Maverrick F Cage/Uncage

[Justin1Ntime]

I for the life of me cant get my cage/uncage to work with the Maverick F for the F18. What am I doing wrong? I see all these great tutorials on AG missiles but I cannot get the cage button to work with this AG missile. Works fine for my A to A missiles. Any help would be great.

[Justin1Ntime]

I take that back. My Sidwinders uncage just fine. My AIM missiles do not

[Jak525]

There's a bug where Cage/Uncage doesn't work with the Maverick with master arm SAFE. Otherwise not sure.

[Bunny Clark]

You have TDC priority assigned to the Maverick seeker page?

[Ziptie]

1. AG master mode

2. Select MAVF

3. IMAV/MAVF display

4. IMAV/MAVF TDCP (SOI)

5. Master ARM ON

6. Uncage/Cage depress

 

 

Works like a charm for me. Hopefully you might have just been missing a step, or had the step(s) out of order.

 

In regards to the AIM9 (I use the X variant only) - you have to press and briefly hold the uncage/cage button to get them to lock on heat signature, or at least that is what is required for me. I also use the HMD all the time, so not sure if that changes if you are not using the HMD....

 

 

Cheers,

 

Ziptie

[Justin1Ntime]

Maybe I am missing something. I press ARM on. Then I press A/G. Then I press the mavf button and it shows the X. Then I press Mavf again and wait for the countdown until it warms up. Once the timer expires I see the visual on the screen. I press the cage/uncage and it doesn't do anything. (keyboard c). Did I miss a step?

[Bunny Clark]

You need to assign TDC Priority to the Maverick page by pressing the Sensor Control Switch in the direction of the screen with the Maverick page. When the Maverick page has TDC Priority there will be a small diamond in the upper right corner of the display. Priority needs to be set to the Maverick page for Cage/Uncage to work, and for the TDC to slew the crosshairs.

[Ziptie]

Maybe I am missing something. I press ARM on. Then I press A/G. Then I press the mavf button and it shows the X. Then I press Mavf again and wait for the countdown until it warms up. Once the timer expires I see the visual on the screen. I press the cage/uncage and it doesn't do anything. (keyboard c). Did I miss a step?

 

Yes, it sounds like you are indeed missing a step.

 

It would be step #4 in my list, replied to you above - how you achieve step #4 is correctly outlined by @Bunny Clark 's reply above.

 

Additional information:

 

There is a caveat to the ability to slew the seeker head of the maverick, in addition to what Bunny stated above. In the options menu, there is a check box that can be selected or not selected, that is labeled as 'realistic TDC slew' (or something close to that) - which will make it so you have to TDC depress and HOLD, slew the seeker head, and then release TDC depress to attempt to lock the desired target. If you do not have 'realistic TDC slew' (or something close to that label) selected, you will not have to TDC depress and HOLD, you can simply slew the seeker head. Unsure if this is actually the cause of your issue, if you are indeed already assigning TDC priority to the maverick display (aka MAV SOI) indicated by the diamond in the top right of the screen.

 

 

Cheers,

 

Ziptie

[Justin1Ntime]

Thanks guys that was it. it was the SOI. I had it mapped wrong. Wow I dont see how you can use the Maverick F without pausing it. I have to put it on active pause in order to line it up, lock on, and then take the shot. At any rate thanks a ton for the support.

[Ziptie]

Thanks guys that was it. it was the SOI. I had it mapped wrong. Wow I dont see how you can use the Maverick F without pausing it. I have to put it on active pause in order to line it up, lock on, and then take the shot. At any rate thanks a ton for the support.

 

Glad you got it sorted.

 

Using the TGP, in conjunction with the IR MAV can make things "easier" as you can identify the target from further out, designate the target via TGP, then the maverick seeker head will slave to that target and all you have to do is wait for the lock and then rifle.

 

 

Cheers,

 

Ziptie

[Bunny Clark]

Yup, as @Ziptie said, using the FLIR pod is the easiest way to do it.

 

If you don't have one, or want to make a visual attack anyway, I usually fly the triangle on the HUD as close as I can to the target first, with the Mav already in narrow FOV, then make small corrections to get the seeker on target and locked once I'm steady.