DCS FIGHTER PILOT Posted June 1, 2020 Posted June 1, 2020 I don't ever seem to recall being able to see a fighter sized target on the Hornets radar from 90 miles out. Is this a bug or an update to the F-18 radar? The target I could see was a Su-27 at 30000ft hot on me at mach 1. My altitude and speed were the same.
Shimmergloom667 Posted June 1, 2020 Posted June 1, 2020 The Su-27 is a BIG bird, and something that big coming at you at Mach 1 will deliver a pretty decent radar return i7 - 9700K | 32 GB DDR4 3200 | RTX 2080 | VKB Gunfighter Mk II /w MCG Pro | Virpil T-50CM2 Throttle | TrackIR 5 | VKB Mk. IV AJS-37 | A/V-8B | A-10C | F-14A/B | F-16C | F-18C | F-86F | FC3 | JF-17 | Ka-50 | L-39 | Mi-8 | MiG-15bis | MiG-19 | MiG-21bis | M2000-C | P-51D | Spitfire LF Mk. IX | UH-1H
MacEwan Posted June 1, 2020 Posted June 1, 2020 Also, just to check, are you sure it was your radar that detected it or a Datalink contact from another source?
DCS FIGHTER PILOT Posted June 1, 2020 Author Posted June 1, 2020 Also, just to check, are you sure it was your radar that detected it or a Datalink contact from another source? No AWACS present. Personally I like the long detection ranges, just wondering if it is representative of the real hornets radar that’s all.
G.J.S Posted June 2, 2020 Posted June 2, 2020 What radar mode where you in? - - - The only real mystery in life is just why kamikaze pilots wore helmets? - - -
DCS FIGHTER PILOT Posted June 2, 2020 Author Posted June 2, 2020 What radar mode where you in? RWS, Hi/Med PRF, 6 bar elevation and 140 degree azimuth scan. Bugged an F-16 at 85nm today too. As I said I actually really like this and hope it stays this way.
MacEwan Posted June 2, 2020 Posted June 2, 2020 RWS, Hi/Med PRF, 6 bar elevation and 140 degree azimuth scan. Bugged an F-16 at 85nm today too. As I said I actually really like this and hope it stays this way. Seems legit to me. I've had the same experience as well. But I couldn't comment on whether or not that's realistic.
G.J.S Posted June 3, 2020 Posted June 3, 2020 (edited) RWS certainly has the output power to see further than TWS for example, so could certainly illuminate a large airframe like the SU enough to pick it out at the ranges you state. The F-16 at 85 ish NM though, personally I would think the 16 should be able to get a little closer before being picked up, but in both cases target aspect should have a significant bearing. Given the altitude, (and since I don’t think DCS simulates earth curvature) it seems quite plausible that it will be picked out. Edited June 3, 2020 by garyscott - - - The only real mystery in life is just why kamikaze pilots wore helmets? - - -
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