Airhunter Posted March 18, 2019 Posted March 18, 2019 So as I undertand selecting the PH to "active" on the RIO's weapon control panel commandes the Phoenix to go active off the rail, while still being guided by the WCS until you break lock. Does this have any limitations on range or any other disadvantages? Because I don't see a reason to no launch the Phoenixes in active mode all the time. Relying on the WCS/AWG-9 to send the active command sometimes does not work that well in combat.
sLYFa Posted March 18, 2019 Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) maybe the missile battery will run out too soon, dont know if this is modeled though Edited March 18, 2019 by sLYFa i5-8600k @4.9Ghz, 2080ti , 32GB@2666Mhz, 512GB SSD
Dudikoff Posted March 18, 2019 Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) I'd presume that the missile will also go for the first target its radar detects once it's active? That would be less then ideal, even more so if there are some friendlies between you and the target. I guess it might be useful if you expect to be shot at and need to make a defensive break or something and thus lose the lock before the missile gets the go-active command. Edited March 18, 2019 by Dudikoff i386DX40@42 MHz w/i387 CP, 4 MB RAM (8*512 kB), Trident 8900C 1 MB w/16-bit RAMDAC ISA, Quantum 340 MB UDMA33, SB 16, DOS 6.22 w/QEMM + Win3.11CE, Quickshot 1btn 2axis, Numpad as hat. 2 FPH on a good day, 1 FPH avg. DISCLAIMER: My posts are still absolutely useless. Just finding excuses not to learn the F-14 (HB's Swansong?). Annoyed by my posts? Please consider donating. Once the target sum is reached, I'll be off to somewhere nice I promise not to post from. I'd buy that for a dollar!
Naquaii Posted March 18, 2019 Posted March 18, 2019 By setting the switch to PH ACT you command the WCS to immediately send the active command, the missile will then lock onto the first target it sees. IRL if it didn't find a target it would still listen to commands if you're in a PD mode. That's not currently modelled though as we have limited control over the seekerhead in DCS.
QuiGon Posted March 18, 2019 Posted March 18, 2019 By setting the switch to PH ACT you command the WCS to immediately send the active command, the missile will then lock onto the first target it sees. IRL if it didn't find a target it would still listen to commands if you're in a PD mode. That's not currently modelled though as we have limited control over the seekerhead in DCS. So in DCS in that case the missile will go active immediately after and launch and will not be guided by the WCS and hence won't be able to fly range efficient profiles? Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing!
Airhunter Posted March 18, 2019 Author Posted March 18, 2019 By setting the switch to PH ACT you command the WCS to immediately send the active command, the missile will then lock onto the first target it sees. IRL if it didn't find a target it would still listen to commands if you're in a PD mode. That's not currently modelled though as we have limited control over the seekerhead in DCS. So within DCS this aims the seekerhead at the currently locked target and launches it active? When no lock is present, does this also act like a "maddog" button that launches the missile along the ADL? (As would be the case in ACM BORESIGHT mode).
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