I forgot how is that we fix our barometric discrepancy with the ATC , in other words when I'm flight sometimes the ATC by IFR tells me that I'm flying  300/100/400 above or below assigned altitude

  I used to know to fix this a long time ago but I forgot

I keep pressing "B" to reset the altimeter and doesn't work

Should be the "B" button like you said, check your settings/controls/  buttons/keys  /instruments:  and altimeter (reset) should have "B" assigned to it. I can't remember what I did one day, but somehow I messed up my control buttons on the key board and had to reasign them back to normal by using the defaults button.

Ang2dogs wrote on Dec 6^th, 2011 at 12:58am:


that's the first thing I did , It is doing it in the 757 jetliners (Well Is also the only one I'm flying these days )

I will try this one (I assign the "," key to standard pressure altimeter to see if that could be, I remember I knew how to fix this because I spend a while in a local air approach tower of the SVVA  and they explain me that also happens  In real life ..
the same was happening to me in FSX and FS9 and by doing something that now I don't remember it fix the altimeter 



 

Daube wrote on Dec 6^th, 2011 at 7:33am:


I didn't see you post Stephane yes I keep dong it (not at this moment II'm busy I got to program my flight planer )
I'll do it tonight

mfaulisi wrote on Dec 6^th, 2011 at 9:31am:


  This is something that hapends as Daube said with the variation of the barometric pressure ,It happens to me most of the time in any airplane

  the weird thing is that the key "b" should fix it and its not doing it 

One more thing... if the pitot tubes are frozen, the altitude display should get wrong too, right ?

Nope ,none of both No "b" (again) neither Heating Pitot tubes which in the 757 jetliners it display a sign in the Eicas screen
I took it from SVVA to  SVMC ,same thing 400 below my assigned altitude 

I wonder if this could be the FSX FSGenesis

also I forgot to retract the flaps after a perfect flight parking it, cutting all the avionics battery etc , don't you hate when this happens to you?   

Ang2dogs wrote on Dec 6^th, 2011 at 10:40pm:


I'll check the second option because I know the "b" key is working it move couple numbers like 12, 14 feet (I just check the *.xml anyway to be sure..its fine) but th difference its alway between 400 and 500 feet

Brett_Henderson wrote on Dec 8^th, 2011 at 6:56am:


Brett!! .....or chief!! where you been? 

18,000msl    is this  18 thousand feet or FL18? 

I haven't check this is all IFR flight so I have to make a flight and wait until atc start telling me the discrepancy  ,what I remember I hit the key B when I was at 4000 I believe I have to make a longer flight to check that out   

 

Just for reference..  ATC sees your pressure altitude, as reported by your transponder, and then they convert that actual altitude according to atmospheric pressure that might be 100 miles from your location.

On a real, instrument flight.. if my assigned altitude was 6,000msl.. and per my last altimeter adjustment, my altimeter reads 6,000 .. and then ATC warns that I'm 200 feet low.. I'll set my altimeter to 5,800, and then climb to 6,000.

When ATC says, "altimeter XXXX"  ..

The XXXX is what you dial into the altimeter setting...

Most altimeters have an adjustment knob on the altimiter itself..

The only 757 I have, is the CaptainSim.. here's a screenshot..

It displays inches-of-mercury, as well as millibars (some countries us them instead on inches). When ATC says, "two-eight-nine-five", you dial in '2895' (this image shows '2994').

The 'B' key is "cheating"    And remember to dial in '2992' over FL180..

You're more than welcome..   

Brett_Henderson wrote on Dec 8^th, 2011 at 9:26am:


I agree, but being this is a simulator, sometimes you have to adjust. I try to make my flights as real as possible. Setting the pressure with a digital read is easy cause you can see the numbers, trying to set it exactly with an analog gauge is hard because it's hard to see. I set my pressure on the ground (using the "B"), write it down, so I can count my clicks when making a change to try and stay accurate. I even change my own radio frequencys and put in my squawk code instead of letting the sim do it for me (unless i'm flying a jetliner, I let my virtual co pilot do that ). But I've been wondering, is there a reset button to calibrate your altimeter setting in real life?

Mr._Ryan wrote on Dec 9^th, 2011 at 12:27pm:


   Yeah you are so right Ryan I have spend a way too lot of time and all these years  learning to write the XML codes for their gauges or new and modeldef parts  ,modeling in 3d and most of all to learn their new procedures everytime they release a new SDK and deal with  with the English lenguage ..

  Instead to be flying  learning the FSX and become at least full FSX/FS9 Pilot  ,I go in the opposite direction of how to make realistic airplanes and make better freewares to improve

don't get me wrong I really enjoy making FS airplanes ,but this year and for the first time I'm making entires IFR flying and enjoy others work like 757 jetliners,FSX PMDG 747,and I'm waiting my captain sim 777 I won last month in screenshot contest These are masterpieces and I begin to see how other do thing 
I always said this:
  I never fly my own made airplanes,Its like having a party and there's many hot women and you have to dance with your sister or your mother LOL

I didn't release anything this year most because I'm waiting what's going to be with the MSFlight and the fate of FS world 

  I thought this whole time when the ATC make the call 29.92 or 29.67 the FSX change it automatically

  Brett Henderson which is also a great modeler (me and him have made a couple works together) have tough me few basic things in the past ,about tracking VOR and not using heavy metal instead a C172

  I hope I can really do something in the 2012 and I praid to M$ to make the things right about the new simulator which will be release this new year