sedenion Posted June 27, 2016 Posted June 27, 2016 It seems the real Mirage 2000 have, like U.S aircrafts, two different buttons for fire gun and Missil/bomb/Rocket launch. Will the module get two differents commands in the future ?
jojo Posted June 27, 2016 Posted June 27, 2016 It seems the real Mirage 2000 have, like U.S aircrafts, two different buttons for fire gun and Missil/bomb/Rocket launch. Will the module get two differents commands in the future ? No, it was on RDM, on RDI it's one. RDM: Canon + BRM (Bomb, Rocket, Missile) RDI: MICROB (MIssile, Canon, ROcket, Bomb) Mirage fanatic ! I7-7700K/ MSI RTX3080/ RAM 64 Go/ SSD / TM Hornet stick-Virpil WarBRD + Virpil CM3 Throttle + MFG Crosswind + Reverb G2. Flickr gallery: https://www.flickr.com/gp/71068385@N02/728Hbi
sedenion Posted June 27, 2016 Author Posted June 27, 2016 No, it was on RDM, on RDI it's one. RDM: Canon + BRM (Bomb, Rocket, Missile) RDI: MICROB (MIssile, Canon, ROcket, Bomb) Hu... strange. Do we know what the "BRM" button of the RDM version becomes in the RDI version ?
jojo Posted June 27, 2016 Posted June 27, 2016 chaff release. Mirage fanatic ! I7-7700K/ MSI RTX3080/ RAM 64 Go/ SSD / TM Hornet stick-Virpil WarBRD + Virpil CM3 Throttle + MFG Crosswind + Reverb G2. Flickr gallery: https://www.flickr.com/gp/71068385@N02/728Hbi
Azrayen Posted June 27, 2016 Posted June 27, 2016 I guess engineers must have found useful to "free" a button on the stick; and I agree with them :) On an almost related topic: aircraft is invariant, no final "s" even when there is several of them.
sedenion Posted June 28, 2016 Author Posted June 28, 2016 Yes. I guess the american standard Gun + BRM is most an historical relic of the time when gun was the main weapon and bombs a totaly diferent context. The "MICROB" standard is more logical and convenient for modern aircraft.
Zeus67 Posted June 28, 2016 Posted June 28, 2016 Yes. I guess the american standard Gun + BRM is most an historical relic of the time when gun was the main weapon and bombs a totaly diferent context. The "MICROB" standard is more logical and convenient for modern aircraft. Different philosophies: A dedicated gun trigger allows the pilot to immediately engage the enemy without fiddling with weapons selection and the possibility of selecting the wrong weapon. With HOTAS that problem can be alleviated with proper training, and it is why the M-2000C the dedicated gun selector is in the throttle. Thus allowing the engineers to free a button in the stick. "Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." "The three most dangerous things in the world are a programmer with a soldering iron, a hardware type with a program patch and a user with an idea."
sedenion Posted June 28, 2016 Author Posted June 28, 2016 Different philosophies: A dedicated gun trigger allows the pilot to immediately engage the enemy without fiddling with weapons selection and the possibility of selecting the wrong weapon. Engaging an enemy with gun but without HUD gun mode... apart the exceptionnal case of a target realy close, not very usefull. In all case, for efficiency, pilot must select the propper "HUD mode".
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