F/A-18C Seat Height

[Habu_69]

How much nose/radome should be visible at the correct seat height? Currently I can see the 5 vanes and just a bit of the radome itself. Anyone have a photo of the correct view?

[Raisuli]

Correct is the position you prefer as far as I know. Sometimes I bump the seat up to get more view over the nose (especially doing carrier landings in the F-16), but the HUD limits how far you can take that. The (clueless) guys who did this for a living might have better information, but they're probably wrong about it... :smartass: :joystick:

 

 

(that last bit was entirely tongue in cheek and an attempt at humor)

[Preendog]

I read in another thread that the cross and dot on the top right of the hud are intended to line your head up properly with the hud's projected image.

 

So if the cross is level with the dot, it is the "correct" height (though I doubt that hud symbology parallax is actually modeled in the sim)

 

[Foka]

I read in another thread that the cross and dot on the top right of the hud are intended to line your head up properly with the hud's projected image.

AFAIK you're wrong. It's a back up aiming cue for a cannon. If you move your head to line them up, you'll see that they're aligning with an aiming cue.

 

 

[Tholozor]

According to Lex and GB:

 

It is to align the combiner glass to eachother and to the VV on the deck.

As said previously, it can be used as a reference for many things outside of its offical use, but those would all be considered techniques .

 

Seat eye height. Literally nothing else.

[Swift.]

I read in another thread that the cross and dot on the top right of the hud are intended to line your head up properly with the hud's projected image.

 

So if the cross is level with the dot, it is the "correct" height (though I doubt that hud symbology parallax is actually modeled in the sim)

 

You are, as Tholozor has shown, correct.

 

I do wish ED would just change the default seating pos so it aligned with these marks.

[Recluse]

For what it's worth, sometimes my TRACKIR goes wonky and I get a huge HUD with a magnified view of the radome and vanes as you describe. Don't know what causes it and re-centering doesn't help. Sometimes exiting and restarting DCS fixes it. I haven't ever messed with seat height, so, unless this is somehow switching itself vs. being a TRACKIR issue it may not be related in your case either.

[Habu_69]

After some fiddling with SnapViews I settled on this.

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[Fri13]

I read in another thread that the cross and dot on the top right of the hud are intended to line your head up properly with the hud's projected image.

 

So if the cross is level with the dot, it is the "correct" height (though I doubt that hud symbology parallax is actually modeled in the sim)

 

The cross is a gun/radar backup sight if you lose the electronics or means to have a HUD, so you can then have means for ground dedesignation or gunsight. There is nothing else in it.

 

It is not meant for seat alignment.

It is not meant for JHMCS alignment.

[Steel Jaw]

(especially doing carrier landings in the F-16)

 

Please dont be one of those ...people... doing that nonesense online, its irritating as crap.

[Raisuli]

 

Please dont be one of those ...people... doing that nonesense online, its irritating as crap.

 

Still working on the 'stop' part that comes right after 'land'. It's eluding me.

 

I find people who decide to taxi across the landing area when I'm halfway down the groove (in an F-18C LOT 20) far more annoying.

 

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If I wanted the 8 after F-18 and the parend that followed to be an emoji I would have made it an emoji

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[Phantom_Mark]

For what it's worth, sometimes my TRACKIR goes wonky and I get a huge HUD with a magnified view of the radome and vanes as you describe. Don't know what causes it and re-centering doesn't help. Sometimes exiting and restarting DCS fixes it. I haven't ever messed with seat height, so, unless this is somehow switching itself vs. being a TRACKIR issue it may not be related in your case either.

 

 

I have a fix for you on that, I have zoom set to a spare slider axis, when the problem occurs here I zoom out fully ,reset the TIR, then zoom back in to correct zoom level, the HUD proportion is rescaled and works as normal. HTH.

 

[Recluse]

 

 

I have a fix for you on that, I have zoom set to a spare slider axis, when the problem occurs here I zoom out fully ,reset the TIR, then zoom back in to correct zoom level, the HUD proportion is rescaled and works as normal. HTH.

 

Thanks! I have my ZOOM set to the TIR Z axis so maybe that is the problem. When you say RESET TIR, do you mean RECENTER or am I missing another command. I have tried to PAUSE TIR, set zoom with keyboard and then resume/Recenter TIR with no joy, but I will try your method if I can duplicate ZOOM on another axis. It would be a life saver! (esp in the AV8B which glitches even worse than the Hornet)

[Phantom_Mark]

Yes, just re-centre TIR buddy :), whilst fully "un-zoomed" (so your view is super wide angle)

[Meyomyx]

If you have Warthog, use the grey "friction control" slider axis on the throttle for zoom. Its very easy to use and find and has a centre detent. Best kept off TIR in my opinion.

[Recluse]

If you have Warthog, use the grey "friction control" slider axis on the throttle for zoom. Its very easy to use and find and has a centre detent. Best kept off TIR in my opinion.

 

I have a Cougar. Have experimented with using the Throttle RANGE knob for ZOOM, but I find that I really prefer TIR Z for ZOOM since I can snap my head up when, inevitably I find myself in a perilous attitude from being heads down for too long :)