Just wondering when we're going to see A-G radar?

[Capn kamikaze]

More interested in the F/A-18, but also have the F-16.

[QuiGon]

You're the first person to ask this question :music_whistling:

[Capn kamikaze]

QuiGon, I know I am not, but I was wondering about where it stands now.

 

Thanks for useful contribution though...

[unknown]

QuiGon' date=' I know I am not, [b']but I was wondering about where it stands now.[/b]

 

Thanks for useful contribution though...

Have a look into the "Mini Updates" threads by Wags. Last postings 03-31-2020 each:

Hornet:

Hey everyone,

 

We currently have a heavy focus on the Hornet, with a couple of very complex and time-intensive features like the TGP and AG radar. Here are the Hornet items that the team is currently working on:

 

Further targeting pod features

AG radar

AA radar display fixes and additions

Datalink fixes

AIM-120 behavior

AGM-65 corrections

Improvements to gun funnel

 

Thanks,

Wags

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=4266842&postcount=183

 

Viper:

Hey everyone,

 

While a lot of effort is currently on the Hornet, the Viper is also still getting a lot of love. Here are the items currently being worked on:

 

Added HACK time

Adjusted strobe light

Updated engine and throttle audio

CNI adjustments

External skins

Improve performance

Damage modeling phase 2

AIM-120 Active and TTI indication adjustments

Adjusted IFF HOTAS commands

Tuning NWS authority

 

Thanks,

Wags

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=4266853&postcount=40

 

So it looks like "soon" for the Hornet and not so soon for the Viper.

[Capn kamikaze]

Thanks, unknown.

[marcoscosta]

2 weeks! :music_whistling:

[donkeyrider]

I think the Viggen and JF-17 already have one. :smilewink:

[Eldur]

So it looks like "soon" for the Hornet and not so soon for the Viper.

 

I opened my Langenscheidt flight sim devs edition and it said soon = not this year, see also: everything is subject to change

 

Well we had this often enough

 

I think the Viggen and JF-17 already have one.

 

Well, just one of them actually working with distinct visual terrain differences and not eating up 95% of the framerate... can you see a lake on the other? I can't - but the sea looks different...

 

I'm open for pleasant surprises though

[RustBelt]

I can get a shoreline with the tomcat in Pulse mode.

[Fri13]

 

So it looks like "soon" for the Hornet and not so soon for the Viper.

 

To me it looks soon for both.

 

Because there is no sense for the same team to switch between two modules and developing same tech twice for both. Instead they are developing tech on one and then transfer it to another.

 

So what your quoted lists means more, is that what the team is working on either module, and then look both as complete list that what both are getting (that are for both).

 

So because Hornet is having A-G radar, it doesn't mean that Viper gets its much later, as they get to work it on the Viper then easier afterwards.

[Oceandar]

To me it looks soon for both.

 

 

 

Because there is no sense for the same team to switch between two modules and developing same tech twice for both. Instead they are developing tech on one and then transfer it to another.

 

 

 

So what your quoted lists means more, is that what the team is working on either module, and then look both as complete list that what both are getting (that are for both).

 

 

 

So because Hornet is having A-G radar, it doesn't mean that Viper gets its much later, as they get to work it on the Viper then easier afterwards.

I agree. Look at the TWS for example in the past. The Viper got TWS first then Hornet couple of weeks later.

[Wags]

Dear all,

 

Thankfully, the Hornet and Viper AG radar modes are remarkably similar. As such, and like TWS, the initial heavy lifting for the Hornet AG radar mode will make the Viper AG radar mode much easier and faster.

 

Kind regards,

Matt

[Kang]

To be fair, that has been much of the premise behind loading up the F-16 as a 'follow-up' to the F/A-18 project to begin with.