Charly_Owl Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 If you look at ED's F-18C hornet navigation tutorial, I think the video at 3:13 shows how it should be implemented. Chuck's DCS Tutorial Library Chuck's Guides on Mudspike Chuck's Youtube Channel Chuck's Patreon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOPR Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 If you look at ED's F-18C hornet navigation tutorial, I think the video at 3:13 shows how it should be implemented. The F-18C's course functionality based on a TACAN is neat, but it may be more advanced that what an actual AV-8B has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charly_Owl Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 I have a hard time believing that such basic functionality (i.e. setting a course on a TACAN or other beacon) does not exist on the AV-8B, especially since both displays from the F-18 and the Harrier, at least on the EHSD page, seem to share an awful lot of commonality. After all, the AV-8B and the F-18 are both McDonnell Douglas products in a way. Chuck's DCS Tutorial Library Chuck's Guides on Mudspike Chuck's Youtube Channel Chuck's Patreon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT Coyle Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Well, INS Navigation has not been implemented AFAIK. I assume the course knob will have the traditional functionality once fully functional. I found the "NAV Course Setting" command in the clickabledata.lua , but no keyboard or joystick settings. Night Ops in the Harrier IYAOYAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Repsol2k Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 AV8B has this function according to the NATOPS document: 23.7.1.3 DDI For TACAN operation, pressing the TCN pushbutton on the DDI turns the TACAN on, if not on, and enables steering data from the digital computer to be displayed on the EHSI/EHSD display on the DDI and the HUD. The symbols, pointers and displays which appear on the DDI are the aircraft symbol, TACAN station symbol, TACAN bearing pointer, TACAN course pointer and various digital TACAN displays. See Figure 23-6. The aircraft symbol represents the aircraft position and the TACAN symbol represents the TACAN station position. The TACAN bearing pointer indicates the bearing to the selected TACAN station. The TACAN course pointer indicates the course to/from the selected TACAN station. The digital TACAN displays which appear on the DDI are the range, bearing, and time--to--go to the station. Source: https://info.publicintelligence.net/AV-8B-000.pdf Further information can be found on page: 594 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 I've been dearly missing this one as well. After all, it's pretty hard to fly published TACAN approaches, without being able to settle on correct radial. Hope this gets there soon. AMD R7 5800X3D | Aorus B550 Pro | 32GB DDR4-3600 | RTX 4080 | VKB MGC Pro Gunfighter Mk III + STECS + VKB T-Rudder Mk4 | Pimax Crystal FC3 | A-10C II | Ка-50 | P-51 | UH-1 | Ми-8 | F-86F | МиГ-21 | FW-190 | МиГ-15 | Л-39 | Bf 109 | M-2000C | F-5 | Spitfire | AJS-37 | AV-8B | F/A-18C | Як-52 | F-14 | F-16 | Ми-24 | AH-64 | F-15 | F-4 | CH-47 NTTR | Normandy | Gulf | Syria | Supercarrier | Afganistan | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrike88 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) Believe your correct as far as lack of functionality and that several features (Basica & Advanced) the Av-8 is capable of. It will in fact run course steering as well as off-course bearing and navigation and provide steering cues for VOR/VORTAC navigational beacons. But you are correct Chuck in that it is very similar to what the F-18C provides in terms of functionality both in the digital and analog standby HSI instrumentation. Guess the basic navigation / and VORTAC DME approaches will have to wait. Here is a section of the NATOPS https://imgur.com/1vmvUs9 Edited February 28, 2018 by Shrike88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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