C 182 hypoxia

[Paying Customer]

Realism about oxygen deficiency is all very well and good. However, there is hardly a pilot in an old airplane who does not have at least a small portable oxygen cylinder with him and uses it to supply himself with oxygen via a hose.
So you can fly at altitudes above 16,000 feet without any trouble getting.

So it's annoying that you can't turn off this oxygen deficiency.

This should be switchable in the settings.

Many thanks and greetings

Christian

[ratty]

There's an "Oxynator" add-on available here: https://library.avsim.net/index.php?CatID=p3dgau (towards the bottom of the page). You do need a registered copy of FSUIPC to make it work.

[MkIV Hvd]

I don't know of anybody with an airplane in the 182's class that has an oxygen bottle and definitely don't understand why you'd even want to fly one at 16000+ feet. It's the wrong airplane for that application...

Having said that though, A2A has stated a few times around here that there will be no further development on any of the existing hangar of airplanes in favour of work towards development of MSFS aircraft. It appears that your only option would be the one ratty mentioned.

Cheers,
Rob

[Rogen]

Realism about oxygen deficiency is all very well and good.

<SNIP>

So it's annoying that you can't turn off this oxygen deficiency.

This should be switchable in the settings.

Many thanks and greetings

Christian

Personally I disagree, hypoxia is a valid simulation point and certainly worthy of A2A's inclusion in their models, infact I believe it should be a part of any sim as standard.

That said the "OXYNATOR" gauge does work quite well in A2A's C182, although it is a difficult aircraft to get up to hypoxia inducing altitudes.

If you want to see a really good Hypoxia simulation take a look at this vid.

Cheers

The C182 with the OXYNATOR gauge installed and operating.

[Paying Customer]

I don't know of anybody with an airplane in the 182's class that has an oxygen bottle and definitely don't understand why you'd even want to fly one at 16000+ feet. It's the wrong airplane for that application...

It appears that your only option would be the one ratty mentioned.

Cheers,
Rob

Imagine if you weren't a millionaire and only had an 182. Imagine if you wanted to fly around the world on your only plane, which is an 182, and you were flying over the Chinese Himalaya mountains from the highest airport on Earth: ZUDC-Daocheng Yading Airport at 4,400 meters to the east, because you didn't want to fly over Russia, you would have to fly over 16,000 feet for several hours. And in that case, you would carry an oxygen cylinder with you, wouldn't you?
Try flying over Mont Blanc without getting breathless. Over the French Alps, gliders regularly use portable oxygen cylinders. It's not as unusual as you want it to be.
Too bad my suggestion for improvement is met with so much misunderstanding that this hypoxia simulation should be switchable on and off.
By the way, modern C182s actually have oxygen on board. Why do you think?

Best Regards
Christian

[Paying Customer]

There's an "Oxynator" add-on available here: https://library.avsim.net/index.php?CatID=p3dgau (towards the bottom of the page). You do need a registered copy of FSUIPC to make it work.

Thank you very much for your interesting point. I'm going to try the tool out.

Regards
Christian

[MkIV Hvd]

Imagine if you weren't a millionaire and only had an 182. ...
Too bad my suggestion for improvement is met with so much misunderstanding that this hypoxia simulation should be switchable on and off.
By the way, modern C182s actually have oxygen on board. Why do you think?

Best Regards
Christian

Luckily flight simming is entirely subjective, so just do whatever you want. Personally, my simming persona is not someone with only a 182 in which to travel the world, rather a person with limitless funds and as many airplanes as I want. Weirdly, that only amounts to about 4 airplanes between two sims, but I don’t need much to keep me happy...and the 182 is still not an appropriate airplane for cruising at 16,000’...for me...

Regardless, A2A has stated that in favour of dedicating all resources to MSFS aircraft, all future developments for any P3D/FSX airplanes have been suspended, so hopefully the addon works for you.

Cheers,
Rob