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Originally Posted by IvanK
I do disagree with your interpretation of Luthiers comment I know specifically on what occurred as I did the research. Luthiers comment in the thread you quote was:
"Replaced every tachometer in every British and Italian plane with an electrical type, since some people find needle movement on the mechanical type not what they expected." and not what you said:
"Look at the bouncing tachometer needle -- the authentic mechanical version before it got "dumbed down" to the steadier non-authentic electrical tach based on "fans' complaints"!
So it wasn't "dumbed down" based on "Fans complaint" .... but changed based on actual research. Luthiers comment regarding Electrical type was poorly worded (and discussed with him at the time) as the research indicated that direct drive Tachos (certainly on the Merlin) are steady and don't bounce as they were initially presented in the Sim.
No personal offence was meant by BS just a response to the "dumbed down" and "Fans complaint" comments as that I consider silly and wrong.
WRT to Tacho bounce IRL 3 current Spitfire pilots were spoken to and 2 engineers responsible for these aircraft were spoken too. The 3 Spitfires referred to in these discussions a MKVIII that was flown with RR Merlin with Direct drive Mechanical tacho. This aircraft was recently refitted with a Packard Merlin with Electrical Tacho. A Spitfire MKXVI fitted with Packard Merlin with Electrical tacho and Spit IXC powered by RR Merlin with Mechanical Direct Drive tacho. One of the pilots (current on both RR and Packard types) was actually shown a video of the original COD bouncing tacho to gauge his thoughts.... which in summary was he had never seen anything remotely like it.
What else concerns you Slipball that has been changed to an "Arcade level of presentation" ?
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I know that you were well intentioned with your project on the tachometer. I do agree that the fluctuations of the needle were over done, and needed tweaking. Are you really happy with the end result?...I own a vehicle with a mechanical tachometer, it is certainly not like the rock steady gauge that we have now. What we have is just like the electronic tachometer thats in my car.
