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Here is a track file of what I'm trying to demonstrate i.e. the shot page co-ordinates don't match up with the target acquisition. If anyone has any thoughts whether or not it could be my technique or the discussed INU drift, a bug etc. Cheers. shot accuarcy.trk

Hi Floyd1212, I did as you suggested I was able to make a CAQ point(T56) over or very close to the shot X and then slave the TADS to it using it as an ACQ point. I tried adding a TGT point using the cursor over the shot X but I may have been having finger trouble as it wouldn't work and for some reason my track didn't save either so I will fly it again and try to save it and post it. Another thing I noticed in the updates is that we will be getting the Link function soon and my understanding is you can link the TADS to what the FCR is seeing which will give a real time BDA.

So I went out and just before I did any acquisitioning of targets I landed and did INU 1 and INU 2 resets, then waited until they had realigned ( got the map back on the TSD). This didn't really provide the accuracy I was hoping for using the co-ordinates of the shot page to create a WP and then making the WP my ACQ source and slaving the TADS to it. What I did notice during all of this was the INU position confidence was changing from green to white, white meaning the radial position error is greater than 50 metres, I also noticed on the ten minute flight from Batumi to the cross runway airfield, which is where I have my targets set up, that the INU position confidence was sometimes up to a kilometre out, all the time the INUs were using doppler data. So I think [DE] T-Bone is correct in saying it is an INU problem for accuracy although doing an INU reset didn't solve the problem. It could be that when I take a hellfire shot(radar or laser) the INU accuracy is out by 50-100 metres and when I use those shot co-ordinates that would be the reason why I'm not going back to the destroyed target and have to search around a bit to find the target. Is this INU accuracy going out greater than 50 metres on a regular basis a known bug or just the reality of GPS/INS systems? If it is a bug can someone let me know and I will post with a track into the bugs area. I also mentioned in my original post I have done an FCR sweep and used the TGT button (LS4) to populate the targets in the TSD and when I make them the ACQ source and slave the TADS to it they are not pointing the TADS directly to the targets either. But that turned out to be a red herring as subsequent FCR scans and populating the target page and using them as the ACQ source was spot on when slaving the TADS. Thanks everyone.

Hi [DE] T-Bone, I'll give the INU reset a try and get back with the results.

Hi all, I've been using the shot page MGRS co-ordinates to do a BDA. I'm making either a WP or TG using the co-ordinates then setting that as my ACQ source, slaving the TADS to it and it's not pointing at the target I just destroyed, i.e. I thought it would be able to direct me to where the hellfires where looking at when launched. The targets are static It doesn't seem to matter whether I acquire the target from an FCR sweep or TADS then lasing it. I don't have any trouble hitting the targets. Is it because the MGRS square is only using eight numbers instead of 10 and that makes the square bigger and less accurate? I have done an FCR sweep and used the TGT button (LS4) to populate the targets in the TSD and when I make them the ACQ source and slave the TADS to it they are not pointing the TADS directly to the targets either. Is this a bug or just one of the quirks of the system? I'd be interested to see if anyone else is finding this is the case. Happy hunting.

Thanks for that.

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