Deano87 Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 To those more knowledgeable about the Tomcat than I, I have a few questions about the TCS -Television Camera System. I understand that the TCS could be slaved to the radar so you could see what you have locked. But how functional was the TCS when not using it in operation with the radar? I've read that it had a "Automatic scan & lock" mode where it would continuously scan its available FOV and then lock on to any target it could see, How was this done? Contrast/Movement based I would guess? And was it at all effective? Did it have different levels of zoom? I heard that in clear weather you could VID a Fighters sized contact with it at around 10 miles and a airliner/cargo plane sized contact out to around 50 miles. Does this sound about right? And lastly did the TCS have any ability to lock onto a ground picture? I understood it had a relatively narrow FOV but could it be stabilised with the ground in pitch and yaw or was it only for use with air-to-air targets? Cheers D Proud owner of: PointCTRL VR : Finger Trackers for VR -- Real Simulator : FSSB R3L Force Sensing Stick. -- Deltasim : Force Sensor WH Slew Upgrade -- Mach3Ti Ring : Real Flown Mach 3 SR-71 Titanium, made into an amazing ring. My Fathers Aviation Memoirs: 50 Years of Flying Fun - From Hunter to Spitfire and back again.
turkeydriver Posted October 12, 2018 Posted October 12, 2018 You could VID F-5s and A-4s at least 10 and bigger fighters from farther. Ranges haven't been described with any finality. VF-2 Bounty Hunters https://www.csg-1.com/ DCS F-14 Pilot/RIO Discord: https://discord.gg/6bbthxk
CheckGear Posted October 13, 2018 Posted October 13, 2018 Does anyone know if we'll be able to record using the TCS? I know it had at least a few minutes of recording time IRL.
Tirak Posted October 14, 2018 Posted October 14, 2018 I'm gonna guess no since I don't believe any of the gun cams work in any other aircraft, but I could be wrong about that.
turkeydriver Posted October 16, 2018 Posted October 16, 2018 Just about every fighter fling video has recorded TCS footage- you can tell its not lantern due to the symbology changes VF-2 Bounty Hunters https://www.csg-1.com/ DCS F-14 Pilot/RIO Discord: https://discord.gg/6bbthxk
Cypher1o1 Posted October 16, 2018 Posted October 16, 2018 I'm gonna guess no since I don't believe any of the gun cams work in any other aircraft, but I could be wrong about that. im pretty sure the F-5 had a gun cam export to vid thing but i might have misinterpreted something since i never tried to use this feature or look in to it too much
HawkDCS Posted October 17, 2018 Posted October 17, 2018 Here is a little more info. https://theaviationist.com/2015/10/12/f-14-tomcat-seen-through-tcs/ Rig: 5960X @ 4.5GHZ 32GB 3000Mhz DDR4 Titan XP Dell 3415W 21:9 Thrustmaster Warthog
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