TGP Lock-on to Moving Point

[flyco]

It seems as though the TGP ability to,lock on to a moving vehicle has become very variable recently.

 

As I understand it there is no way to force a lock-on. You simple select Point (as opposed to Area), and it should lock on to any significant image within the cross-hairs - or am I wrong.

 

At present I am returning the cross hairs to a moving vehicle around 10 times for every one lock-on.

 

Is this normal, and if not, can anyone suggest what I am doing wrong?

[Kang]

This isn't a guarantee either, but I found it works a little better if you try to zoom so that your target is about the same size as the 'point track box'.

[tifafan]

If you use WHOT or BHOT IR,you are more likely to lock a moving vehical.

Edited March 24, 2017 by tifafan

[flyco]

Thanks. I've tried both with barely noticeable differences.

 

I am sure that a few months back, lock on was a lot more reliable, but as I get older, perhaps I only remember the good times.

[Skitter]

I remember that POINT track has some limitations to the aspect to target. I think it's not enough you have a line of sight. .....but I can't find the actual values in the manual I am afraid :-/

[Kang]

I remember that POINT track has some limitations to the aspect to target. I think it's not enough you have a line of sight. .....but I can't find the actual values in the manual I am afraid :-/

It does. If you are out of these bounds the 'POINT' display will switch to 'INR P', even if you still have a line of sight. You get a warning just before that happens as the 'box' will start to flash when you are close to the edge.

[flyco]

OK, thanks for that. I will have to do some test flying to try and work out the limits. Good to know that it is a design feature rather than a random bug.

[Razor18]

Guess we are drifting way off from the original question about locking on to MOVING vehicles in POINT mode, as opposed to gimbal limits of the tracking in both point track or area track. Or am I missing something? :music_whistling: