[NO BUG] TACAN Issues

[VampireNZ]

Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but it seems the settings on the TACAN panel don't seem to matter so much.

 

Scenario: I had a Tanker set for 31Y, dialed it up in the front and selected Pilot.

 

-Makes no difference if I select X or Y channel, it still tracks the signal.

-Doesn't matter if I select T/R or A/A, same deal. But if you turn it off, then go T/R it won't track, but if you then select A/A, then T/R it will track. Sometimes it dropped the TACAN after a while in T/R. Either way it was pretty screwy.

 

I believe it should work if you select Y channel and A/A mode only? - not variations of each.

Edited April 14, 2019 by IronMike

[Super Grover]

Thanks for your observations, VampireNZ!

 

There's nothing to worry about. It looks that everything is ok.

 

- X and Y share frequencies in A/A, and DCS tunes TACAN channels by the frequency.

- We use custom code to simulate the TACAN navigational set AN/ARN-84(V), which includes tracking, signal processing, logic, error modeling, and failures. What you described is probably related to the device memory (8-10seconds) of a tracked signal when the signal has been tracked for long enough. During this period, the last valid measurement will be displayed, even though the signal isn't present any longer. A very similar logic is applied when you start tracking - the device has to receive the signal for a short while before it starts displaying it.

 

For further details on tracking, errors, timing and everything else, please refer to the specification of the AN/ARN-84: MIL-N-81207A.

Edited April 5, 2019 by Super Grover