In flight INS alignment?

[DarkStar79]

Is the in flight INS alignment working in the F-16?

[Stubbies2003]

Is the in flight INS alignment working in the F-16?

 

 

Doubt that is in yet and not sure why you would even want to do that.

[mvsgas]

Is the in flight INS alignment working in the F-16?

 

A simplified versions of inflight alignment was working back in version 2.5.6.43503, but I have not tried it since then. Keep in mind inflight alignment in the this specific versions of the F-16 is an emergency situation, something happened that cause you to loose the alignment, so you are trying to fix the aircraft to get home. It should have a lot of errors, require constant position updates and it could take up to 15 minutes of straight and level flight without speed changes to complete.

IIRC, RL the procedures are:

Turn INS knob to off for 10 seconds

Establish a non accelerating level flight

INS knob to Inflight align

Enter magnetic heading within 20 seconds of turning the knob. In real life, best way to get this would be wingman, in DCS just use external views. Do not use cockpit magnetic compass, it will have errors

After 20 seconds, you should see align in the HUD, where maximum G are normally displayed

After 4 minutes, make a 45º turn from initial heading.

1 minute after, make a 90º turn to the opposite direction

1 minute after, 45º back to original heading

Alignment is completed when max G can be see in the HUD again

in RL, you would need to perform position update within 15 minutes (navigation updates are not yet implement in DCS)