I need to keep them for two main motives. As Beta Tester, when I test something, I need to have precise aircraft data ( I've also written a small sort of "
Black Box " script that reports the aircraft data to a log file exactly for this purpose ).
In addition, while working on making the various VC profiles I need to keep them to check if the dials of interest are working as planned.
Don't forget that the images you see above are from a WIP and that they have being taken while VC was running in test mode. ( or rather everything running and everything displayed )
The typical example is, just to make a sample, when I have to test the max speed of an aircraft, engine temps, etc.
*...and a very personal note ( I respect your POW, be clear ): IMHO you are a bit exagerated in calling it a cheat. I can assure you that knowing that I'm flying at 430 km/h ( Thing that I can easily read on the dial of interest ) or that I'm going at 435 km/h doesn't make a lot of difference. Even at high speeds and even knowing exactly the IAS is almost impossible to keep it stable or having some kind of advantages. If your guess is that having the IAS displayed on VC permits me to fly at a steady and constant max speed ( for example ) it's not how it works nor the way in which I use it ( Personally I watch only what's indicated by the dial arrow/needle [ That is more reliable than the displayed numbers if you don't want to fry the engine/s ] more than the speed written numbers ). I can assure you that when flying the Bf 110 against a fighter the last of my problems is knowing the max speed reading a number...
At least when I fly the Bf 110 and manning manually the rear gunner the most important dials of all are the RPM, the water temp and the altitude indicator. Everything else is of secondary importance ( at least IMHO and following how I like to fly )
I can guess that I'm close to the max speed listening to the engine sound/airframe shaking, I know exactly what trim settings I have to set/use but I can't guess the RPM, the water temps and the altitude ( especially when flying at very low level ) when in the rear gunner position. Give me an in-game windows that displays the 3 parameters indicated above when in the rear gunner position and I can stop using VC ( so to avoid to be forced to use an external program )
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