mastershotgun Posted September 28, 2021 Posted September 28, 2021 Hello, Could we get back the ability to preset the frequencies for the switches in the ME like before, please? It is better than nothig I would say...
Flappie Posted September 28, 2021 Posted September 28, 2021 There's a thread about this subject here: ---
mastershotgun Posted September 30, 2021 Author Posted September 30, 2021 Yes, it is. Like a year old with no new posts...
Flappie Posted September 30, 2021 Posted September 30, 2021 (edited) If you take the time to read the linked thread, you'll see ED changed how the ARK-9 ARK-5 works to be closer to reality. It's not a bug, it's a feature. Edited October 1, 2021 by Flappie ARK-5, not 9 1 ---
mastershotgun Posted September 30, 2021 Author Posted September 30, 2021 So, what about ARK-5, please?
Flappie Posted October 1, 2021 Posted October 1, 2021 I meant ARK-5, sorry. Ramsay and Tarres explained the 3 radio presets in the mission editor implementation was wrong, because the real MiG-15bis didn't have these. I quote Ramsay: Quote The module hasn't been broken, the change in ARC-5 behaviour was deliberate to make operation of the ARC-5 radio set more accurate. Then Tarres gave a good explanation of how the ARK-5 Near switches must be used: Then Ramsay gave another, more detailed, example: ---
mastershotgun Posted October 4, 2021 Author Posted October 4, 2021 17 hours ago, m4ti140 said: The only thing the near far switch does is flip the range knob on tuning panel remotely. The default MiG-19 implementation is simplified, but even there there's a way to turn on a more realistic implementation in options. ED didn't do that, since the Mission Editor gives you tools to place your own NDBs. If you want to "roll back" an airfield to 50s to make it MiG-15 compatible, just add a custom beacon on top of the downwind inner beacon with same code and frequency that matches outer frequency on another scale. Otherwise just set it up so it gets as close to the inner freq as possible and tune manually after switch - i should be close enough to do that during approach. I was not talking about near/far switch... I was talking about 3 separate ndb switches...
gulredrel Posted October 4, 2021 Posted October 4, 2021 5 hours ago, mastershotgun said: I was not talking about near/far switch... I was talking about 3 separate ndb switches... As the threads linked by Flappie explain. The three switches select the frequency range on the ARK-5 receiver which will be used when switching from far to near. 150 - 310 310 - 640 640 - 1030 Far beacon being within the 640 - 1030 kHz range, tune this in the ARK- receiver. The corresponding inner beacon is within 310 - 640 kHz range, you need to switch the 310 - 640 kHz (middle switch to on). Overflying the outer beacon, you can now switch far/near switch to near, and the ARK-5 "automatically" receives the inner beacon (without turning the crank), because in the near position, the range selection is used from the switches and not from the frequency range dial on the receiver unit.
mastershotgun Posted October 4, 2021 Author Posted October 4, 2021 Right, so how you tune the frequency on that? As far as I understand there is no autotuning, since back than it simply did not exists...
gulredrel Posted October 4, 2021 Posted October 4, 2021 Please read the post above, @Ramsay put it really nice together with pictures. Only some OM/IM combinations work. Frequency range set and than tune with the hand crank on the ARK-5 receiver on the right side of the cockpit. On the kneeboard there's also a hint for the frequency as the scale is hard to read sometimes due to parallax error and what not.
mastershotgun Posted October 5, 2021 Author Posted October 5, 2021 Sorry guys, but I still not get it... How do you tune it than? You are not going to mess with the ARK-5 tuning handle, because if you do it will mess up your far beacon settings. Which is exactly you do not want. The whole reason why you have the switch like that, on the so easy reach position as it is, is to quickly switch back and forward getween near and far beacons to get your runway angle approach... This is what give MiG-15 the "all weather" label... If you mess with the handle, you loose that capability...
BuzzLine Posted October 5, 2021 Posted October 5, 2021 3 hours ago, mastershotgun said: Sorry guys, but I still not get it... How do you tune it than? You are not going to mess with the ARK-5 tuning handle, because if you do it will mess up your far beacon settings. Which is exactly you do not want. The whole reason why you have the switch like that, on the so easy reach position as it is, is to quickly switch back and forward getween near and far beacons to get your runway angle approach... This is what give MiG-15 the "all weather" label... If you mess with the handle, you loose that capability... The near and far beacons frequencies are supposed to be coupled. Same position of the tuning handle, only different frequency ranges. The one for far that you set on the rotary 3-position dial on the right (for the far beacon), the other for the near beacon is set by the switches. But by design, the tuning handle should not move. Only the ranges. 1
mastershotgun Posted October 6, 2021 Author Posted October 6, 2021 Ok, so taht's the trick, they should be coupled, like there should be some predetermined difference between near and far beacon frequencies... Oki, I was looking at it as what L-39 have... Thank you.
BuzzLine Posted October 6, 2021 Posted October 6, 2021 It's amazing how ingenuous some of those early radionavigation systems were. And how they managed to work around limitations in technology or even (in this case) User Interface. I believe the Mig-19 has two separate "memories" for the frequencies and thus does not require the outer/inner NDBs to be coupled. I wonder if the Mig-17 has made the jump to that or if it still has the early Mig-15 system that we discuss here.
mastershotgun Posted October 6, 2021 Author Posted October 6, 2021 17 minutes ago, BuzzLine said: It's amazing how ingenuous some of those early radionavigation systems were. And how they managed to work around limitations in technology or even (in this case) User Interface. Well, that was exactly what I was thinking... Because we also need to deal with different time eras and different countries... Not all countries follow the same logic/offsets for the beacons... So, to preset frequencies is maybe not so realistic as we would like, but it is much more usefull gamewise as what we have... If it make sense...
BuzzLine Posted October 6, 2021 Posted October 6, 2021 3 minutes ago, mastershotgun said: Well, that was exactly what I was thinking... Because we also need to deal with different time eras and different countries... Not all countries follow the same logic/offsets for the beacons... So, to preset frequencies is maybe not so realistic as we would like, but it is much more usefull gamewise as what we have... If it make sense... I understand your viewpoint. If ED aims for maximum historical accuracy, they should also provide accuracy beyond the plane itself as, as we see here, the environment plays (played ?) a part in the whole system. 1
BuzzLine Posted October 6, 2021 Posted October 6, 2021 Oh, that what this option meant ! Now I understand it better, thanks.
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