[FIXED]A2A Radar very narrow vertical coverage

[DackSter94]

Noticed that it is very hard to pick anything up within 30 miles. Turns out that altitude coverage is very small. In the screenshot below you can see that at 40 miles radar covers only 12000 feet. If we do some math here, that is about 2.8 degrees only (in 4 bars!)!

Edited December 9, 2019 by L0op8ack

[fatboy]

I noticed this also and am curious about it.

[Fri13]

12000 ft is a huge range, consider that it is 3600 meters, or 3.6 kilometers.

 

And that is as well not a problem, considering a modern electronic warfare where this aircraft is designed to operate, not in a cold war era but in 2006 and forward, the most modern aircraft there is in DCS, and as well most advanced.

 

So if you are scanning a space front of you at 55 km (30 nmi) range and there at 3.6 km vertical, that is a huge volume. With that 3.6 km vertical space you should be able to find your targets as you are informed where to scan by the datalink or radio.

[DackSter94]

12000 ft is a huge range, consider that it is 3600 meters, or 3.6 kilometers.

 

And that is as well not a problem, considering a modern electronic warfare where this aircraft is designed to operate, not in a cold war era but in 2006 and forward, the most modern aircraft there is in DCS, and as well most advanced.

 

So if you are scanning a space front of you at 55 km (30 nmi) range and there at 3.6 km vertical, that is a huge volume. With that 3.6 km vertical space you should be able to find your targets as you are informed where to scan by the datalink or radio.

No, 3.6 km at 40nmi is nothing. . Imagine finding something at 20 miles, most a2a combat happens under that in DCS (if not under 10).

For reference:

Alt coverage of some aircraft in DCS at 40nmi at 4 bars:

M2K: 10.4km

F-15C: 12.8km

JF-17: 3.7km :megalol:

Edited December 9, 2019 by DackSter94

[toilet2000]

If I'm not mistaken, this has been fixed (next OB) according to: https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=4131877&postcount=2

 

 

It seems like they computed the elevation using only half of the antenna beam width, so elevation coverage should be double what it is currently.

[L0op8ack]

fixed

 

 

AA radar INTC bar spacing: RWS: 1.3 degrees, TWS: 1.6 degrees

TDC EL range calculation: need add half beam width

[DackSter94]

fixed

 

 

AA radar INTC bar spacing: RWS: 1.3 degrees, TWS: 1.6 degrees

TDC EL range calculation: need add half beam width

 

If I interpreted this correctly, and bar width is 3 degrees, that would give around 8 degrees of coverage in rws 4 bars?

[L0op8ack]

If I interpreted this correctly, and bar width is 3 degrees, that would give around 8 degrees of coverage in rws 4 bars?

 

 

60 degrees 2 bar

25 degrees 3 bar

10 degrees 4 bar

 

 

fixed pattern configs

[Satarosa]

?

 

60 degrees 2 bar

25 degrees 3 bar

10 degrees 4 bar

 

 

fixed pattern configs

 

 

So it' 60+25+10° for 4bar full open have < of 95° ?

 

 

 

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