Toolbandit Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 I have been flying a great deal today on the 104th and having a issue I have had before. cant find targets directly ahead close like its broken. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKK9lISjZ3o
Svend_Dellepude Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 Try to do it in the air. When close to the ground the radar will jam it self because of reflections bouncing back and causing interference. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Win10 64, Asus Maximus VIII Formula, i5 6600K, Geforce 980 GTX Ti, 32 GB Ram, Samsung EVO SSD.
Toolbandit Posted August 17, 2015 Author Posted August 17, 2015 huh? no that was an example of when im engaged
Pikey Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 Hey, common issue. The closer you get the narrower band of vertical air your 4bar scan covers. According to your video you lose contacts as they come towards at inside the 20nm mark. If you picked them up between 20-35nm then have them on TWS pay very close attention to their altitude and how its changing. Russian weed crawlers just love to break your TWS bug by cranking and gulley hugging at this point because they get the extra jump on you once you are searching for them again. It's pretty dangerous for them but the good ones all do it, i've seen enough tracks. What to do? If you are looking down from say 10k you need to know what range your cone bottom end is at and ensure your cone coverage is anticipating their altitude changes (you were watching that right?) It's invariably low, lower than low. If you've lost a low contact at 20nm due to terrain or aspect Personally i'd never keep ploughing into them, i'd just extend away and reset the engagement because to continue is going into a fight KNOWING he has the advantage which is crazy. If they are successfully dropping your TWS bug I go back to RWS and inside 20nm i'll try STT instead as its more reliable than TWS and besides we all know each other is there, he's moving with defensive BFM in mind, right? Check bottom left quickly for the magic "JAM" words. If he messed up double ripple slammers 3s apart as HOJ and pump. Try to keep the fight outside of 10nm and play to the 120's strength, he's dragging you into WVR which will give him the advantage again and you need to avoid. Being defensive at the same time as offensive is hard work on the eyes, pay attention to his spike. he has to hold it. Pay attention to your pitbull timer, that's your "i'm outta here" timer during your crank. Pay attention to his aspect as you can see cranking and infer a lot about what he is doing or going to do. Also beware his spike dropping when you pump. I've had a lot of respect for the mig and sukoi drivers dropping their radar and following my glowing AB trail with EOS for 20-30 miles patiently waiting for me to turn hot again. Beware re-engaging. You need to be fast scanning and altitude is a pain he may be inside 10 miles as he knew you pumped. Often you come out of the turn hot and get a missile warning right then. Switch to vertical scan mode during the turn anyway and if its clear you hopefully cleared inside of 10nm and can go back to searching normally. TLDR; until we get a properly modelled radar vertical scanning should be exploited by Eastern aircraft flying low or in postholes. In PvP the migs are drawing you into their advantage and removing yours (the 120). ___________________________________________________________________________ SIMPLE SCENERY SAVING * SIMPLE GROUP SAVING * SIMPLE STATIC SAVING *
winchesterdelta1 Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 Change to medium PRF. Had the same issue with people sneaking up on me even when i had them on my RWR. Also watch out for the people that dive from up high. You can see them on your RWR but if you don't realize he is coming from almost straight up you will not find him. bets thing is when you see a RWR contact you can not find on your radar is to run away behind the closest hill. Go in close, and when you think you are too close, go in closer.
Frostie Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 I have been flying a great deal today on the 104th and having a issue I have had before. cant find targets directly ahead close like its broken. Seems like you're relying on the radar to do all the work for you. You need to track the bandit yourself too, register what altitude he is at always, that way you will know exactly where your radar should be pointing. Keep the target box over the bandits range so you know what altitude band your looking at, this way if he is slipping below your radar cone you will see it happen down the left side of the radar, you can then manipulate the elevation to suit. TWS lock doesn't auto track altitude. Just randomly elevating your radar won't cut it, it takes a few seconds for the radar to update. So if you want to succeed you should know where to look, if not switch to vertical or get out of there. "[51☭] FROSTIE" #55 'Red 5'. Lord Flashheart 51st PVO "Bisons" - 100 KIAP Regiment Fastest MiG pilot in the world - TCR'10 https://100kiap.org
Svend_Dellepude Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 huh? no that was an example of when im engaged When i click the link i get a video of you parked in a shelter while tooling around with the radar.. :noexpression: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Win10 64, Asus Maximus VIII Formula, i5 6600K, Geforce 980 GTX Ti, 32 GB Ram, Samsung EVO SSD.
SDsc0rch Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 ... TWS lock doesn't auto track altitude. ... wait a second, i thought TWS mode actually DID follow target altitude ?? i7-4790K | Asus Sabertooth Z97 MkI | 16Gb DDR3 | EVGA GTX 980 | TM Warthog | MFG Crosswind | Panasonic TC-58AX800U [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Svend_Dellepude Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 It does track vertical unless you have an axis bound to vertical scan. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Win10 64, Asus Maximus VIII Formula, i5 6600K, Geforce 980 GTX Ti, 32 GB Ram, Samsung EVO SSD.
GGTharos Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 wait a second, i thought TWS mode actually DID follow target altitude ?? Correct it does. Back in the day it used to not to. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
Toolbandit Posted August 19, 2015 Author Posted August 19, 2015 Thanks for the in depth reply. I will give all this a retry. Mostly extending! somthing I forget to do with tunnel vision. TWS faster response as well!
Toolbandit Posted August 19, 2015 Author Posted August 19, 2015 Thanks for the responses guys! I am going to stop changing VSD scanning options every 1 second I dont acquire the S.O.B.
=4c=Nikola Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 Radar works ok down to 10nm. At 10nm you have about 5-6k vertical range, and you need few seconds for the full scan. That's aprox. 30sec to scan airspace of interest. And you need to compensate radar range for assumed closure rate which would additionally shrink your cone. Now calculate closure speed and time to merge for a bandit at 10nm: that's less than 30sec for head on. So you are effectively dead while you're searching. Don't use radar under 10nm if you do not know exactly where to look. Do not expect fairness. The times of chivalry and fair competition are long gone.
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