Questions to NavGrid

[Larkis]

Hey, i saw Jabbers Video Tutorial for the NavGrid but im suprisingly stupid in understanting it.

 

 

1. First seeing only a small part of the Screen (were the grids direct) is very confusing to my. Personally i loved to have the Plane in Center of the Screen and see everthing around me. What does i need to do to center the Ground-Stap View on the Plane or the Bullseye?

 

 

 

2. How to make a profit from the navgrid? As i understand it helps me only making calls to enemy positions like an Awacs? I dont have a really usage for the pilot of my plane? It just give the RIo more situation awareness?

 

 

3. How to make Bra/Bull Calls? i dont get a range reference when selecting a plane, only A, B or C meaning "0-50, 50-100" ect. The BRA Reference is much more specific with the range. Like: "BRA, 062 for 40, 10000, cold" Can i just sa BRA, 062, A, 10000, cold or should i move the navgrid to get a more precise range?

 

 

4. Is there a way to rotate the nav grid without giving a new heading-number into the numpad? For example press a button and move the rio stick to dinamic rotate the Grid?

[draconus]

Afaik the Navy used it as sectors both to point out where to go or look for targets at and also as sectors to defend by responsible flights. These sectors were understandable by friedly forces wherever they might be just like Bullseye calls. BRAA calls otoh are only referenced to you or your flight.

[IronMike]

Hey, i saw Jabbers Video Tutorial for the NavGrid but im suprisingly stupid in understanting it.

 

 

1. First seeing only a small part of the Screen (were the grids direct) is very confusing to my. Personally i loved to have the Plane in Center of the Screen and see everthing around me. What does i need to do to center the Ground-Stap View on the Plane or the Bullseye?

 

 

 

2. How to make a profit from the navgrid? As i understand it helps me only making calls to enemy positions like an Awacs? I dont have a really usage for the pilot of my plane? It just give the RIo more situation awareness?

 

 

3. How to make Bra/Bull Calls? i dont get a range reference when selecting a plane, only A, B or C meaning "0-50, 50-100" ect. The BRA Reference is much more specific with the range. Like: "BRA, 062 for 40, 10000, cold" Can i just sa BRA, 062, A, 10000, cold or should i move the navgrid to get a more precise range?

 

 

4. Is there a way to rotate the nav grid without giving a new heading-number into the numpad? For example press a button and move the rio stick to dinamic rotate the Grid?

 

 

@1: This is just the way it was, if you want it to update to your plane's current position, you would have to set a new YY to your current position. This however would defeat the purpose of it's sectors, as you would move them, too.

 

@2: Depends on how in tune you and your pilot are, and if you fly around soloing as a singleship, or if you fly in a bigger group and maybe even with a GCI who understands Navgrid and gets the sectors down. It is in fact very useful for the pilot, say if your job is a defense patrol of 3 sectors, and you say "we have a bandit in sector 1" the pilot should immediately know where that bandit is approximately. But it requires briefing and Navgrids set up according to the briefing etc... You can expand this logic for groups, awacs, GCIs and battle commanders, who can then quickly relay information. Specific bra calls are not always needed and sometimes take too long, the Navgrid can give ultra quick reference like "Overlord, Victory 205, we have a bandit in sector 1", but your sector is sector 2 and overlord can give that bandit to whoever is responsible for sector 1. this flight can then actively search for the bandit and home in using proper bra calls if needed at that point.

 

@3. That is because the range reference you get, is sufficient for the purpose of Navgrid. Whether you relay simply that (because enough for starters) to your mission control, or then make a proper track file for the bandit and give the true bra call, is up to you and the situation. The exact range is often not needed and irrelevant, as it is primarily in relation to you. So awacs has enough info knowing the bandit's distance from you in 50nm jumps. Your wingman however might want more accurate range, and the RIO can always do that ofc. But whether you use specific range or A,B,C again depends on briefing, situation and use, however either way, bra calls are always made in the same order, hence whether you say A or 50, is more or less the same thing.

 

@4. Not that I recall. Like in 1, you need to set a new YY with the desired heading again. However, this again defeats the purpose of having set sectors for call outs. Think of it like this: you are supposed to fly around in the navgrid area and protect it. It is not meant as an easy SA for the RIO, but as a common point of reference in between aircraft, mission assetts and mission command. This is why Navgrid should be briefed where to be set at and used by all crews equally, if the mission demands it.

 

Hope that helps!