CrazyGman Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 So I've have this happen a couple of times, usually in an engagement with multiple foes. So generally Jester is fine for the first run in. I acquire a target, fire a phoenix, and then go cold to evade enemy fire. However when I turn around after disengaging to reengage, and try to get jester to acquire a target that the datalink shows is less then 40nm in front of me, and the target is hot, and I can even see it's contrail so I know it's not a ghost contact, jester will be unable to find that target, even though I've gotten him to scan the area that it's in.....Is he just focused on scanning and acquiring targets that are further off that he can see on the radar, and thus isn't able to locate the bogey? Do I have to put him into RWS so that he can acquire the new contact? I wonder if anyone has any experience with this, and if anyone has a good YouTube video that they can reference to get the most out of jester. One other thing. When using the phoenix I usually will try to keep the bandit painted till the countdown flashes implying the missile has gone active, but I've noticed that sometimes the missile hits way before the countdown gets close to 0. Also is it really necessary to wait until the flashing then? I've getting pretty decent success but I wonder if people have any timelines that they follow with the AIM-54. also any tips for using the F-14 low in mountains and hills, I find that the Tomcat without a RIO is kind of out of it's element here especially against F-16s, F-15s, and F/A-18s trying to find and lock bandits, before they lock and send AIM-120s your way.
Kula66 Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 Low in the mountains, go PAL and switch your 54s to ACM mode :)
CrazyGman Posted October 11, 2020 Author Posted October 11, 2020 Low in the mountains, go PAL and switch your 54s to ACM mode :) Yeah Definetly do that. The problem is PAL isn't that great at finding stuff quick, and often I have to wait for jester to confirm hostile if there are friendly contacts in the area.
eatthis Posted October 11, 2020 Posted October 11, 2020 Yeah Definetly do that. The problem is PAL isn't that great at finding stuff quick, and often I have to wait for jester to confirm hostile if there are friendly contacts in the area. switch your tcs on, its brilliant for vizid 7700k @5ghz, 32gb 3200mhz ram, 2080ti, nvme drives, valve index vr
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