For all the RIOs out there

[Rex854Warrior]

Hello guys !

 

Here is a handy (in my opinion) dynamic chart, by that I mean you can change most the values to really make your own depending on your needs. The purpose of this is to give you the an idea of the antenna angle to set depending on your own altitude, your bar setting, the minimum scan altitude you desire and distance.

The angle given is always in order for the lower scan limit of your scan volume to intersect the point at a given distance at the given minimum scan altitude.

 

Here is the link :

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1I8x61NQBIM0iTgksOZgvA5zLzdUUORqFvm6GKOqUmNA/edit?usp=sharing

 

You have two columns separated each into five boxes, each column is independant. A box within one column depends on the parameters set above and inside it plus the parameters at the top of the column.

 

Beware that you will need to copy this to your own drive to be able to edit it. I've also made sure it fits on an A4 sheet of paper so you can print the chart after you've edited it :).

 

Hope this usefull, it certainly helped my RIO :thumbup:

 

Cheers,

Rex.

Edited April 12, 2019 by Rex854Warrior

[Rex854Warrior]

EDIT 2 : Since I am terrible at explaining, this cheat sheet I just added basically gives you the changes in altitude of you scan volume (noted ∆Scan altitude in FL or hundreds of feet) with changes in antenna angle (noted ∆Angle in degrees) and with the range at which you are scanning (noted Range in nm).

 

Added a Cheat sheet which gives you, as a function of distance and antenna angle difference (difference between centerline of the radar and the antenna angle you will be using), the difference of altitude between your aircraft and the altitude crossed by the center line of your radar with the given antenna angle difference and the range at which you are scanning.

 

For example say you're trying to keep a target in your scan volume but have no clue what angle you should put your antenna at but you do know the range to target, your altitude and it's altitude.

Go to the chart, go to the range of your target, get the altitude your scan volume will go up by with the different angles (by default you have 1°, 5°, 10° and 15° but those can be changed so can the ranges on a your own local copy of this document) choose the one closest to the difference of altitude between you and your target (perhaps multiply the angle and the ∆Scan altitude to get closer to it) and you should in theory never loose your target, at least not because it went out of you scan volume.

Now this will in theory be less useful when TWS Auto comes around but it can still be useful when searching. This in combination with the Dynamic chart (same google sheet) is quite literally killer :D.

 

Hope this helps :thumbup:

 

Cheers,

Rex

 

EDIT : I'm also planning to make kneeboard sized versions of the charts in order for you to have access to these more easily in game, I printed mine but in VR it is slower to use.

Edited April 29, 2019 by Rex854Warrior

[Jabbers_]

Legit man, nice job!