Sludge,
As for Betty's alerts... When watching a video with canadian hornets (your Good Hornet Stuff Online post) I noticed couple of interesting moments. At 0:50 power alerts (a/c still on ground) and at 1:50 altitude alerts (though actual altitude was 12-11k). It would be awesome to know how real Hornet GPWS is implemented and perhaps to try simulating it in Acceleration Hornet... For the sake of authenticity )))
Along with the visual warning cue, the GPWS (Ground Proximity Warning System) issues directive voice commands as follows:
1)
‘‘POWER......POWER’’ if the airspeed is less than 210 knots.
2) ‘‘PULL UP......PULL UP’’ if the airspeed is greater than or equal to 210 knots.
If the landing gear is up and locked and the radar altitude is less than the Low Altitude Limit index (up to a maximum of 5,000 feet), the primary low altitude warning tone/ voice alert is heard in the pilot’s headset. With F/A-18A/B, before AFC 253 or 292, a ‘‘WARNING,WARNING’’ voice alert is heard. With F/A-18A, after AFC 253 or 292 and F/A-18 C/D, a ‘‘Whoop, Whoop’’ warning tone is heard.
The barometric low altitude warning (up to a maximum of 25,000 feet) and secondary radar low altitude (up to a maximum of 5,000 feet) provides a voice alert warning
“ALTITUDE, ALTITUDE” when the aircraft descends through the selected altitude.
The low altitude warnings are enabled by entering the appropriate altitude on the UFC.
