bunraku Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 Hi Very new to the Hornet. Is there any way to quickly mark a point on the HSI based on distance and bearing called by ATC to go towards in order to setup approach?? Thanks
SharpeXB Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 I think the function to make offset points isn’t implemented yet in EA You can of course use the TACAN and set an inbound course, that’s typically what you do on a carrier approach and fields too just out of keeping practice. i9-14900KS | ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO | 64GB DDR5 5600MHz | iCUE H150i Liquid CPU Cooler | ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4090 OC | Windows 11 Home | 2TB Samsung 980 PRO NVMe | Corsair RM1000x | LG 48GQ900-B 4K OLED Monitor | CH Fighterstick | Ch Pro Throttle | CH Pro Pedals | TrackIR 5
kengou Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 You can't do this yet, you'd be looking for offset functions, but they aren't in yet. However for ATC at least, you simply need to fly in the direction they tell you until you see the field or until they contact you again. You can also set a the heading/course knob to the runway heading, and once your TACAN bearing matches the runway heading, turn into the runway for landing. Virpil WarBRD | Thrustmaster Hornet Grip | Foxx Mount | Thrustmaster TWCS Throttle | Logitech G Throttle Quadrant | VKB T-Rudder IV | TrackIR 5 AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB | 32GB DDR4 3200 | SSD
fitness88 Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 Anxiously awaiting this... MK Option. "Pressing the MK option button saves a mark point at the location of the aircraft when the button was pressed. Up to nine mark points can be created. After the ninth, the first mark point will be over-written and so forth. Not implemented at Early Access release. (Coming later in early access)" :music_whistling:
kengou Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 Anxiously awaiting this... MK Option. "Pressing the MK option button saves a mark point at the location of the aircraft when the button was pressed. Up to nine mark points can be created. After the ninth, the first mark point will be over-written and so forth. Not implemented at Early Access release. (Coming later in early access)" :music_whistling: What would you do with it? This feature is in the Harrier (but no other markpoints available yet) and I can't think of any reason I'd want a mark point right where I am. Unless you overfly friendly or enemy units but that puts you in some danger. Virpil WarBRD | Thrustmaster Hornet Grip | Foxx Mount | Thrustmaster TWCS Throttle | Logitech G Throttle Quadrant | VKB T-Rudder IV | TrackIR 5 AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB | 32GB DDR4 3200 | SSD
Swift. Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 What would you do with it? This feature is in the Harrier (but no other markpoints available yet) and I can't think of any reason I'd want a mark point right where I am. Unless you overfly friendly or enemy units but that puts you in some danger. AFAIK it will create a MK point under the acft unless there is a TGT designation, where it will create a MK instead. 476th Discord | 476th Website | Swift Youtube Ryzen 5800x, RTX 4070ti, 64GB, Quest 2
fitness88 Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) It's supposed to mark where you are allowing you to use a point of reference of your choosing very quickly. One use could be when ATC instructs you to fly heading 030 for 28, click mk point and watch the numbers when you've gone 28. Yes we can all do the math but this gives immediate and easy distance. Also you can instruct your wingman to simultaneously mk the same point you do for a rendez-vous or any other reference. There are many other uses. Edited July 22, 2020 by fitness88
randomTOTEN Posted July 22, 2020 Posted July 22, 2020 Why not just fly in the direction given by ATC until you intercept the approach course?
fitness88 Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 Why not just fly in the direction given by ATC until you intercept the approach course? To have a course line that will take you to the runway you're assuming there is a waypoint at the airfield to get a course line. I'm talking about flying 28 from point A to point B...not from a WP to a WP.
Bunny Clark Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 To have a course line that will take you to the runway you're assuming there is a waypoint at the airfield to get a course line. I'm talking about flying 28 from point A to point B...not from a WP to a WP. There should be a radio beacon at the airport you can use to take a reference line off. Either way, in the real world, telling a pilot to fly a certain heading for a certain distance is not something ATC does. You'll generally fly a charted approach with specific references off one or more beacons. If ATC does give you specific vectors, it'll be a heading and an altitude and you just fly that until ATC gives you new instructions. The "fly x heading for x miles" is a DCS aberration, that's not how real ATC works. Oil In The Water Hornet Campaign. Bunny's: Form-Fillable Controller Layout PDFs | HOTAS Kneeboards | Checklist Kneeboards
majapahit Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) You need to know the arrival airport details and its surroundings by heart and chart (and your kneeboard reminder). With this you can make - the proper - estimates how to go about it to end up on your approach initial. That's also why in the ATC there is a request for the bearing of your destination, which should be enough. Edited July 23, 2020 by majapahit | VR goggles | Autopilot panel | Headtracker | TM HOTAS | G920 HOTAS | MS FFB 2 | Throttle Quadrants | 8600K | GTX 1080 | 64GB RAM| Win 10 x64 | Voicerecognition | 50" UHD TV monitor | 40" 1080p TV monitor | 2x 24" 1080p side monitors | 24" 1080p touchscreen |
fitness88 Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 There should be a radio beacon at the airport you can use to take a reference line off. Either way, in the real world, telling a pilot to fly a certain heading for a certain distance is not something ATC does. You'll generally fly a charted approach with specific references off one or more beacons. If ATC does give you specific vectors, it'll be a heading and an altitude and you just fly that until ATC gives you new instructions. The "fly x heading for x miles" is a DCS aberration, that's not how real ATC works. Thanks for the response. I don't fly the real world I fly DCS...I'll use all the tools I can that helps with DCS aberrations. Do all airfields in DCS have beacons?
Bunny Clark Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 Do all airfields in DCS have beacons? No, but most of the larger ones do. Their location and channel / frequency is visible on the F10 map. Of course there's the added issue that military navigation beacons are not all compatible. Soviet aircraft can't use the VOR / TACAN beacons at the Emirati or Georgian airbases, and NATO aircraft can't use the RSBN beacons at Russian airbases. Some of the smaller airbases have simple beacons that can be used with an ADF, but not all military aircraft are equipped with an ADF these days - the F-16 is one notable example here. Oil In The Water Hornet Campaign. Bunny's: Form-Fillable Controller Layout PDFs | HOTAS Kneeboards | Checklist Kneeboards
fitness88 Posted July 24, 2020 Posted July 24, 2020 No, but most of the larger ones do. Their location and channel / frequency is visible on the F10 map. Of course there's the added issue that military navigation beacons are not all compatible. Soviet aircraft can't use the VOR / TACAN beacons at the Emirati or Georgian airbases, and NATO aircraft can't use the RSBN beacons at Russian airbases. Some of the smaller airbases have simple beacons that can be used with an ADF, but not all military aircraft are equipped with an ADF these days - the F-16 is one notable example here. I saw some beacon mod scripts for download that add beacons to some of the missing airfields... user downloads. Thanks again for the info.
randomTOTEN Posted July 24, 2020 Posted July 24, 2020 In the F/A-18C you can also just build a WP on the airfield using the L/L from the kneeboard, then set the CRS to the runway heading. When ATC give the vector to final you just fly that heading until the course needle centers and you're lined up. It's not the real way it's done but it'll get you in the proper place. Good enough for DCS.
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