QRA ? Alert Network ? Scramble ?

[BlaizzMC]

Hello, to the right of the Alert lights panel there is a button named Alert Network or quick alert respond (QRA).

 

Is for the scramble situation ? And how to use it ?

[QuiGon]

Hello, to the right of the Alert lights panel there is a button named Alert Network or quick alert respond (QRA).

 

Is for the scramble situation ? And how to use it ?

 

Not implemented in DCS.

[AnnaNass]

Not implemented in DCS.

 

What does it do in real?

I don't have this switch in my Cessna 172 :pilotfly:

[VTJS17_Fire]

Not implemented in DCS.

IIRC Zeus said, that it will be implemented later, the INS has to be finished first. But it is already clickable.

[QuiGon]

What does it do in real?

I don't have this switch in my Cessna 172 :pilotfly:

 

That doesn't suprise me :D

 

Not sure what it does exactly. Anyone else?

[A_Random_Panzer]

QRA stands for quick reaction alert, to put it simply it outs the aircraft into standby mode

[droopy114]

IIRC, it allow the INS to be constantly powered, thus aligned.

[nomdeplume]

INS isn't powered when the QRA switch is used, see here:

 

The QRA switch keeps parts of the aircraft powered up, not the INS in any case, so the aircraft remains in a ready state on the ramp.

 

The SOP is to do a normal INS alignment place the aircraft on QRA as soon as it is aligned and when reactivated do a memory alignment.

[droopy114]

INS isn't powered when the QRA switch is used, see here:

 

Doops my bad, missed this post, thanks for clarification.

[Azrayen]

Zeus was perhaps too quick in his sentence, the INS is powered somehow. You can't control it (PCN/PSM) but the INS itself gets some power (e.g. temp control).

 

Network is short for electric network. It's a specific bus.

Edited September 1, 2016 by Azrayen

[Luzifer]

Not implemented in DCS.

 

If you get external power and you flip that switch, some things are switched on/off. I haven't checked if that implements exactly the alert power networks, but there is at least something implemented.

[dannyq8]

+1

 

I don't know if it is fully implemented yet and I've never worked on a Mirage, but it works as I would expect from my experience of QRA.

 

Quick and Dirty

 

Edited September 13, 2016 by dannyq8

[Steph-JJ]

Is something happens in the meantime?

[slicker55]

...But it is already clickable.

 

 

Do you know what the QRA switch is called in the list of keyboard bindings in DCS. I want to map a key but can't find it.

[Azrayen]

I don't think there is a keybind yet.

AFAIK this (relatively minor) feature is still WIP (read: not yet usable), anyway.

[VTJS17_Fire]

Not ad hoc, sorry.

[slicker55]

cheers guys - just wanted to check :)

[virgo47]

I don't see any more current QRA-specific topic, so I'll revive this.

During the cold start, I clicked this switch, it went up, all the cockpit stuff went off like there is no battery - and the switch is stuck there and I can't click it back to down.

Is it normal?

[Akiazusa]

16 hours ago, virgo47 said:

I don't see any more current QRA-specific topic, so I'll revive this.

During the cold start, I clicked this switch, it went up, all the cockpit stuff went off like there is no battery - and the switch is stuck there and I can't click it back to down.

Is it normal?

If the GPU is connected,some systems which are powered by the QRA bus will still be powered after after you clicking this switch(like the INS system for example).

Since it's a new feature been added recently,there is little info about it in the game manual,I'm not sure if it's normal for the can't clicking it back part,maybe there is a safety lock or something,but if you start the engine then(QRA style start up),that switch will jump back automatically and your electric power will be restored,the INS will be ready since there is no need to realignment, and you are good to go.

 

Edited July 9, 2024 by Akiazusa

[virgo47]

1 hour ago, Akiazusa said:

If the GPU is connected,some systems which are powered by the QRA bus will still be powered after after you clicking this switch(like the INS system for example).

Since it's a new feature been added recently,there is little info about it in the game manual,I'm not sure if it's normal for the can't clicking it back part,maybe there is a safety lock or something,but if you start the engine then(QRA style start up),that switch will jump back automatically and your electric power will be restored,the INS will be ready since there is no need to realignment, and you are good to go.

You're right! I connected GPU, flipped the switch up (stuck now), continued on the starter panel, lights came back when I pressed the start switch (this also flips the QRA back down) and the engine normally starts if everything is done correctly.

Funny I can flip the switch up again, plane goes dark, but the engine works fine. To flip it back down I need to press the starter button again. Even better, just ask the ground crew to turn off the ground power, the QRA switch flips back then. Of course, this is already fooling around.

So it seems to work somehow, although the manual p71 says "NOT FUNCTIONAL" in the table, 3rd row:

Whether it's production ready, I don't know. But next time if I accidentally press this, I'll not panic or restart the mission. Thanks.

Edited July 9, 2024 by virgo47

[Galinette]

It's actually a solenoid held switch