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No need for a special option. If you want hardcore, all you have to do is set the frequency range and do not move the fine tuning handle when using NEAR.

Well, the real problem is the time interval between when the system was used to present day. In this case it is nearly 50 years. Now those airports have ILS, TACAN and VORTACs for navigation and landing aid. The days of the ADF are long past, to the point that modern aircraft do not even include the system anymore.

I am not improving the past but enabling a function that no longer works due to changes made to the airports in the intervening time (50 years at least!). A landing aid that no longer works is as good as no landing aid at all. This way you get a working low visibility landing aid, which was the goal behind the FAR/NEAR logic.

Yes, we are aware of the problem with Caucasus map and ARK-5 physical limitations. That is the reason why we implemented the ARK-5 FAR/NEAR function this way. We believe that it is better to maintain the functionality, in this case the ability to use two different stations as a landing aid, over the real life limitation.

In the MiG-19P, due to the large number of switches and multiposition knobs that must be actuated, we have developed a default.lua that will simulate switch/knob movement by repeated action. For example the Weapons/Gunsight mode knob. It has 4 positions, and the default is NR30 (guns), which is position 3. In this case you will find the following keybinds: Weapons/Gunsight mode: Rockets/Bombs/NR30/Missiles Weapons/Gunsight mode: Missiles/NR30/Bombs/Rockets Each time you click on either the keyboard or joystick switch, the knob will move forward or backwards one place. That will help you simulate the pilot working by feel as opposed to having to look at the knob and using the mouse to click on it. It works like a charm. In my X-55 I just keep my eye on the target and work by feel with the throttle's switches. In air combat I can switch from guns to K-13As with the flip of a switch and viceversa.

The ARK-5 Automatic Direction Finder (ADF) is an electronic aid to navigation that identifies relative bearing of the aircraft from a Non-Directional Beacon (NDB), a radio beacon transmitting in the MF or LF bandwith. It consists for two antennas, a fixed one and a loop one. The loop antenna is rotated electronically to determine the direction of maximum reception from the beacon relative to the aircraft direction. The ARK-5 is electronically connected to the GIK-1 Navigation Instrument’s thin needle which will rotate to indicate relative bearing to the tuned NDB station. The ARK-5 has two frequencies memories, called FAR and NEAR. These frequencies can be automatically recalled by clicking on their control switch, located on the upper left bulkhead, below the frontal canopy frame. Controls The ARK-5 has the following controls: 1. A FAR/NEAR frequency selector switch. On the upper left bulkhead, below the frontal canopy frame. 2. Frequency Range Selector for the NEAR frequency. On the left bulkhead, near the Throttle Quadrant. 3. The main ARK-5 Control Panel on the right bulkhead: a. Frequency Range Selector for the FAR/NDB frequency for navigation or approach. b. Frequency fine tuning handle. c. Operational Mode Selector. d. Loop antenna control. e. Signal Strength Gauge. f. Telephony/Telegraphy Receiver Mode Selector. g. Backlight intensity control. h. Volume control. i. NDB Ident code audio output, located in the RSIU-4V radio control panel. Modes of Operation The ARK-5 has four modes of operation: • OFF: The ARK-5 is disconnected and non-operational. • COMP (COMPASS): The ARK-5 is tuned to a frequency and the GIK-1 ADF needle will show relative bearing to the NDB station. • ANT (ANTENNA): The ARK-5 frequency can be changed to a different one. The GIK-1 ADF needle will freeze until the ARK-5 is placed in COMP mode again. • LOOP: In this mode, the loop antenna is in manual mode. The pilot will rotate it by using the LOOP spring switch. The GIK-1 ADF needle will show the current antenna direction. How to operate a) Set the ARK-5 mode to ANT. b) Select the frequency memory that will be used, FAR or NEAR, by clicking on the frequency selector switch. c) Select the desired frequency range by using the appropriate Frequency Range Selector. NEAR selector is in the left bulkhead, FAR selector is in the ARK-5 control panel. d) Move the fine-tuning handle until the desired frequency is tuned. e) Check the signal strength gauge. f) Set the ARK-5 mode back to COMP. The GIK-1 ADF needle will start indicating bearing to the NDB station. How to use the ARK-5 for NDB navigation a) Select a frequency memory: FAR or NEAR. NOTE: FOR NAVIGATION SELECTION OF THE FAR/NEAR SWITCH POSITION IS IRRELEVANT b) Set the ARK-5 to ANT. c) Tune to the selected NDB by following the How to Operate instructions. d) Set the ARK-5 to COMP. e) Use the GIK-1 ADF needle as required. How to use the ARK-5 for Low Visibility Landings The selected airport should have at least one marker station. It works better if it has two: Outer and Inner Marker stations. a) Select the ARK-5 to ANT b) Select the FAR frequency memory. c) Tune to the airport’s OUTER MARKER station frequency by following the How to Operate instructions. d) Check the gauge to confirm that you are receiving a signal. e) Select the NEAR frequency memory. f) Tune to the airport’s INNER MARKER station frequency by following the How to Operate instructions. g) Check the gauge to confirm that you are receiving a signal. h) Select the FAR frequency memory. i) Set the ARK-5 to COMP. j) Maneuver the aircraft until the GIK-1 ADF needle is centered. k) Select the NEAR frequency memory. l) Maneuver the aircraft until the GIK-1 ADF needle is centered. m) Toggle between FAR and NEAR to confirm that for both frequencies the GIK-1 ADF needle is centered. NOTE: When the GIK-1 ADF needle is centered in both FAR and NEAR, you are aligned with the airport’s runway.

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The default livery, which is a V-PVO aircraft, is available to all countries. There is a specific USSR/Russian livery that belongs to the VVS.

The EE Lightning and its contemporaries were designed and developed before the creation of the ICBM. Their main duty was to shoot down any nuclear capable bomber before it was able to deliver its payload. Basically their mission was: Get Out, Go There in a Hurry, Shoot Down Non-Maneuverable Target, Get Home. GCI or AWACS were a must because their radars were basically aiming aids. After the ICBM made its entrance, many of the these interceptors started to be used for other duties like CAP and CAS.

Training missions have been added.

That is why it is not available by default.

The MiG-19P has a "low altitude" switch that puts the search antenna in standby and converts the tracking antenna into a telemetry radar. No radar indication and the radar gunsight is not available, but the SP-5 gets range to target.

Testing the ground clutter suffered by the RP-5 radar whenever one is flying too low.

It is a ME option. It is not available by default.

The following Instant Action missions are included: Cold Start: Practice aircraft start-up procedure, taxiing and take-off. Take-Off: Self-explaining Landing: Good for practicing the use of the ARK-5 ADF in a landing situation. Free Flight: Just fly around. High Altitude Air Intercept: A complex situation: A B-52 has been detected over the Black Sea, incoming from Turkey. You must scramble from your parking spot and fly to the intercept point and shoot it down. Using GCI is a must. The B-52 is flying both high and fast. You blink and it will be in the next Area Code in seconds and your chances to catch it will be almost zero. Combat Air Patrol: Patrolling the Southern border of the USSR, looking for marauding Turkish aircrafts. Gunsight Training: Non-Combat. You are flying over the Black Sea, four friendly aircraft are flying in front of you. Catch up to them and practice using the SP-5 gunsight wingspan/distance settings and the AR-18-8 radar gunsight. Radio Navigation Training: Fly from one airbase to another following NDB stations along the route.

It won't be released with that ground clutter rendition. I have checked the other two DCS aircraft that suffer from ground clutter: MiG-21Bis and F-5E. Unfortunately their rendition does not conform to how the RP-5 radar behaves: The clutter appears above, because the radar beam cone gets the ground return. This return slowly creeps down, as the altitude above the ground is lower until the entire screen is filled. Sidelobes do appear below the screen, but the main clutter is on top coming down. The RP-5 radar can be used from 3600 meters above ground level. It becomes unusable at 2000 meters AGL.

The only question is about the ground clutter rendition, which is at this time WiP and I do agree quite lacking. We are improving that and it will be released with a better way to show ground clutter.

Steam release decision is handled by ED.

Please give me a list of the problematic switches/knobs.

Radar update follows HUD/PCA update.

ED will make the announcement. We are forbidden to do so.

Since the radar will be updated as well, this bug and others will be reviewed and squashed.

DO mode does exist for the RDI and it is one of the AdA's requests. But I doubt that it allows for missile tracking.

Yes.

Radar ranging has priority over the radar altimeter for obvious reasons: The radar looks ahead and can determine target elevation before the CCIP gets there. The radar altimeter only determines ground elevation below the aircraft, that value is used for CCIP with the understanding that the target elevation not necessarily is equal to ground elevation below the aircraft. If both are used, the radar ranging will take precedence.