QFE/AGL does't work in Voghrera airport (Arc Alipn 2)

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I-FOXY
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QFE/AGL does't work in Voghrera airport (Arc Alipn 2)

Post by I-FOXY » Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:46 am

Dar All,

I have recently change my fly club in real life, and in the new one the standard procedure is use the QFE, instead on QNH.

I try to simulate this situation in Condor 2, making the proper setting in the panel, but it seems not working: the altimeter continue to show the QNH.

I try with an ASK 21 and a DG 101 and it do not work properly on both gliders.

The airport is Voghera and the landscape is Arc Alpin 2 (AA2) last version.

I try the same in other airports (i.e. Alzate, same landscape AA2) and it works correctly.

Any idea to fix it?

Thanks and all the best.

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Re: QFE/AGL does't work in Voghrera airport (Arc Alipn 2)

Post by JShieck » Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:34 pm

Try to use
Altimeter up____________EQUALS____Decrease altimeter pressure
Altimeter down_________MINUS_____Increase altimeter pressure
before take off when in flight to set altimeter to zero.

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Re: QFE/AGL does't work in Voghrera airport (Arc Alipn 2)

Post by dgtfer » Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:36 pm

There is an error in the airfield altitude of Voghera, it is set to 0. As far as I know, there are no other consequences than this QFE problem, and the error has been unnoticed. Be careful with the general QFE setting in Condor, there may be other errors in airports altitude. The only reliable method is to manually set your altimeter. I will give the proper airfields altitudes in a next patch, but not too soon.
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Re: QFE/AGL does't work in Voghrera airport (Arc Alipn 2)

Post by I-FOXY » Sun Mar 07, 2021 12:32 pm

Thanks to all.

The altimeter manual setting is what I do every fly: I realize that is not possible to correct the error in the scenery database.

Just for information, or curiosity, when I run the view of a fly, the view still show the QNH altitude even if I manually set the altimeter to zero.

Thanks again and best regards.

Lorenzo.

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Re: QFE/AGL does't work in Voghrera airport (Arc Alipn 2)

Post by dgtfer » Sun Mar 07, 2021 4:10 pm

I-FOXY wrote:
Sun Mar 07, 2021 12:32 pm
I realize that is not possible to correct the error in the scenery database.
You can and that's very easy in LE, but your scenery will no longer be compatible for online flights.
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