[WORKING AS INTENDED] Magic Slave Button not working correctly

[Snappy]

This is reproducable for me. Set up a simple mission, two targets in short distance straight ahead of you (preferable flying away from you for simplicity).

 

Do the following steps in order.

0.)dont touch the radar.

1.)Switch into Magic AA mode

2.)wait until Magic seekerhead picks up one of the two targets

3.)then lock up the other target with the radar

4.)press Magic Slave button.

 

Nothing happens.the magic seekerhead keeps tracking the original target it picked up on its own and the radar maintains its lock on the other one.This happens both with Radar in PID or PIC mode.

If you actually fire the missile it goes for the seekerheads target.

 

Regards,

 

Snappy

[jojo]

This is reproducable for me. Set up a simple mission, two targets in short distance straight ahead of you (preferable flying away from you for simplicity).

 

Do the following steps in order.

0.)dont touch the radar.

1.)Switch into Magic AA mode

2.)wait until Magic seekerhead picks up one of the two targets

3.)then lock up the other target with the radar

4.)press Magic Slave button.

 

Nothing happens.the magic seekerhead keeps tracking the original target it picked up on its own and the radar maintains its lock on the other one.This happens both with Radar in PID or PIC mode.

If you actually fire the missile it goes for the seekerheads target.

 

Regards,

 

Snappy

 

This normal, both radar and Magic are already locked when you pressed SLAVE button.

You have to unlock radar or Magic for one sensor to be slaved to the other :smilewink:

[Snappy]

Thank you very much Jojo for explaining.

 

But this should be mentioned in the manual, because it not written anyhere. It only says, regarding the magic slave button:

 

"AA Mode: It slaves the Magic missile seeker to the radar or viceversa. Only works when there is a locked radar target and Magic missiles have been selected."

 

and

 

"In air-to-air, slaves the Magic II seeker on a target locked on radar"

 

Nowhere does it mention any limitation in this regard , i.e. that is only works if the magic seeker hasn't already picked up a seperate target.This should definitely be mentioned, because the average person would think that the magic slave button is exactly for this situation, where the seeker head has picked up an "unwanted" target and now you want to cue it to the actual radar locked target.

 

 

Regards,

 

Snappy

Edited September 9, 2020 by Snappy