LtMacGowan Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 I'm flying the 7th mission of the Bear Trap campaign. the enemy is at 12,000ft I'm flying around 25-30,000ft and as i get closer 120 miles, 80 miles, 30 miles i switch my radar closer and use the TDC to scroll down so the range scale on the left reads 0 to whatever but im not picking them up until they are within visual range like 10 miles out am I doing something wrong? should i be flying map of the earth and blend into the terrain clutter of the enemy radar and hilight the russians at 12,000 in the sky for better lock on range? I just can't get past this mission. Please help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pr1malr8ge Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 the range scale on the left is not range it's altitude. I.e. your radar is pointed straight down. For the WIN [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]If your desired effect on the target is making the pilot defecate his pants laughing then you can definitely achieve it with a launch like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LtMacGowan Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 sorry i knew that i just had a brain fart but im adjusting it so its scaning below 10,00ft and its still not picking up the bandits until im very close and im using that intermediate scanning mode HI to MED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pr1malr8ge Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Well, best thing to consider is you cannot see a fast mover much further then 50-55nm. Also you want to be in High PRF when looking that far out. I generaly leave my TDC in the center and range set to 80nm when doing long searches. I also will manualy move the scan elevations. Once a target pops onto radar I will move the tdc to over that target and as It gets closer I keep the tdc on it once it gets to around 35nm I switch down to 40nm scan [with out locking it up] Once you are sub 25-20nm I switch from High PRF to MED PRF and then in to full time TWS. For the WIN [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]If your desired effect on the target is making the pilot defecate his pants laughing then you can definitely achieve it with a launch like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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