Is Axis radio homing in works?

[Jakey-Poo]

Has there been any update that I may have missed in regards to making the radio homing functional in the German birds?  Would be really interesting (and handy), especially in multiplayer.  It's already in the planes, so would be neat to be able to have it work functionally.

[AleCisla]

This has been working for a long time. Here's an example, on the BF-109K-4:

AFN -2 Homing:
1) AFN-2 Frequency must be set via Mission Editor prior to flight
2) Set FuG 16ZY Power Switch (F135 ) ON .
3) Select Preset Channel II
4) Select “Y -ZF” (Zwischenfrequenz = Intermediate Frequency) Homing Mode
5) Track beacon using the indicator by centering the AFN - 2 Indicator’s vertical needle (direction of beacon) . Your distance to the beacon can be determined by watching the horizontal needle (Signal Intensity/Beacon Distance : Low = FAR, High = NEAR)

 

(From Chuck's Guide)

EDIT: My bad, I just tried all german planes, could only get the DME to work, showing distance but no direction at all... shame, because I'm sure it was working at some point in the past.  

Edited July 2, 2021 by AleCisla

[S.E.Bulba]

7 часов назад, AleCisla сказал:

“Y -ZF” (Zwischenfrequenz = Intermediate Frequency)

This is an incorrect translation. ZF = Zielflug (Homing). The mention of the "intermediate frequency" in this context is amateurism, of which there is quite a lot in the Manual.

 

In any case, currently all radio equipment (including radio navigation) on German WW2 aircraft in the DCS World either does not work at all, or does not work correctly.

 

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Это неверный перевод. ZF = Zielflug (Homing). Упоминание «промежуточной частоты» в данном контексте – это дилетантизм, которого достаточно много в Мануале.

 

В любом случае, в настоящее время всё радиооборудование (включая радионавигационное) на немецких самолётах WW2 в DCS World либо вообще не работает, либо работает неправильно.

 

[AleCisla]

Yeah, I wouldn't know that, as I don't speak German!
It's a shame, because I'm pretty sure they used to a while ago (few months maybe a year?)

I can get the DME to work, in all of them actually, but without a direction to follow is like "hot"...."hot"...."hot".....no, "cold"...."cold"...."cold"....  

[S.E.Bulba]

10 часов назад, AleCisla сказал:

Yeah, I wouldn't know that, as I don't speak German!
It's a shame, because I'm pretty sure they used to a while ago (few months maybe a year?)

I don't speak German either, and I also didn't know it before… until I started reading the German Manuals for radio equipment (Google/Yandex Translate works relatively well). 

 

10 часов назад, AleCisla сказал:

I can get the DME to work, in all of them actually, but without a direction to follow is like "hot"...."hot"...."hot".....no, "cold"...."cold"...."cold"....

Yes, unfortunately at the present time we can only state the almost completely incorrect operation of the FuG 16 ZY radio in the DCS World, starting from the incorrect functionality of the equipment, and ending with fundamental errors in the implementation of the ZVG 16 RDF in relation to radio navigation… and not only to it.
 

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Я тоже не говорю по-немецки, и тоже раньше этого не знал… пока не начал читать немецкие руководства по эксплуатации радиооборудования (Google/Yandex Translate работает относительно неплохо). 

Да, к сожалению в настоящее время можно лишь констатировать практически полностью некорректную работу радиооборудования FuG 16 ZY в DCS World, начиная от неправильного функционала оборудования, и заканчивая фундаментальными ошибками в реализации РПК ZVG 16 применительно к радионавигации… и не только к ней.

 

[Captain Balou]

Also would like to push ED for getting this bug fixed in one of the next updates. 

 

[Jakey-Poo]

any movement on this?

[Callsign112]

Just curious, was your request ever added to a bug list?

[Jakey-Poo]

2 hours ago, Callsign112 said:

Just curious, was your request ever added to a bug list?

I’m not sure.  I believe there was already a bug thread for this, but it’s been a while since I originally posted.  

[razo+r]

2 hours ago, Callsign112 said:

Just curious, was your request ever added to a bug list?

There is in the respective module subforum

[Jakey-Poo]

6 hours ago, razo+r said:

There is in the respective module subforum

Thanks!  I added one to the Dora bug report, as my search didn't turn anything up.