MAgic Missile - no tone inc ockpit

[tom1502]

Hi,

I've returned to the Mirage 2000 recently and I'm finding that I get no missile tone in the cockpit and I struggle to get it to lock on to anything (although if I fire one the second will lock on to the first and I get a tone for that!). Is there a switch that I am missing somewhere, or a volume knob?

 

I'm stumped by this one as I never had to do anything other than select the Magic before.

 

Thanks,

 

Tom

[razo+r]

select your magic and then put your + on the target and get close until you get a tone and a circle on the target

[Esac_mirmidon]

Or radar lock the target and slave it to the Magic.

[jojo]

There is a more efficient way.

 

Lock your target with radar, either from search mode or close combat mode ("Special Mode FWD", cycle between bore sight and vertical scan), once target lock hit "Magic Slave" key.

 

Done, ready to shoot.

 

*Off course, the magic lock still depends on target's IR signature (target's aspect, range, after burner...)

 

[Edit] toasted by Esac mirmidon :smilewink:

Edited June 6, 2017 by jojo

[tom1502]

Ok, I'll try those, but I used to get a tone while it was searching, like with the AIM9, but now I only get one if I manage to get it to lock. I have locked up with the Radar and waited until I was within Magic range, but I still get no tone from the seeker head.

[jojo]

Ok, I'll try those, but I used to get a tone while it was searching, like with the AIM9, but now I only get one if I manage to get it to lock. I have locked up with the Radar and waited until I was within Magic range, but I still get no tone from the seeker head.

 

You will only have a tone when the missile is locked. It's working as intended :thumbup:

[tom1502]

Ok, so it was wrong before when there was no seeker tone (like you get with the AIM 9 growl)?

[jojo]

This is how Magic works:

- Magic in search = no tone

- Magic locked = tone

[tom1502]

Cool. Thanks.

[zero]

The lock area is high up at + mark on the HUD.

Probably a bug.

[sedenion]

The lock area is high up at + mark on the HUD.

Probably a bug.

 

No, this is where Magic seeker look at with default alignment (aircraft horizontal plan). You should use the "Magic Slave" command.

-> Lock target with radar

-> Hit "Magic Slave" => Magic seeker automatically look at the current radar target.

 

The "Interception Circle" in M2k has no real meaning, this is most like "hey, you are in interception mode".

Edited June 8, 2017 by sedenion

[jojo]

The lock area is high up at + mark on the HUD.

Probably a bug.

 

It's convenient in a turning fight, it saves you some degrees of AoA to lock a target without radar.

 

The interception circle is used to fly the aircraft to interception course. It isn't missile's firing envelope.

However, if the firing plane is already on interception course, it will save some missile's energy to take a lead course.

Edited June 8, 2017 by jojo

[Chrinik]

Conventional wisdom is to put the targets flight vector indicator (the little square) into said interception circle when firing 530s to give the missile an optimal launch without much turning needed off the rail.

 

Practical application holds this to be true. Missile barely jerks when firing there.

[zero]

Thanks..

Make sense.

 

Practicing shooting down lazy TU-160 only.

Feel a little strange to nudge down in those "dogfights"