[REPORTED]Radar Elevation Coverage

[SFJackBauer]

This is a two-part bug.

 

The first part is more straightforward. The elevation range displayed besides the cursor in the radar display in 1 bar does not match the actual coverage. It always displays the same value for min / max, as if at 1 bar the radar only covers 1000 feet or less at any distance, when in fact you can detect contacts outside of its number as the first attached track shows. Also, even at 1 bar the altitude covered by the radar increases the farther it is from the aircraft, contrary to what happens currently in the F-18 display. This bug only occurs with 1 bar; in 2, 4 and 6 bars the number displayed correlates with the actual possibility of radar detection.

 

The second part refers to the altitude coverage itself at any bar configuration and range. The values in the sim disagrees with public information available about the AN/APG-73 radar. I did the complete explanation and calculation in the thread linked below, so I will not repeat everything here. I will only copy here the values the sim currently possess, and which values it should have at various ranges:

 

Current values (thousands of feet):

 

[TABLE=head]Aircraft|Bars | 20nm | 40nm | 80nm

F-18 | 1 bar | 1 | 1 | 1

F-18 | 2 bar | 6 | 11 | 22

F-18 | 4 bar | 16 | 32 | 64

F-18 | 6 bar | 28 | 56 | 99

[/TABLE]

 

Current values (thousands of feet):

 

[TABLE=head]Aircraft|Bars | 20nm | 40nm | 80nm

F-18 | 1 bar | 7 | 14 | 28

F-18 | 2 bar | 10 | 21 | 42

F-18 | 4 bar | 17 | 35 | 70

F-18 | 6 bar | 24 | 49 | 98

[/TABLE]

 

Complete post:

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=253177

 

Tested with DCS Open Beta v2.5.5.38140

F-18 1 bar 20nm.trk

[Shimmergloom667]

I really wish this would get marked with at least *investigating*, since this is pretty clearly layed out and worth investigating.

[BIGNEWY]

Thanks we have reported to the team