QOL fix for the TPOD

Just a small quality of life improvement:

Is it at all possible to change the displayed TPOD coords to DD,MM,SS lat/long to match the rest of the aircraft's nav system?

Right now its decimal(which is a right pain to convert), though I suspect the pod could be switched to DD,MM,SS or even MGRS IRL.

Just a small quality of life improvement:

 

Is it at all possible to change the displayed TPOD coords to DD,MM,SS lat/long to match the rest of the aircraft's nav system?

 

Right now its decimal(which is a right pain to convert), though I suspect the pod could be switched to DD,MM,SS or even MGRS IRL.

Should be I think, just not modeled at the moment.

As for the conversion I have a hill billy mad math method that agrees with my mind parts seeing as I ain't no mathematrickster.

054°14.768

Take the first decimal, multiply by 6 So 7 x 6 = 42

Then round up/down the second decimal, whichever is closest. .768 > .770

To be 'exact' you're dividing the second decimal by 1.6 but eyeballing it is fine e.g. you would add 3 seconds if the second decimal was 5, adding up to 6 additional seconds total.

In this case I'm adding 4 seconds. (7 / 1.6 = 4.3ish so 4 will do)

42 + 4 = 46

So my 054°14.768 becomes 054°14'46"

It's filthy and bizarre but I find it really easy to do in my head quickly and it somehow spits out reasonable numbers, gets the job done.

I have a different perspective.

54deg, 14.768 minutes.

1 minute = 60 seconds.

.768 minutes ( 3/4 a minute ) = aboot. 45 seconds.

A 15 sec. Deviation is under 1.5 NM. Its close, but if one memorizes 60 sec divided by 8 your deviation is halved. ( Its 7.5 deg, 15, 22.5, 30 and so on ) 1/8=.125, 1/4=.250, 3/8=.375, 1/2=.500 and so on.

Look, yay maths and all that, but I just want to be able to read the numbers to someone without anyone having to do conversions prior to entry.

Look, yay maths and all that, but I just want to be able to read the numbers to someone without anyone having to do conversions prior to entry.

Tough :P

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Look, yay maths and all that, but I just want to be able to read the numbers to someone without anyone having to do conversions prior to entry.

Bearings ... reciprocals ... fuel weight ... time ... coordinates.

Get used to doing maths :smartass:

You're a virtual pilot now :pilotfly:

Seriously .. there's no avoiding having to do calculations on the fly (literally). It's part and parcel of flying.

Or you could create your self a quick reference converater of some form, be it a piece of paper or excell sht on standby, not perfect but I have done it for the above reasons

Should be I think, just not modeled at the moment.

 

As for the conversion I have a hill billy mad math method that agrees with my mind parts seeing as I ain't no mathematrickster.

 

054°14.768

 

Take the first decimal, multiply by 6 So 7 x 6 = 42

 

Then round up/down the second decimal, whichever is closest. .768 > .770

To be 'exact' you're dividing the second decimal by 1.6 but eyeballing it is fine e.g. you would add 3 seconds if the second decimal was 5, adding up to 6 additional seconds total.

In this case I'm adding 4 seconds. (7 / 1.6 = 4.3ish so 4 will do)

 

42 + 4 = 46

 

 

So my 054°14.768 becomes 054°14'46"

 

It's filthy and bizarre but I find it really easy to do in my head quickly and it somehow spits out reasonable numbers, gets the job done.

If 1 is 60 seconds, 0.768 will be?

0.768 x 60 = 46”

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I just kind of spitball it.

.1 is 6'

.2 is 12'

.25 is 15'

.5 is 30'

.75 is 45'

and so on. It'll get you close enough. You are using the TPOD or DMT so with FLIR you should be able to find what you're looking for.

I just kind of spitball it.

 

.1 is 6'

.2 is 12'

.25 is 15'

.5 is 30'

.75 is 45'

 

and so on. It'll get you close enough. You are using the TPOD or DMT so with FLIR you should be able to find what you're looking for.

Just perfect.

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Just perfect.

 

 

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I mean, when you think about it that way, the more decimal places you're concerned about is only going to move you a couple meters across the ground, if you're 10+ miles out, especially with a variable zoom TPOD, it's literally a rounding error.

Hahaha, flying is literally like 60% rough (and I mean ROUGH) math. Boil it down as simple as you can.