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[INVESTIGATE] Vertical scan pattern


some1

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Maybe intentional, but seems strange. The radar in ACM vert mode, despite it's name, still scans in horizontal snake pattern, so each complete area scan takes several seconds.

 

In other aircraft, vertical scan means that the radar is scanning in a vertical pattern.

 

A little ASCII art showing what JF-17 is doing:

 

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While other planes scan like that:

 

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I think it's representative because I was wondering why it was so slow to lock.

 

Makes more sense now! I'll look more carefully later.

Motorola 68000 | 1 Mb | Debug port

"When performing a forced landing, fly the aircraft as far into the crash as possible." - Bob Hoover.

The JF-17 is not better than the F-16; it's different. It's how you fly that counts.

"An average aircraft with a skilled pilot, will out-perform the superior aircraft with an average pilot."

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Confirmed. It is scanning thus:

 

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Motorola 68000 | 1 Mb | Debug port

"When performing a forced landing, fly the aircraft as far into the crash as possible." - Bob Hoover.

The JF-17 is not better than the F-16; it's different. It's how you fly that counts.

"An average aircraft with a skilled pilot, will out-perform the superior aircraft with an average pilot."

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