Smashy Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 I'm reading and learning about JDAM/JSOW now and came across something that is puzzling me. If I have a target designated and change waypoints on the HSI or SA, the target becomes undesignated. This is happening with targets designated with FLIR, HUD/HMD TDC priority or AG radar. I am not designating a waypoint as a target, I'm simply selecting another waypoint with the arrow keys on the HSI or SA. Is this normal behavior? If so, I'll have to keep in mind not to do that in the future or I'll lose the target I worked to carefully designate. Perhaps this is not a common operation but when I'm learning a new sensor/weapon/system, I like to push buttons and twiddle knobs to see what happens as that usually helps me better understand what's going on.
Bunny Clark Posted January 25, 2021 Posted January 25, 2021 The Hornet can have a single steering mode selected at a time, and when you have a designated target the active steering mode becomes TGT. When you're in TGT steering mode the WYPT option turns into a boxed TGT on the HSI and SA pages, and the steering cue on the HUD turns into a diamond. I'm not sure if changing waypoints should cause the system to exit TGT steering mode, but it also makes some sense, as waypoint steering doesn't display at all with a designated target. Oil In The Water Hornet Campaign. Bunny's: Form-Fillable Controller Layout PDFs | HOTAS Kneeboards | Checklist Kneeboards
Smashy Posted January 25, 2021 Author Posted January 25, 2021 30 minutes ago, Bunny Clark said: I'm not sure if changing waypoints should cause the system to exit TGT steering mode, but it also makes some sense, as waypoint steering doesn't display at all with a designated target. Yeah, I can see how designating a waypoint as a target should undesignate the current target but losing current target designation by simply changing a waypoint seems like a questionable UI decision, especially since waypoint or waypoint target buttons are unboxed. I'm learning to adjust my expectations when dealing with 80s/90s UI designs. It's part of the charm of learning the Hornet. I just have to be careful not to interrupt the workflow of setting up a JDAM/JSOW attack with a careless waypoint change, which seems easy to do if you have created target WPs in the mission planner.
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