Small Nuances

[bonesvf103]

So as I get more and more into the nitty gritty of the Tomcat, there were a few things I noticed for question:

 

Does the ADF needle, whether in the HSI or the BDHI ever work? I long think I’ve ever seen it even move. I know ADF doesn’t t work in the front cockpit, but I have it set in the rear and then needle never moves.

 

What is the emergency hydraulics for? The Heatblur wiki says what it is but not what it is used for, or when.

 

Is Phoenix able to guide on a hooked datalink target? I recall from reading about it ages ago that it could guide via Hawkeye DL but dunno for sure.

 

If you PDSTT a single target and launch Phoenix on it, is it active off the bat or not until it’s within 16 seconds TTI?

 

Has anyone else noticed that the horizon line on the HUD never seems to have enough adjustment to line up with the horizon? The VSI and AI seem to be ok though.

 

v6,

boNes

[sLYFa]

 

Is Phoenix able to guide on a hooked datalink target? I recall from reading about it ages ago that it could guide via Hawkeye DL but dunno for sure.

No

 

 

If you PDSTT a single target and launch Phoenix on it, is it active off the bat or not until it’s within 16 seconds TTI?

It never goes active in that case. PH launched in PDSTT are Fox1s

 

 

Has anyone else noticed that the horizon line on the HUD never seems to have enough adjustment to line up with the horizon? The VSI and AI seem to be ok though.

The hud ladder is intentionally shifted upwards and does not coincide with the real horizon. You need to reference the aircraft symbol to read your pitch from the hud. The flightpath vector is aligned correctly though.

 

 

 

[RustBelt]

So as I get more and more into the nitty gritty of the Tomcat, there were a few things I noticed for question:

 

Does the ADF needle, whether in the HSI or the BDHI ever work? I long think I’ve ever seen it even move. I know ADF doesn’t t work in the front cockpit, but I have it set in the rear and then needle never moves.

 

I recall it having worked in the past. Or maybe it was just the RMI for a TACAN station.

 

What is the emergency hydraulics for? The Heatblur wiki says what it is but not what it is used for, or when.

 

Get this, Emergencies. NATOPS directs you to use it when you lose system pressure, Low for Inflight, High as you drop in the Groove. There's also an un-followable directive to bend the tab up on the landing gear handle to keep the system in Flight Isolation with the gear down incase your Combined system is leaking at the power transfer pump so you don't turn a one side catastrophic loss into a full dual system loss.

 

 

 

[IronMike]

EDIT: investigating ADF. It should work, you need to check I think if the switch is set in the back to make the needle work.

Edited November 29, 2020 by IronMike

[bonesvf103]

 

 

It never goes active in that case. PH launched in PDSTT are Fox1s

 

 

 

 

If launched in this way and you break lock, will it go active then?

 

Thanks all!

 

v6,

boNes

[sLYFa]

In DCS it does sometimes, but it really shouldn't. If you loose lock on a PDSTT shot, the missile is gone unless you reaquire quickly.

[sublime]

So as I get more and more into the nitty gritty of the Tomcat, there were a few things I noticed for question:

 

Does the ADF needle, whether in the HSI or the BDHI ever work? I long think I’ve ever seen it even move. I know ADF doesn’t t work in the front cockpit, but I have it set in the rear and then needle never moves.

 

What is the emergency hydraulics for? The Heatblur wiki says what it is but not what it is used for, or when.

 

Is Phoenix able to guide on a hooked datalink target? I recall from reading about it ages ago that it could guide via Hawkeye DL but dunno for sure.

 

If you PDSTT a single target and launch Phoenix on it, is it active off the bat or not until it’s within 16 seconds TTI?

 

Has anyone else noticed that the horizon line on the HUD never seems to have enough adjustment to line up with the horizon? The VSI and AI seem to be ok though.

 

v6,

boNes

 

Ive used the hydraulic thing for the landing gear. you turn the gear handle right and u gotta click it to 'pump' it a time or two

the horizon line? you can manually move that with a switch in your cockpit. right up there where the hud controls are. i always re align it to the horizon on deck.

I always always always have problems with any adf. I think its an idiot problem on my end. I flat wont fly huey rescue if they put the beacon as adf and not FM.. =*(

same with VOR

TACAN works tho! ;)

[sublime]

 

I recall it having worked in the past. Or maybe it was just the RMI for a TACAN station.

 

 

 

Get this, Emergencies. NATOPS directs you to use it when you lose system pressure, Low for Inflight, High as you drop in the Groove. There's also an un-followable directive to bend the tab up on the landing gear handle to keep the system in Flight Isolation with the gear down incase your Combined system is leaking at the power transfer pump so you don't turn a one side catastrophic loss into a full dual system loss.

 

 

 

its not unfollowable. you dont bend it up but if you right click the handle it turns sideways, you plop it down. if the gear dont go down you raie and lower it ( i guess to pump it) and they slowly come down. this literally happened yesterday and I coached the pilot to it.

have the track.. of course im in the back seat.. but you can look over the pilots shoulder and see..

[saburo_cz]

Does the ADF needle, whether in the HSI or the BDHI ever work? I long think I’ve ever seen it even move. I know ADF doesn’t t work in the front cockpit, but I have it set in the rear and then needle never moves.

 

Yes it works.

You must set proper frequency for VOR station or ILS and then set AN/ARC-182 to D/F mode.

 

For ILS you must be in direction where localizer transmits, only VOR stations are omnidirectional.

 

I did not any problem few days ago on Syria map, i was able to receive several stations.

[sublime]

Oh so ADF is tied to the RIO radio?? I never knew that! I never had any real need to learn ADF and VOR in the F14... so I ignored them (i know the shame the shame)

[bonesvf103]

 

 

 

The hud ladder is intentionally shifted upwards and does not coincide with the real horizon. You need to reference the aircraft symbol to read your pitch from the hud. The flightpath vector is aligned correctly though.

 

 

 

What’s the purpose of intentionally having it up? To insure you keep positive AOA?

 

v6,

boNes

[bonesvf103]

 

There's also an un-followable directive to bend the tab up on the landing gear handle to keep the system in Flight Isolation with the gear down incase your Combined system is leaking at the power transfer pump so you don't turn a one side catastrophic loss into a full dual system loss.

 

 

 

How do you mean bending the tab up?

 

v6,

boNes

[bonesvf103]

 

Ive used the hydraulic thing for the landing gear. you turn the gear handle right and u gotta click it to 'pump' it a time or two

 

 

yeah I have had to too but luckily turning and pulling was enough to get it to come down, nothing more critical than that.

 

the horizon line? you can manually move that with a switch in your cockpit. right up there where the hud controls are. i always re align it to the horizon on deck.

 

I know about that but it always maxes out before the horizon when I try to adjust it.

 

I always always always have problems with any adf. I think its an idiot problem on my end. I flat wont fly huey rescue if they put the beacon as adf and not FM.. =*(

same with VOR

TACAN works tho! ;)[/Quote]

 

Ive been doing a lot of IFR and instrument approaches and XC flight so that’s why it has become a big thing for me.

 

v6,

boNes

[bonesvf103]

 

Yes it works.

You must set proper frequency for VOR station or ILS and then set AN/ARC-182 to D/F mode.

 

For ILS you must be in direction where localizer transmits, only VOR stations are omnidirectional.

 

I did not any problem few days ago on Syria map, i was able to receive several stations.

 

I had read in Chucks guide that the ADF in the front seat wasn’t working....so I guess that is it then, huh?

 

v6,

boNes

 

 

[Victory205]

It's a UHF ADF that worked with a handful of stations. Basically, shore based NAS and aircraft carriers. It was not compatible with civilian ADF installations.

[bonesvf103]

It's a UHF ADF that worked with a handful of stations. Basically, shore based NAS and aircraft carriers. It was not compatible with civilian ADF installations.

 

Ah good to know. But it should be ok with the ones at the airbases in DCS then right?

 

v6,

boNes

[saburo_cz]

 

I had read in Chucks guide that the ADF in the front seat wasn’t working....so I guess that is it then, huh?

 

v6,

boNes

 

I do not have problem from front or from aft seat.

If you are pilot, first ask for frequency and when is set by Jester, then ask for set radio mode - DF.

 

But i have not tried it with human rio.

[bonesvf103]

OK, will try that...didn't ask him for DF IIRC.

 

Thanks!

 

v6,

boNes

[bonesvf103]

To further, if you are in the backseat how do you know what radio mode your -182 is in?  The mode knob doesn't have a markinh on it so I can't tell what mode it's set to except when it's off because the thing turns off.  I cacn't tell if it's in DF mode or not when I turn to it.

 

v6,

boNes

[near_blind]

It's hard to see if you don't know what you're looking for, but both knobs have a physical indentation to indicate what position they're in.

 

[bonesvf103]

Thanks so much!  That helps,  I was looking at the yellow paint smear looking thing.

 

it’s ironic getting tips on seeing this indent from someone called NearBLind!

 

v6,

boNes

[bonesvf103]

Another nuance from the rear pit.  I can see the bandit on my DDD While in RWS.  I set my HCU to radar cursor and slew the cursor on the DDD to the blip and pull the trigger.  Even though I am on the blip and it attempts to lock on, alot of times it doesn't.  Why is that?  I notice that the bar settings seem to be ignored when you do that, is that why?  It looks like it goes to a 2 bar setting maybe 4 when you do that.

 

If so, do I need to adjust my elevation to better get the lock?  I thought the radar when slewed by the stick in this way just looks where you tell it to look on the DDD?

 

Thanks!

 

v6,

boNes

[stuart666]

On 11/29/2020 at 3:17 PM, Victory205 said:

It's a UHF ADF that worked with a handful of stations. Basically, shore based NAS and aircraft carriers. It was not compatible with civilian ADF installations.

 

Just noticed this. Now that we are getting the Mariana's which features I believe at least one NAS, Im wondering if we will get something that will trigger the ADF and give us something to practice ILS approaches?

 

Just an idle thought....

[bonesvf103]

On 5/19/2021 at 4:33 PM, bonesvf103 said:

Another nuance from the rear pit.  I can see the bandit on my DDD While in RWS.  I set my HCU to radar cursor and slew the cursor on the DDD to the blip and pull the trigger.  Even though I am on the blip and it attempts to lock on, alot of times it doesn't.  Why is that?  I notice that the bar settings seem to be ignored when you do that, is that why?  It looks like it goes to a 2 bar setting maybe 4 when you do that.

 

If so, do I need to adjust my elevation to better get the lock?  I thought the radar when slewed by the stick in this way just looks where you tell it to look on the DDD?

 

Thanks!

 

v6,

boNes

 

Any know what's up with this?

 

Thanks.

 

v6,

boNes

[bonesvf103]

So if the pulse search has a max range of 60 nm because it has to process the ground returns, and the DDD range buttons are for pulse search (ie they don't work for pulse doppler modes), why then are there range buttons for as far as 200 miles away for the DDD?  It would seem to me that the buttons beyond 50 miles would not do anything then.  Now if I was in RWS or TWS, those buttons would not do anything since I am in a pulse doppler mode and thus I use the range knob below the TID, so what is the point of the higher range DDD buttons?

 

Thanks!

 

v6,

boNes