Jebediah26 Posted June 28, 2019 Posted June 28, 2019 While trying to lock targets in the AIM-120 tutorial the radar line bounces around inside the TDC box for a few seconds before going back to scan mode.
backspace340 Posted June 28, 2019 Posted June 28, 2019 To lock a target, you either need to place the TDC over a brick and press TDC depress twice (first to tag it as your L&S in LTWS, second to STT lock it), or you can just press Sensor Select Right, which should lock up the closest contact (but will probably lock whatever's nearest the radar scan beam at that time, or something else entirely). If you TDC depress in empty space on the radar, then the radar will do a spotlight search trying to pick up anything within 20 degrees of your TDC, if it fails to find anything it'll give up and go back to scan (it sounds like this is what you're doing).
Jebediah26 Posted June 28, 2019 Author Posted June 28, 2019 To lock a target, you either need to place the TDC over a brick and press TDC depress twice (first to tag it as your L&S in LTWS, second to STT lock it), or you can just press Sensor Select Right, which should lock up the closest contact (but will probably lock whatever's nearest the radar scan beam at that time, or something else entirely). If you TDC depress in empty space on the radar, then the radar will do a spotlight search trying to pick up anything within 20 degrees of your TDC, if it fails to find anything it'll give up and go back to scan (it sounds like this is what you're doing). Ok thanks, it seems to be working now.
Jebediah26 Posted June 28, 2019 Author Posted June 28, 2019 To lock a target, you either need to place the TDC over a brick and press TDC depress twice (first to tag it as your L&S in LTWS, second to STT lock it), or you can just press Sensor Select Right, which should lock up the closest contact (but will probably lock whatever's nearest the radar scan beam at that time, or something else entirely). If you TDC depress in empty space on the radar, then the radar will do a spotlight search trying to pick up anything within 20 degrees of your TDC, if it fails to find anything it'll give up and go back to scan (it sounds like this is what you're doing). Ok, it seems that targets aren't even showing up on the radar.
backspace340 Posted June 28, 2019 Posted June 28, 2019 Ok, it seems that targets aren't even showing up on the radar. [ATTACH]212816[/ATTACH] Your elevation is set to 99/99 (you can see it next to your TDC) - that means your radar is pointing straight up! There is a < sign on the very top-left of your radar screen, that is showing your current elevation, you want it to be in the middle of the left screen (unless you're intentionally pointing it up or down) at the middle of the three horizontal lines that stick out of the left side.
Jebediah26 Posted June 28, 2019 Author Posted June 28, 2019 Your elevation is set to 99/99 (you can see it next to your TDC) - that means your radar is pointing straight up! There is a < sign on the very top-left of your radar screen, that is showing your current elevation, you want it to be in the middle of the left screen (unless you're intentionally pointing it up or down) at the middle of the three horizontal lines that stick out of the left side. Ok, thanks that worked. :)
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