FlyinJ

Something I found useful as someone who doesn't have a full HOTAS: You can map all the different HOTAS hats to a single flight stick hat, and use shift, alt, and ctrl to modify it. It also differentiates between the left and right shift, alt and ctrl as well. Then write down what each modifier does, and it will make your life a lot easier.

Is there any way to manually set a symbol on the TAD that I can hook on? For instance, I know some AAA is near a distant city. I want to get the targeting pod to point right at the city. It seems I can only get my targeting pod to slave to SPI or steerpoint.

I still cannot get a GBU-38 to leave the bird. I set SPI through the targeting pod (TMS forward long). I make sure I'm in CCRP with the GBU-38 profile on my hud. I see the steering line, but i never get the pipper that shows time to release coming down it. I'm all lined up, hold down the button, and nothing releases. On the other hand, I can drop CBU-12's just fine, lasing the target and dropping them... drop time pipper appears fine on that steering line. Any advice?

I can't figure out why. I set my TAD to SOI, and slew the cross to where I want to set SPI... then do a TMS forward long. It will not then make the current TAD cursor location the SPI. Nothing happens. The manual also says I have to "hook" a symbol first by pressing TMS forward short, then activate SPI function in current sensor, then TMS forward long. Pressing TMS forward short doesn't do anything when I'm in TAD, and I can't figure out how to activate SPI function in the TAD display... if that's what I'm missing. I can, however, set SPI by holding TMS forward long in the targeting pod. This creates a diamond and a cake symbol on the TAD. I just can't do it in the TAD. I must be missing a step here...

Oh "long" means hold. Got it! Thanks for the responses guys.

Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but I have a couple of questions regarding things I can't seem to get working: First of all, is GBU-38 deployment. I finally sussed out how to effectively deliver laser guided munitions, but the GBU-38 and other JDAMs elude me. I've watched several youtube videos, and read over the procedure in the manual. Unfortunately, I don't have a HOTAS throttle, so I have to cross reference switch descriptions made in the manual with the keyboard remap control panel. In the manual, it says I have to mark the target as "SPI", by moving TMS Forward Long. I mapped TMS Forward (couldn't find "TMS Forward Long") to one of my flight stick buttons, but all it seems to do is toggle between "seek" and "point". If I have the target designated as "point", the GBU still will not drop in CCRP mode... nor does a bomb drop time line appear in the HUD. I have set up the profile correctly, as well as made sure my HUD master mode was in CCRP. Nothing seems to work. Another question: What is the HOTAS and Keyboard command for "slave seeker head to steerpoint"? I can't seem to suss out where that is. And lastly, as a more general question, how the heck are you supposed to engage AAA/SAM sites without labels on? It seems that the only way to find them is to get a threat warning on your RWR, but that only gives bearing (and then it's usually too late). Are you supposed to just slew your targetting pod camera along the ground in that bearing, or is there a more effective way to pinpoint these threats? It doesn't seem like I'm ever outfitted with HARM missiles or their equivalent. On a related note, what is the HOTAS and keyboard equivalent to switching between TV/infrared white hot and infrared black hot in the targeting pod? Thanks for any answers! It's awesome to be back in the sim world with this incredible product after so many years of not having a great modern jet sim.