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reading AI airspeed

Post by aerogator »

Hey guys, When I use the Shift/Z function to view ai parameters, the airspeed show as '0'. Should it show the airspeed of the a/c? And if so, how do I activate that feature? If not, is there a way to view the airspeed of a AI aircraft. It would be particularly useful when setting flap deployments. :)

Thanks,
ronniegj

Post by ronniegj »

If you are talking about monitoring the ai in flight and wanting to be able to track the airspeed, try using Traffic View Board. It will give a constantly updated speed (IAS and TAS). Hope that is helpful.

Ron
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Re: reading AI airspeed

Post by mikewmac »

aerogator wrote:Hey guys, When I use the Shift/Z function to view ai parameters, the airspeed show as '0'. Should it show the airspeed of the a/c? And if so, how do I activate that feature? If not, is there a way to view the airspeed of a AI aircraft. It would be particularly useful when setting flap deployments. :)

Thanks,
Jake,

The airspeed at the top of the FS9 window activated by Shift/Z will read 0 KIAS when you are following an AI with Traffic View Board (TVB) since the invisible user aircraft that TVB superimposes into the AI is actually traveling at 0 KIAS. :(

Fortunately, as Ron indicates, you can use the TVB window itself to switch to a Flight Information window for the AI that you are following that gives you KIAS, KTAS, Hdg, Alt, FS9 time and other useful flight information. :)

Mike
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Post by aerogator »

Well, I guess I should have realized that the a/c the sim is reading in TVB would have o airspeed :oops: . But now I'm looking at fs using TVB and see no option for airspeed. What am I missing? I can't find any readme that might have come with the program.
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Post by mikewmac »

aerogator wrote:Well, I guess I should have realized that the a/c the sim is reading in TVB would have o airspeed :oops: . But now I'm looking at fs using TVB and see no option for airspeed. What am I missing? I can't find any readme that might have come with the program.
Jake,

On the Traffic View Board window on the same line as your selected AI there is a little arrow under the word In. Click on this arrow and it will open the Flight Information window that has all the AI flight data.

Mike
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