frostycab Posted March 20, 2022 Posted March 20, 2022 When I WAS the gun from the pilot seat I nearly always change it to auto ranging. If I then deselect it and WAS it again it returns to manual range at 1500m. It would be nice if it could remember what it was previously set to. Might be correct as is, but it seems a bit strange to me.
Spartan452 Posted March 20, 2022 Posted March 20, 2022 Recognised the same problem. If this is correct as is, then the cannon is quite the „quick“ response from the pilot.
ED Team Raptor9 Posted March 20, 2022 ED Team Posted March 20, 2022 When the selected sight is HMD, and the gun is actioned, the range will always default to the manual range entered on the WPN page. This is correct behavior. The reason this behavior is set this way is imagine you have an ACQ source set to a point that is 5 km away, your range source will be N5.0, but you need to suppress something close in, the aircraft will think you are trying to shoot at something far away. During run-up, it is smart to set your manual range to between 500-2000 meters, whatever range you are comfortable shooting targets with gun while using your HMD as the sight. So you can still use Auto-range (or other range sources), but you need to enter A on the keyboard after you action the gun. Side note: even when an autorange is used, the MANRNG value on the weapon page at B6 will still display the last manual range value entered. 3 Afterburners are for wussies...hang around the battlefield and dodge tracers like a man. DCS Rotor-Head
frostycab Posted March 21, 2022 Author Posted March 21, 2022 22 hours ago, Raptor9 said: When the selected sight is HMD, and the gun is actioned, the range will always default to the manual range entered on the WPN page. This is correct behavior. The reason this behavior is set this way is imagine you have an ACQ source set to a point that is 5 km away, your range source will be N5.0, but you need to suppress something close in, the aircraft will think you are trying to shoot at something far away. During run-up, it is smart to set your manual range to between 500-2000 meters, whatever range you are comfortable shooting targets with gun while using your HMD as the sight. So you can still use Auto-range (or other range sources), but you need to enter A on the keyboard after you action the gun. Side note: even when an autorange is used, the MANRNG value on the weapon page at B6 will still display the last manual range value entered. Thanks. I thought there was probably a reason for it.
ruprecht Posted March 21, 2022 Posted March 21, 2022 Seems more useful to default to A for quick reactions, and save N or manual for more deliberate attacks. But I don't work at Boeing so... DCS Wishlist: | Navy F-14 | Navy F/A-18 | AH-6 | Navy A-6 | Official Navy A-4 | Carrier Ops | Dynamic Campaign | Marine AH-1 | Streaming DCS sometimes:
frostycab Posted March 21, 2022 Author Posted March 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, ruprecht said: Seems more useful to default to A for quick reactions, and save N or manual for more deliberate attacks. But I don't work at Boeing so... Well, in fairness Auto mode is only accurate on level terrain anyway. Whatever you do with the IHADDS the best way to get accurate gun use is to fire via the TADS with laser ranging.
ruprecht Posted March 21, 2022 Posted March 21, 2022 True. I just manual mine to 500 and it's close enough for quick defensive work. DCS Wishlist: | Navy F-14 | Navy F/A-18 | AH-6 | Navy A-6 | Official Navy A-4 | Carrier Ops | Dynamic Campaign | Marine AH-1 | Streaming DCS sometimes:
frostycab Posted March 21, 2022 Author Posted March 21, 2022 On 3/20/2022 at 1:48 AM, Raptor9 said: When the selected sight is HMD, and the gun is actioned, the range will always default to the manual range entered on the WPN page. This is correct behavior. The reason this behavior is set this way is imagine you have an ACQ source set to a point that is 5 km away, your range source will be N5.0, but you need to suppress something close in, the aircraft will think you are trying to shoot at something far away. During run-up, it is smart to set your manual range to between 500-2000 meters, whatever range you are comfortable shooting targets with gun while using your HMD as the sight. So you can still use Auto-range (or other range sources), but you need to enter A on the keyboard after you action the gun. Side note: even when an autorange is used, the MANRNG value on the weapon page at B6 will still display the last manual range value entered. Following on from this, can I ask about the behaviour of auto-ranging in the CPG seat? I just did a quick test, and while the pilot reverts to manual range each time they action the gun, it seems that the CPG remains on auto-ranging and has to use the KEU if he wants to go back to manual after re-actioning the gun from his seat. Once again, I don't know if this is correct or not, so will let you decide if it needs investigation. I have included a track file below. I used external power to get it done quick and keep it short, but the behaviour is the same with engines running and full INU alignment. CPG ranging.trk
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