WarbossPetross Posted September 11, 2021 Posted September 11, 2021 (edited) Most of modern DCS aircraft support air-to-air sensors target correlation. MiG-29 and Su-27 can track the same target with both the radar and IRST. F-14, F-16 and F/A-18 can correlate targets with radars and targeting pods (or TCS). As far as I know in all of these cases one sensor can keep track of the target and guide weapons if the other sensor loses track. With JF-17 I know you can slave the pod to the radar contact and get the pod to track it. So... what does that give us? Does the pod communicate with WCS somehow, position, range and all that? Or is it only for visual identification? And how is it IRL? Edited September 11, 2021 by WarbossPetross
Mike_Romeo Posted September 11, 2021 Posted September 11, 2021 Sensor pods are normaly carried just for visual identification. This is often required by the ROE's (Rules of engaments). Why dont use IFF you may ask. Well IFF can only confirm that a friendly is a friendly. Everything else is a unkown contact that could be a friendly or a civil aircraft. For a 100% sure identification, you will need a visual ID. My skins
WarbossPetross Posted September 12, 2021 Author Posted September 12, 2021 20 часов назад, Mike_Romeo сказал: Sensor pods are normaly carried just for visual identification. This is often required by the ROE's (Rules of engaments). Why dont use IFF you may ask. Well IFF can only confirm that a friendly is a friendly. Everything else is a unkown contact that could be a friendly or a civil aircraft. For a 100% sure identification, you will need a visual ID. I'm aware of that. However F-14 has the ability to slave the radar to TCS and in reverse, most likely to hold the target in case it notches the radar. That is also a function of IRST on Soviet fighters. It's not just for sneeki-breeki attacks. In fact in both of these cases you may lock the target via TCS/IRST first and then home the radar onto it with one press of a button. What I want to know is, can you do that on the Jeff? Is there any communication from the pod back to FCS in A2A mode, or is it a one-way street?
J20Stronk Posted September 12, 2021 Posted September 12, 2021 10 minutes ago, WarbossPetross said: I'm aware of that. However F-14 has the ability to slave the radar to TCS and in reverse, most likely to hold the target in case it notches the radar. That is also a function of IRST on Soviet fighters. It's not just for sneeki-breeki attacks. In fact in both of these cases you may lock the target via TCS/IRST first and then home the radar onto it with one press of a button. What I want to know is, can you do that on the Jeff? Is there any communication from the pod back to FCS in A2A mode, or is it a one-way street? There doesn't appear to be a way to slave the radar to other sensors, at least not yet. I imagine the NOR button on the RDR page may have something to do with that. The A-A modes intro video Deka posted before release mentioned that the NOR button affects antenna stabilization. ATM, the NOR button is non-functional therefore I don't know what it actually does, but it might be a way to slave the radar to the TGP and other sensors. 1
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