I have pressure in the settings set to inHg however the printout is in the other value. how can i have the printout in inHg? thanks!
I don’t think the IRL metars report the pressures in inHg. I could be wrong.
Don’t think there’s a way to change that.
Edit: I meant Europe specifically
i’m pretty sure they do, though maybe it’s location dependent. this is a problem though because my big jet is configured to read in inHg. me being a dumb american can’t read the other one
Think, you whiz kids can correct me, two different readouts possible, millibars and inHg. US is inHG, most other places display in Millibars (metric). Once you learn the breakeven point, i.e., 29.92 = ?? millibars, calculation to the correct number is fairly easy. But it’s been my experience, below 18K, you are going to get a reading in US in inHg. I do not and have not flown in Europe or far east in MSFS, and do not remember what happened in Far East in FSX.
1013 hPa (hecto Pascal)
The transition level changes per country. For US it’s 18k, for NL 3k for example.
You can set the baro system in the MCDU. Hit the MCDU ‘MENU’ button and its somewhere in there.
Or, they may have moved the option to the EFB iPad by the left cockpit window. Go SETTINGS…SIM.
i looked on the ipad and changed the pressure in multiple places to inHg but didn’t seem to work
Ask on the fbw disord channel. They’re really helpful.
All - I have seen it both ways, in fiction book the author used millibars which equates to hPa. The WX Channel in the states uses millibars in their description. Thank you for that information.
FWIW-Normally, anytime open sim/plane, the baro is set to 29.92 and I do not have to change it, unless the location flying too (ATC Will tell me) the baro is xx.xx and then I will have to adjust that, so altimeter shows correct level. Knowing which knob to turn is important, so playing around in Cockpit just messing with buttons, etc. lends a lot to familiarity of what is which and whom. I believe, the 747/787 are very close in knobs/buttons so switching between is not huge. Other planes can be chore if not familiar. I struggle finding all the knobs/buttons in F14, simply because they are all over the place.
Also to be honest you can just press ‘b’ to set it to whatever pressure it is.
I usually just flip the outer ring on the altimeter setting knob to either inHg or hPa depending on the information source, set it the altimeter, and flip it back.
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yeah this trick works
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Here in the US they do. (former aircraft dispatcher). 29.92" Hg is the standard baro used above FL180.
I meant for Europe.
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