Contact sight problem.. really something to patch!!

[KeBrAnTo]

Originally Posted by Insuber

Of course we are speaking about RELATIVE movement of a plane against the terrain/sky. The human eye can catch easily a movement, as said by Tamat, even if it's relative to the rest.

Have a look at Manu's last post, the US Navy study defines "moderate visibility" of a plane as 10-15 miles, and "high visibility" as 30-40 miles ... Sorry m8, we are far from that in this game.

Well it seems that if US Navy says that must be true.

I cannot really believe that you think you can spot a10 meter long plane at a distance of 30-40 miles which in my own lang is 65-80 Km,

Listen, i live exactly at 25 miles of a 200 meters-high buildin,g and on the best westher conditions you can hardly spot it against the sky. Imagine trying to spot a 10 meter plane, lol

[FFCW_Urizen]

30-40 miles would be more in the range of 54 to 72 km .

[KeBrAnTo]

Originally Posted by FFCW_Urizen

30-40 miles would be more in the range of 54 to 72 km .

whatever,
didn' t grab the calc, it does the job for my purpose anyway

[6S.Manu]

Originally Posted by KeBrAnTo

I cannot really believe that you think you can spot a10 meter long plane at a distance of 30-40 miles which in my own lang is 65-80 Km,

Listen, i live exactly at 25 miles of a 200 meters-high buildin,g and on the best westher conditions you can hardly spot it against the sky. Imagine trying to spot a 10 meter plane, lol

I don't think they are nautical miles (if they are then I missed it).. so in our countries it should be 50-65km.

Anyway how can be the windshield "high visible"? Try to guess...

[FFCW_Urizen]

Originally Posted by 6S.Manu

I don't think they are nautical miles (if they are then I missed it).. so in our countries it should be 50-65km.

Anyway how can be the windshield "high visible"? Try to guess...

I assumed nautical miles, as these distances were given by the navy.

[KeBrAnTo]

Originally Posted by FFCW_Urizen

I assumed nautical miles, as these distances were given by the navy.

me too

[Insuber]

If the plane is a moving bright spot, reflecting sunlight at crepuscule against a darker sky, and the visibility is excellent, you can spot it easily at very long distances. It's a common experience. Everyone can spot a 10 m wide satellite at night or dusk ... Let me see, how is a satellite distant in your lang ...

[KeBrAnTo]

Originally Posted by Insuber

If the plane is a moving bright spot, reflecting sunlight at crepuscule against a darker sky, and the visibility is excellent, you can spot it easily at very long distances. It's a common experience. Everyone can spot a 10 m wide satellite at night or dusk ... Let me see, how is a satellite distant in your lang ...

you're talkin about far too many coincidences to fit your point perfecr weather, perfect reflection angles, against a dark sky ..... mmmm it seems the Oz land to me to try to spot a ww2 plane and try to speak the truth about this subject but well, Im not trying to convince but to put some logic into the subject, not fantasy

[Insuber]

Originally Posted by KeBrAnTo

you're talkin about far too many coincidences to fit your point perfecr weather, perfect reflection angles, against a dark sky ..... mmmm it seems the Oz land to me to try to spot a ww2 plane and try to speak the truth about this subject but well, Im not trying to convince but to put some logic into the subject, not fantasy

Sorry I thought you were serious, I didn't understand that you were pulling our legs. Never mind, you are right and we are wrong, satellites are invisible, other planes can't be spotted from a plane, eheheheh wink wink ...

Cheerio!

[Insuber]

I made other tests: even a close plane disappears at times. Probably it is a multi faceted bug, involving LOD, antialiaising, rendering calculations and God knows what. A big bug.