Sandman1330 Posted July 1, 2021 Posted July 1, 2021 So I spent some time scratching my head, wondering why my phoenixs never tracked anything on those missions where we were given one of them. I would fire it in TWS at 25-30 miles. Then I realized, it's the ACM cover of course. With the cover up, the missile is pitbull off the rail, and too far away at 25-30 miles to acquire a target. So my question: Why do ACM cover up on the FENCE in (per Jester's checklist), when you know you'll likely be starting the engagement BVR? I can understand flicking it up then down again, as it's an expedient way to set gun rate high, SW Cool and Missile prep. But to leave it up seems counter productive. Is there a reason I'm missing, or is it contextual based on the type of engagement expected, where maybe that one checklist item should be left out in certain missions? Ryzen 7 5800X3D / Asus Crosshair VI Hero X370 / Corsair H110i / Sapphire Nitro+ 6800XT / 32Gb G.Skill TridentZ 3200 / Samsung 980 Pro M.2 / Virpil Warbrd base + VFX and TM grips / Virpil CM3 Throttle / Saitek Pro Combat pedals / Reverb G2
Reflected Posted July 1, 2021 Posted July 1, 2021 The checklist says ‘as desired’ - and we had to pick one option for the voice overs, Bio said it would be up most of the time. 1 Facebook Instagram YouTube Discord
Sandman1330 Posted July 2, 2021 Author Posted July 2, 2021 16 hours ago, Reflected said: The checklist says ‘as desired’ - and we had to pick one option for the voice overs, Bio said it would be up most of the time. Cool, as good an answer as any, thanks! 1 Ryzen 7 5800X3D / Asus Crosshair VI Hero X370 / Corsair H110i / Sapphire Nitro+ 6800XT / 32Gb G.Skill TridentZ 3200 / Samsung 980 Pro M.2 / Virpil Warbrd base + VFX and TM grips / Virpil CM3 Throttle / Saitek Pro Combat pedals / Reverb G2
Pegas44 (Andrey) Posted August 2, 2022 Posted August 2, 2022 Yeah, this ACM cover is very confusing with AIM-54, if you leave it up and try to launch in both TWS & STT not in WVR range, the missile won't track and it's just a waste With AIM-7 it works ok, cause WCS switches to NORM missile mode when you lock a target, and to BRST mode without a lock.
Reflected Posted August 2, 2022 Posted August 2, 2022 According to the checkilst it’s ‘as desired’ and we had to pick one of the options for the voice over. It makes sense to flip it up unless you want to shoot AIM-54s in TWS. Facebook Instagram YouTube Discord
Pegas44 (Andrey) Posted August 3, 2022 Posted August 3, 2022 Sure, but this issue is not very well documented in F-14 manual, so I just suggest to add some comment to this checklist item, like - ACM GUARD should be DOWN for BVR AIM-54 launches! Cause for anybody not well familiar with this issue, flying to the training zone takes a lot of time, and after that you listen to fence-in checklist, flip ACM guard up, and then launch AIM-54 and it doesn't track - feels very confusing and frustrating. 1
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