Altitude Checks

[José]

FSX_Planner_Build22

Hi, Russel

Congratulations for the new Build 22. Your tool is become better each new build.

I only regret I saw no advice for that new Build (perhaps other people did not, too).

Thanks,

José

 

[José]

Altitude error for TWR

Hi, Russell

An error check has been added to check for altitudes that do not corrispond with the airport altitude.

The new FSXP's function to criticize altitude errors pointed out an error for Tower altitude, but it seems to be not related to airport altitude, as we can see from default FSX code, below:

   country="Brazil"
   city="Caxias Do Sul"
   name="Campo Dos Bugres"
   lat="-29.1955554485321"
   lon="-51.1897221207619"
   alt="753.465M"
   magvar="14"
   trafficScalar="0.7"
   airportTestRadius="5000.0M"
   ident="SBCX"
   >
   <Tower
      lat="-29.1943984106183"
      lon="-51.1885987222195"
      alt="16.459M">
   </Tower>

Could you take a look at that?

Regards,

José

 

[rf360m]

Congratulations for the new Build 22. Your tool is become better each new build.

Thanks!

I only regret I saw no advice for that new Build (perhaps other people did not, too).

Not sure what you mean by this?

-Russell

 

[rf360m]

Hi, Russell

An error check has been added to check for altitudes that do not corrispond with the airport altitude.

The new FSXP's function to criticize altitude errors pointed out an error for Tower altitude, but it seems to be not related to airport altitude, as we can see from default FSX code, below:

   country="Brazil"
   city="Caxias Do Sul"
   name="Campo Dos Bugres"
   lat="-29.1955554485321"
   lon="-51.1897221207619"
   alt="753.465M"
   magvar="14"
   trafficScalar="0.7"
   airportTestRadius="5000.0M"
   ident="SBCX"
   >
   <Tower
      lat="-29.1943984106183"
      lon="-51.1885987222195"
      alt="16.459M">
   </Tower>

Could you take a look at that?

Regards,

José

The tower altitude error check lets the tower be within a certain height of the airport altitude. Off hand I can't remember what this allowance is.

But with your post above, do you mean that you did or did not get a warning for the airport tower?

-Russell

 

[José]

Hi, Russell

First, I said in my post that there was no notice about the new realease, so some people could not advised of that.


Second, I received the error's message for the Tower's altitude, as it was an error. I think the altitude is correct.

The altitude could be "AGL = above ground level"

Regards,

José

 

[rf360m]

edited out......

 

[jvile]

Tower Altitude is AGL

Airport header altitude is not AGL but AMSL

Many airports by default in FSX have a zero AGL Tower setting which places the view at airport ground level regardless of the Airport header altitude.

I normally set my Tower Altitude value to 45M as a starting point which gets me 150 ft above the airport ground level. If that view clears the Tower antennas then I leave or tweak up/down as needed. Most small Towers in FSX do not have clear glass like the large airports so the view must be higher then the top of the Tower.

 

[José]

Thanks, Jim

Hi, Jim

Thanks for helping.

As I supposed, airport code for Tower altitude is really AGL.

I suggest Russell to remove that item from the errors list.

Regards,

José

 

[rf360m]

Tower Altitude is AGL

Airport header altitude is not AGL but AMSL

Many airports by default in FSX have a zero AGL Tower setting which places the view at airport ground level regardless of the Airport header altitude.

I normally set my Tower Altitude value to 45M as a starting point which gets me 150 ft above the airport ground level. If that view clears the Tower antennas then I leave or tweak up/down as needed. Most small Towers in FSX do not have clear glass like the large airports so the view must be higher then the top of the Tower.

Thanks Jim, I stand corrected!

I will check the error checking on the tower to make sure it is taking this into account.

-Russell