalt

MovementType=ROTATION_Z

ValueUnit=FEET

Set[01].Position=0.0

Set[01].Value=0.0

Set[02].Position=37.0

Set[02].Value=50.0

Set[03].Position=71.0

Set[03].Value=100.0

Set[04].Position=100.0

Set[04].Value=150.0

Set[05].Position=120.0

Set[05].Value=200.0

Set[06].Position=150.0

Set[06].Value=300.0

Set[07].Position=180.0

Set[07].Value=500.0

Set[08].Position=231.0

Set[08].Value=1000.0

Set[09].Position=255.0

Set[09].Value=1500.0

Set[10].Position=267.0

Set[10].Value=2000.0

Set[11].Position=297.0

Set[11].Value=3000.0

Set[12].Position=327.0

Set[12].Value=5000.0

 

It's useless if you like the game HUD, but I like it better this way

[+sony tuckson]

no need to worry about the 10000 and higher figures....radar altimeter usually don't work higher than 5000 feet AGL

[+Cliff7600]

Hi :)

 

For the F-4J Cockpit

 

[RadarAltimeter]

Type=RADAR_ALTIMETER

NodeName=needle_radalt

MovementType=ROTATION_Z

ValueUnit=FEET

Set[01].Position=0.0

Set[01].Value=0.0

Set[02].Position=37.0

Set[02].Value=50.0

Set[03].Position=71.0

Set[03].Value=100.0

Set[04].Position=97.0

Set[04].Value=150.0

Set[05].Position=117.0

Set[05].Value=200.0

Set[06].Position=149.0

Set[06].Value=300.0

Set[07].Position=170.0

Set[07].Value=400.0

Set[08].Position=201.0

Set[08].Value=600.0

Set[09].Position=233.0

Set[09].Value=1000.0

Set[10].Position=255.0

Set[10].Value=1500.0

Set[11].Position=269.0

Set[11].Value=2000.0

Set[12].Position=298.0

Set[12].Value=3000.0

Set[13].Position=330.0

Set[13].Value=5000.0

 

See ya...