correct as is DDI Radar - SIL

[Tusky]

Hi all!

Just found out the following:

1) set air radar on the right DDI (I haven't tried this on the left DDI)
2) press OSB 7 SIL to put the air radar in SILENT mode (SIL should be boxed)
3) press the Sensor Control Switch (SCS) towards the right DDI (where the air radar is displayed)
4) the air radar exits SIL mode but "SIL" on OSB 7 is not displayed anymore
5) if switching to surface radar and back to air radar, "SIL" comes back

Questions/notes:
1) is the air radar supposed to get out of SIL mode when the SCS is pressed in the direction of the DDI?
2) the surface radar does not get out of SIL mode if the SCS is pressed towards it

Request:
1) would it be possible to enlarge the TDC area of selection for "SIL"? It always takes me a few hits to enable it with the TDC (I always seem to miss the "soft spot")

Thank you!

 

Edited November 29, 2021 by Xamik75

[Tusky]

Here's the track!

I noticed that:
1) it only happens if no contact is detected by the radar. If there's a contact (even if undesignated), SCS to the "silenced" radar DDI locks to it
2) it happens on both right and left DDI

Air Radar SIL.trk

[BIGNEWY]

14 hours ago, Xamik75 said:

1) set air radar on the right DDI (I haven't tried this on the left DDI)
2) press OSB 7 SIL to put the air radar in SILENT mode (SIL should be boxed)
3) press the Sensor Control Switch (SCS) towards the right DDI (where the air radar is displayed)
4) the air radar exits SIL mode but "SIL" on OSB 7 is not displayed anymore
5) if switching to surface radar and back to air radar, "SIL" comes back

Hi,

When you SCS right you are entering AACQ, if you use the undesigante button it will return. 

 

Silent is deselected by pressing the boxed SIL switch or by selecting long range automatic acquisition (AACQ) with the sensor control switch.

Silent is not available when TWS, STT, or RAID is the radar operating mode or AIM-7 missile tuning is in progress or when AACQ has been selected.

 

thanks

[Hulkbust44]

5 hours ago, BIGNEWY said:

Hi,

When you SCS right you are entering AACQ, if you use the undesigante button it will return. 

 

Silent is deselected by pressing the boxed SIL switch or by selecting long range automatic acquisition (AACQ) with the sensor control switch.

Silent is not available when TWS, STT, or RAID is the radar operating mode or AIM-7 missile tuning is in progress or when AACQ has been selected.

 

thanks

Bignewy, I've seen this before. What I believe he is saying is that once you exit SIL, the SIL option itself just disappears rather than just being unboxed.

[BIGNEWY]

1 minute ago, Hulkbust44 said:

Bignewy, I've seen this before. What I believe he is saying is that once you exit SIL, the SIL option itself just disappears rather than just being unboxed.

but that is correct, it is not available in AACQ 

[Hulkbust44]

but that is correct, it is not available in AACQ 

I've seen this outside of AACQ. I'll need to get a track later. Just being in RWS and unboxing SIL will sometimes make it disappear.

Mobius708

[BIGNEWY]

17 minutes ago, Hulkbust44 said:

I've seen this outside of AACQ. I'll need to get a track later. Just being in RWS and unboxing SIL will sometimes make it disappear.

Mobius708
 

thanks if you have a track showing it we can take a look