TrichomeCharlie Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) Hi Everyone, I'm sure its something I'm doing or not doing.... probably my fault. Looking for some guidance or a second set of eyes. I cant get the FLIR button to appear on the DDI. This was a preset mission to train on the AGM-65E Maverick. If I understand it correctly the Targeting POD isnt needed as the "E" has its own seeker (?) and wasn't loaded onto the Jet when I loaded the mission. The FLIR is in the standby position. I switch it to ON when ready to use but before nor after does the "FLIR" option show on the DDI. I attached my Track File. Any help is appreciated from this noob... Its been an interesting DCS ride so far. Im 1 month into the F/A 18c... Thanks FLIR and LTD Issue.trk Edited April 5, 2021 by TrichomeCharlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Bunny Clark Posted April 5, 2021 Solution Share Posted April 5, 2021 The AGM-65E is laser guided and requires a laser spot to track. In that training mission you have no FLIR pod to lase targets yourself and the targets will be lased by a JTAC on the ground. You need to contact that JTAC with the radio and have them turn on the laser for you. 2 Oil In The Water Hornet Campaign. Bunny's: Form-Fillable Controller Layout PDFs | HOTAS Kneeboards | Checklist Kneeboards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stenji Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 AGM-65E are laser guided, that means they need a laser ray to be guided on target. You can get them in two ways into DCS so far: 1) you can load a targeting POD on board and illuminate the target by yourself 2) the target can be "selected" by a ground squad's laser or another airplane that has a targeting Pod. If you do not have anyone of those in your mission, well, forget launching a Maverick. Basically the head of the laser maverick search for a target which has a laser on it. The laser has a "code" that need to match with the one of your missile(s) you get on your plane. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrichomeCharlie Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 Figured it was something Im missing. I was able to get the code sorted but I didnt notice in the briefing the JTAC stuff. Im definitely going to try this mission when work is done. Thanks everyone and Ill update this when I give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrichomeCharlie Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 So, that was infact the issue. Me not paying enough attention about contacting JTAC. Did the mission this morning and it worked perfect. Thanks for the help everyone. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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