April 22, 201313 yr I like using the stock ATC with FSX and have a question regarding an altimeter reading that is mentioned after connecting with a new contact. Example = "United 209, Mansfield Approach, roger, Altimeter 3006." That reading of 3006 seems to be used quite a bit and I don't understand what it's referring to as it certainly isn't where I'm at. It seems to be the same coming from other locations as well. Thanks Was born on the Northcoast, where they coined the phrase that they still call Rock-n-Roll! Mitch Collins
April 22, 201313 yr http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/publications/directline/dl9_low.htm Jim Driscoll, MSI Raider GE76 12UHS-607 17.3" Gaming Laptop Computer - Blue Intel Core i9 12th Gen 12900HK 1.8GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 16GB GDDR6; 64GB DDR5-4800 RAM; Dual M2 2TB Solid State Drives.Driving a Sony KD-50X75, and KDL-48R470B @ 4k 3724x2094,MSFS 2020, 30 FPS on Ultra Settings. Jorg/Asobo: “Weather is a core part of our simulator, and we will strive to make it as accurate as possible.”Also Jorg/Asobo: “We are going to limit the weather API to rain intensity only.”
April 22, 201313 yr Commercial Member the weather system you are using sets the bar Steve Waite: Engineer at codelegend.com
April 22, 201313 yr The number is barometric pressure, so 3006 is 30.06 inches mercury. You use this information to correct your altimeter. My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
April 22, 201313 yr The number is barometric pressure, so 3006 is 30.06 inches mercury. You use this information to correct your altimeter. ... which boils down to the fact that it's neither an altitude nor a flight level. ATC is wanting you to dial this number in as your pressure setting. Easiest way to do that is hitting "b" on your keyboard. With the correct pressure setting, your altitude reads correct, too. What happened to AVSIM
April 22, 201313 yr If you are using FSX weather verify that you have real world weather with 15 min updates in effect If you are flying on a server like VATME or VATSIM verify you have that server's weather active - if not, you may experience descrepancies between your weather (including altimiter) and everyone else's weather. Pull up the sectional or high altitude chart from the nearest facility at http://skyvector.com/airports - there will be little blue and green 'pins' in the map - hover your mouse pointer over the one you want and you can read the METAR for that facility and verify you are getting current information (expect some variation due to timing but unless conditions are changing rapidly things should be fairly close). Remember - if you are at or above FL180 (Class A airspace) your altimiter should be at standard pressure - 29.92 in Hg. All flights in Class A airspace use pressure altitude, not actual altitude. Dan Legacy Virtual Airline Legacy Aviation Knowledge Academy Windows 10, i7 3770 3.9 GHz, 16 GB DDR3 RAM, NVIDIA 1070 ti, 42" 1080p widescreen / P3D v5, P3D v4, FSX with Acceleration, FSX-SE / TrackIR-5
April 22, 201313 yr Author OK, now I understand. The basics at least. Now it makes sense. Thanks for the information. Was born on the Northcoast, where they coined the phrase that they still call Rock-n-Roll! Mitch Collins
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