skywalker22 Posted March 16, 2022 Posted March 16, 2022 I cannot figure out how should I use Tacan navigation to find the tanker in the air. I am doing all by the book as describled in the Chuck`s manual. But it seems it doesn`t work for me. Tacan frequency just doesn`t change, you can see on the video bellow. For the tanker, I set the channel 22X, but no matter what I do, I cannot make it work, so I would have a takan bearing to the tanker.
Tholozor Posted March 16, 2022 Posted March 16, 2022 You already reported this in the F-16 forum: From that thread, it's a known issue across all aircraft: REAPER 51 | Tholozor VFA-136 (c.2007): https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3305981/ Arleigh Burke Destroyer Pack (2020): https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3313752/
skywalker22 Posted March 16, 2022 Author Posted March 16, 2022 Didn`t know its a knows and common issue, so related to TACAN in general. Thx for clarifying.
Goliathus Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 Hey Skywalker22, do you know how far you were from the tanker when you tried to tune its TACAN signal? Maybe I´m just guessing, but I found it from time to time impossible to catch the TACAN signal if tanker was too far away from me. It´s very same with other TACAN beacons as well, probably due to signal strenght weakening with distance. Just check if this was not your case. Goliathus
CBStu Posted March 23, 2022 Posted March 23, 2022 On 3/17/2022 at 10:43 AM, Goliathus said: Hey Skywalker22, do you know how far you were from the tanker when you tried to tune its TACAN signal? Maybe I´m just guessing, but I found it from time to time impossible to catch the TACAN signal if tanker was too far away from me. It´s very same with other TACAN beacons as well, probably due to signal strenght weakening with distance. Just check if this was not your case. Goliathus Agreed. I have seen this w/ both the carrier and land airbases. I don't know if there is a standard max distance or not. I usually cheat a little, look at the F10 map, and figure my own bearing. At some point I try tacan again and there it is.
pete_auau Posted March 24, 2022 Posted March 24, 2022 i believe tacans are line of sight so if you got a mountain in front of you you will not receive the tacan
Razor18 Posted March 27, 2022 Posted March 27, 2022 I'm not sure if it is common practice to place the tanker below neighboring mountain top levels...
pete_auau Posted March 28, 2022 Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, Razor18 said: I'm not sure if it is common practice to place the tanker below neighboring mountain top levels... no its not but if your flying low level and behind a mountain A TACAN is a short range, UHF, line-of-sight air navigation system that provides continuous, accurate slant-range distance and bearing information. TACAN stations had a range of up to 390 nautical miles and operate in the frequency band from 960-1215 MHz.16 June 2020 Edited March 28, 2022 by pete_auau
Razor18 Posted March 28, 2022 Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) What I'm trying to say is, by the time I'm looking for a tanker on TACAN, I'm not down low any more. Your mileage might vary. Edited March 28, 2022 by Razor18
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