[gap]

@ TDW

Little reminder: have you seen these posts?

Originally Posted by gap

My fault: the last dds file I uploaded yesterday had the needles (still) off-centre; just checked it.

Fixed version of the file:
https://www.mediafire.com/?bsasjn026gdevc4

Sorry for the disturbance guys

Originally Posted by gap

After a second read of the post by Captain America I had pointed the last week, I think its assumptions are essentially correct (and some of my previous conclusions, here and here, conversely wrong). Look at the diagram below:



fore needle pointing down = negative fore deflection = diving position
fore needle pointing up = positive fore deflection = surfacing position

conversely:

aft needle pointing down = positive aft deflection = diving position
aft needle pointing up = negative aft deflection = surfacing position

In other words: move both needles to the black scale (down) for diving, move them to the red scale (up) for surfacing. This is exactly how stock 3d diveplane gauges (in command room) work, and how UI diveplane dials should be modelled

Another way to see it all, is that the "thick back end" of the fore needle (not represented in the above picture) and the aft needle (identical in shape to the former), represent the aft profile of each diveplane.