Mugatu Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 Thanks, nice presentation. Summarises most of the public information very well including beam tasking ;)
nscode Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 (edited) Nice. What I don't get is how shadows show up on a supposedly radar image (slide 19) :) Edited June 18, 2008 by nscode Never forget that World War III was not Cold for most of us.
GGTharos Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 More/less reflective material, EMI, backscatter, all kinds of other fun stuff? :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
GGTharos Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 Supersearch. Sort of an uber auto-guns mode. 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
Vekkinho Posted June 18, 2008 Posted June 18, 2008 Interesting reading, I hope ED will look into that! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
GGTharos Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 Unfortunately those things I did not understand - the functioning of the radar modes is not explained well enough for me to understand this :( [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
GGTharos Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 A pilot who uses it might be able to better explain this, unless its secret. It also occurs to me that they may have been describing an electronic attack footprint. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
Geier Posted June 19, 2008 Author Posted June 19, 2008 It also occurs to me that they may have been describing an electronic attack footprint. that's a point:thumbup: A pilot who uses it might be able to better explain this, unless its secret. I suppose there's no F/A pilot right there - may be you know?:)
mvsgas Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 Ok, and what is "Az/El Format" and Non ACM mode ? --"AZ" could stand for Azimuth. How wide is the scan on the radar. The CMDI in the slides shows "AZ 60", I assume that means azimuth scan of 60 degrees. --"EL" could mean elevation or elevation bar setting. How high is the antenna looking or ho many scan will it do, like a mechanical radar (MSA). The one in the slide show could mean a elevation of 10 degrees or 10 scans. I do not know much about RADAR but I know they try to keep things simple in the cockpit so pilots may get familiar with the instruments quicker. An AESA antenna might not move but, maybe they left the control and symbology so pilots can transfer quicker to F-18E/F/G and better use the systems. Maybe you still need to control the scan area in a AESA radar? I'm no expert but maybe some ideas guys, what do you guys think? 1 To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
GGTharos Posted June 19, 2008 Posted June 19, 2008 It is still necessary to control the search volumes of an AESA radar. Even though it is able to scan much faster than the MSA, the scan speed is still limited, and you can still suffer EMI effects from multiple radars scanning the same space (see PATRIOT) as well as not wanting to 'spill' radar energy outside of some space in order to reduce enemy SA. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
GGTharos Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 No. Again, an ESA is capable of scanning a numebr of beams a second, and in order to scan a volume faster, you want to reduce the azimuth and elevation parameters. Memory these days is more than adequate for radar processing or should be - the original APG-63 had 256K of RAM. The v1 has 1MB, IIRC. Newer radars probably have much, much more. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
IvanK Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 Az/El format is Azimuth versus Elevation display format. Azimuth across the base of the display with Elevation on the vertical. Non ACM mode is I think anything like Search, TWS etc. 1
jazjar Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Can't find it anymore, it got taken off! Do you have another link??? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
jazjar Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 Well, has anyone found another one yet or corrected the link? Anybody?! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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