AeriaGloria

Okay updating table since we’re talking about DUMMY. To compare notes, for your testing, when the radar entered STT only within 10 km for IR vertical scan/OPT/Helm, did you do this with a second press of the lock button after acquisition Like in IRST search, or did this happen at 10 km without pressing lock a second time? Been away from my computer for a bit and have a lot of testing to do. But it would be interesting if it was like “Radar enters STT either once laser returns range or when pressing lock a second time within 10 km.”

There are other options for the above scenario. You could lock this far away but visible target with helmet and change mode to IRST search for radar ranging, or do the same with OPT or IRST vertical scan. OPT is most precise

I mean the shot down 29 pilot you mention was likely yugoslavian, and it is agreed everywhere that their planes at the time had a laundry list of faulty parts from maintenance that hadn’t been done. One even said his radar didn’t work. But that doesn’t really matter to the thread

Well, I dial can still often be better way of displaying information then just raw numbers. Dials can let you see approximate value just by position of dial, speed of change, etc. Agreed

You were in the weapon tab of the DTC? Next to CMDS? It’s atleast whatWags says that weapon section is for, sorry I wasn’t super clear it was in the weapon section EDIT: Watching it again, I guess you are supposed to enter the waypoint whose altitude you plan to use….. as we’ve said, it seems to be temporary until it properly uses laser

Go into DTC and set altitude of target for every waypoint

In such a case you can enable IRST search mode. Put your nose on the target. And the target dot will be right in the middle. Often you can put the TDC in the middle, hold the lock button. And just put your nose on target to get lock since your TDC in IRST search covers 4x6 degrees Then you can get radar ranging up to atleast 35 km

I’m sure there will be a luneberg lens option

This thread has been murdered so hard. What’s the point the request is made

It should be much more accurate than 50 feet. It is basically using the barometer when it should be using the laser, which has 10m slant range accuracy. If you are bombing at the exact barometric altitude of your current waypoint, it is fine. Until it properly uses the laser

I agree it is an odd limit.

Makes sense, I don’t think they (designers) really expected you to lock beyond 10 km with those modes. My sources just don’t say anything about it likely because they felt it unnecessary.

Where do you get this idea? With coop right now you can use head on or pursuit or vertical scan. Eventually with coop you will likely be restricted from using head on mode. It depends. You could use KMOD for one time range with estimate closure (but TWS switch in proper hemisphere for best estimate). I plan to use radar ranging with IRST search, so I only give a search ping but get a max missile launch range zone and continuous range finding.

I think some are just unsatisfied that it wouldn’t work with radar from the factory, the implementation of the RWR itself is fantastic, when radar is off

Tried to improve again with more info on when to use dummy or illum edit: check page 2 for latest graph

The trick is knowing when IRST has acquired

It depends on mode, I detailed a lot of it in this thread Like if beyond laser range in IRST search your radar ranging only sets off search mode on RWR. All other situations will set off STT

I have heard from believable sources this particular shot is from a movie, however it maybe be right.

It would just be easier for the headset collimator. Only needing to show 2 symbols rather then an additional piece to make it 4.

Well, the real one has no spring and rotates freely. I suspect it’s up to pilot to move it back to center to stop it moving each time. But could be the other way too.

I mention in the video that turning down the gain won’t affect the targets. So you can turn the gain pretty much all the way down and still see targets perfectly. The hardest targets (MiG-21, F-16) should be seen about 8 km from front and 15 km from back. F-14/15 can be seen about 15 km in front and nearly 30 km behind (in mil power.) F-18 is sort of between the two. But I’ve got 25 km behind it. Remember from the video it’s not stabilized and looks +/-15 degrees vertically and 30 degrees to each side horizontally It takes practice but you’ll get there. Hold lock for 1.5 seconds. You can always vertical scan lock as well and switch to IRST search if you want the benefits of IRST search in coop., You’ll get there. Do a mission with lots of targets like F-14/15 that won’t attack you (you could select civil plane.)

Dummy means a “fake” load is given to radar. In COOP IRST modes it allows cooperative use with IRST. You will find when Lazur GCI is implemented you will also put radar in dummy so that the Lazur system can operate it as necessary.

The radar wouldn’t have worked, you need radar in dummy and coop switch forward to make radar work with HMS. And currently doesn’t work to its full abilities. There are some bugs with it this patch. Try the next. Master arm triggers cool down. Yes. And in FC3 where you fired your IR missile early hoping it would lock later? That’s not real. Launching without lock is supposed to be a jettison mode that occurs before full missile preparation, thought you can keep trying, especially as patches change. You can try using an IR mode or IRST coop to approach stealthily and try to get a better angle with more range, like side aspect. EDIT:. What went wrong?

I found fastest is to do navigation prep, engine start, FCS test all at once

It can take time for missile to lock. Try to keep them at 30-45 degrees You put the prepare switch in manual? Might need missile jettison then, which is what it is really for. The MiG-29 want made to really be able to a working missile without LA. If you moved cooo forward then switched to IRST mode it would let you fire (since there’s no range calculation you get flashing LA) I think he just wants to do it in Helmet mode