Chart Hornet Radar-Modes

[DeltaMike]

So far so good.

 

There's no one place to start, actually there are two BVR modes

 

1. Nav mode. Neither AA nor AG selected on master arm panel. Like when you first flip on the radar after you take off.

RWS --> (LTWS* --> LTWS track -->) STT (return using NWS)

Note: AACQ not available

 

2. AA mode (either by selecting missile or pressing AA on the master arm panel. Which selects a missile.)

 

Difference now is the option to select AACQ out of either RWS or LTWS. If it picks up a target, you can exit using NWS. If not, as of right now, the only way to get out of AACQ is to change modes. Either to AG or Nav mode, then reselect AA mode. Or to WVR mode, then hit NWS.

 

For the sake of clarity, I wouldn't change the fundamental structure of your flow chart, I like that you're basically starting in AA mode, I'd just add a blurb about how to get out of AACQ, because it comes up a lot

 

For WVR, you can go straight from BVR to boresight/HACQ/LACQ then to horizontal or vertical scan. Three ways to exit

1. NWS

2. TDC depress

*3. RTS button on DDI* (for what it's worth)

 

Gun mode is exited via NWS. At this time there appears to be no way to get back into gun mode except via switching to nav or AG mode, or by selecting a missile and then going back into guns.

 

With this in mind, I think for the sake of clarity, I would make the starting point "AA mode" and make gun mode a sub-branch looping back to AA mode.

 

No idea if any of this is how it "really" is, and it's probably not any of my business. I found this for what it's worth you can see how their control scheme differs from ours.

 

 

 

*optional default

Edited September 12, 2019 by DeltaMike

[Tholozor]

@bavella an alternate flow chart you could look at is a radial style chart with the SCS switch as the center, and different rings around the center to represent the different modes (e.g. first ring for BVR, second ring for ACM, and a third ring for ACM with the HMD engaged).

[bavella1]

Hello and many thanks to all who helped me on this topic, because I noticed during work that there was much content I didn´t know.. - And probably it's still like that ;-) But I could learn a lot and that's great!

For my part, I´m now satisfied with the chart and will leave it for the first time, even if it does not yet represent 100% of the possibilities, I mean that (I) now have a sufficient orientation in AA-Combat.

[Paco]

Nice job!