F/A 18 Countermeasures Chaff/Flares

There is a dispense button left side of the cockpit, Nothing happens when i press it? Center console dispense switch set to on. Am i doing anything wrong?

Manual for F18 if someone could kindly direct me to it, (if there is one)

Thanks in advance.:)

DCS World/Mods/aircraft/FA18C/DOC

DCS World/Mods/aircraft/FA18C/DOC

Thanks Motor! :megalol:

Do not forget Master Arm and try dispense with bypass:

ALR-67 = on

Dispencer = on/bypass

EW page

ALW-47 mode= Manual/Semi active

Master Arm = ARM

Default key D and E to dispense Flash and Chaff's. Will dispense according to selected program if ON and active. Will dispense one flash or one chaff from each bay if Dispenser switch is set to BYPASS.

Do not forget Master Arm and try dispense with bypass:

 

ALR-67 = on

Dispencer = on/bypass

EW page

ALW-47 mode= Manual/Semi active

Master Arm = ARM

My ALR-67 is always crossed out, even though everything is on and BIT tested, any idea?

My ALR-67 is always crossed out, even though everything is on and BIT tested, any idea?

Are you on the ground?

If yes, try it in the air.

Here you go, sorry if the commentary is alittle wonky. I recorded last minute at 5 o'clock.

Here you go, sorry if the commentary is alittle wonky. I recorded last minute at 5 o'clock.

 

Thanks. Very helpful!

I found a very usefull tutoril from RedKite on Youtube.

Thanks to Redkite for this great help.

Here you go, sorry if the commentary is alittle wonky. I recorded last minute at 5 o'clock.

 

Very helpful for me thanks!

Has anybody been able to get the jammer working? I’m assuming it’s built in and not a pod. I set it to standby but never get the jammer stand by lights to light up after waiting for it to power on. I’m talking about the ones next to the ufc.

Nevermind just read that it is WIP

There is a dispense button left side of the cockpit, Nothing happens when i press it?

What should this button do? Is it anyhow programmable? For me it just throws almost everything at one push.

Here you go, sorry if the commentary is alittle wonky. I recorded last minute at 5 o'clock.

 

He says something after mentioning AUTO mode that is muttered/gibberish.. ???

So in AUTO mode it will NOT automatically dispense chaff/flare when you are fired on? Because I thought thats what it was for.:joystick:

What should this button do? Is it anyhow programmable? For me it just throws almost everything at one push.

The slap switch activates expendables program 6 in the CMS. Prog 6 isn't configurable in the cockpit, but can be changed by editing the lua file directly. The default program is rather excessive.

Where is this lua?

Where is this lua?

I was wondering the same, found my answer in the wiki: https://wiki.hoggitworld.com/view/F/A-18C

Youhou, reduced my inital setup routine :thumbup:

I found a very usefull tutoril from RedKite on Youtube.

 

Thanks to Redkite for this great help.

 

Thanks for the link. I like the way the F/A-18 does this it makes you get involved with what is an important part of the defence of the aircraft. However I would love to be able to do this from the planning phase of missions and be able to load a data cartridge before I get into starting up etc. i'm aware of the lua file thing.

It's important to have the right programs for the particular mission you are about to go on and the different types of threat you face. And to be honest setting this up every time I fly a mission is going to get boring very quickly.

I hope ED implement that sort of thing in the future.

:thumbup:

IRRC wasnt the hornet supposed to in the future have an addon package of additional flares/ Chaffs that would be display in a seperate area of the EW page, to the standard internal storage of the ones we have now?

I don't understand why we can't do this on the ground? It makes more sense than doing it in the air when we have other stuff to do. Is this accurate to the real plane?

Gotta think about it in terms of the Navy. If there's a physical electrical problem that causes accidental flare discharge, you've got a ship-board explosion waiting to happen. Best to have the system completely disabled until the aircraft has disembarked the carrier.

Yeah . Noticed in the news today some poor mechanic in Belgium accidentally triggered the gun in an F-16 , blowing the hell out of the Viper in front of him . Even worse , the resulting fire from that aircraft damaged the one he was in . Moral of the story-stuff happens . :(