pipyn1970 19 Posted December 9, 2014 Hi guys, ive been searching the Internet but haven't found what I'm looking for so I decided to ask here. I find using a HUD in the ghosthawk to cluttered & as I like the look of the cockpit I was wondering if anyone knew what all the dials meant & if they really worked? Is it possible to get all the info from these dials to keep the ghosthawk flying without using a HUD? could someone upload pics of the dials showing what the are used for? Many thanks in advance Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fathersarge 46 Posted December 11, 2014 I was going to upload a pic and make it all pretty but it's not worth the effort right now because while some of the instruments work, even less are accurate, so I'll just go from left to right, top to bottom. So the left screen is pretty self explanatory. The very top is your compass which works though not extremely accurately. Below that is your attitude indicator. This tells you the orientation of your ship in relation to the level plane (the line that acts as your artificial horizon) the bar on your right with the little arrow that moves up and down is a visual representation of your VSI (vertical speed indicator) the accuracy of this representation is dubious. The line at the bottom with the too small perpendicular lines in the center and the little ball is your slip ball or slip indicator. This lets you know if you are flying straight essentially or drifting to one side. This doesn't work on the ghosthawk. The other instruments on that side include an altitude reading and IAS (indicated airspeed) readout. This are non functioning as well. Jumping to the right screen, this is were a few more things work but still not enough. Real quick, the right side of that screen is oil pressure, temp and fuel for each of the hawks engines. I don't think these function. At the top you have Engine power(torque) and Rotor RPM, these are non functioning. You will also see instruments for IAS (this one is functioning and accurate), VSI(also functioning and accurate) and altitude (functioning but completely inaccurate) To fly with SFM, all you'd really need is functioning and accurate IAS, altitude and fuel. For AFM, all that plus accurate and functional engine power and rotor rpm indicators as well as most of the other instruments (functioning and accurate) minus probably the temps and pressures. Though I personally would enjoy that as a way to assess if your engine is damaged. That would be a nice touch. tl;dr... You can fly without a HUD but only because this is a game, don't trust those instrument panels and get this mod instead because all Arma 3 pilots should be using it. http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?181029-Helmet-Mounted-Displays-MOD Hope this helps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
