Zaphael Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 Very often when I'm cruising at 30,000ft, some bandits show up at 5000ft or so, say within 40 miles on datalink. Unfortunately, Jester won't look at the datalink hostile HAFU marker, and adjust the radar elevation accordingly. He just sits there scanning at 30,000ft. Would it be possible for Jester to do some form of radar elevation search, perhaps prioritising on hostile datalink targets? It could save the effort to manually tell him to adjust his elevation.
r4y30n Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 +1 He should see data link contacts as clearly as we do and react appropriately.
draconus Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 It's not that simple. He'd need some sort of smart weighing. I'd not want him to "look" at some close helicopter down low just when I'm engaging the fighters straight ahead. btw: We already have the option for Jester to STT datalink targets. Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX4070S Quest 3 T16000M VPC CDT-VMAX TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria
Zaphael Posted March 31, 2022 Author Posted March 31, 2022 6 hours ago, draconus said: It's not that simple. He'd need some sort of smart weighing. I'd not want him to "look" at some close helicopter down low just when I'm engaging the fighters straight ahead. btw: We already have the option for Jester to STT datalink targets. How do you get Jester to STT Datalink targets?
draconus Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Zaphael said: How do you get Jester to STT Datalink targets? It's in the "lock specific target" submenu. DL targets are in blue font. Edited March 31, 2022 by draconus Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX4070S Quest 3 T16000M VPC CDT-VMAX TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria
bonesvf103 Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 Wouldn't you have to have DL targets on your own radar as well in order to lock them? Otherwise all you can do is hook them. Also, if you happen to use VAICOM Pro, and you see that datalink target at a low altitude while you are at a high one, you can tell Jester, for example, "Scan sector angels 5 for 40" and he will set the radar accordingly to scan where you saw the DL target. v6, boNes 1 "Also, I would prefer a back seater over the extra gas any day. I would have 80 pounds of flesh to eat and a pair of glasses to start a fire." --F/A-18 Hornet pilot
draconus Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 44 minutes ago, bonesvf103 said: Wouldn't you have to have DL targets on your own radar as well in order to lock them? Otherwise all you can do is hook them. RIO would have to adjust scanning area and also can lock directly from DDD but Jester somehow manages to change elevation as needed and lock the target when possible. Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX4070S Quest 3 T16000M VPC CDT-VMAX TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria
Zaphael Posted April 1, 2022 Author Posted April 1, 2022 9 hours ago, bonesvf103 said: Wouldn't you have to have DL targets on your own radar as well in order to lock them? Otherwise all you can do is hook them. Also, if you happen to use VAICOM Pro, and you see that datalink target at a low altitude while you are at a high one, you can tell Jester, for example, "Scan sector angels 5 for 40" and he will set the radar accordingly to scan where you saw the DL target. v6, boNes Yes I'm currently working around this problem using VAICOM Pro. Issue with this is that you need to voice command the altitude of the target. But unless Jester hooks the target, there is no accurate altitude read out, just the altitude band 0-4. With a 10000ft difference between each band e.g. Band 1 between 5000 to 15000ft, estimating the wrong altitude could still place it outside the radar scan volume if just under 40 miles +-.
draconus Posted April 1, 2022 Posted April 1, 2022 3 hours ago, Zaphael said: Issue with this is that you need to voice command the altitude of the target. But unless Jester hooks the target, there is no accurate altitude read out, just the altitude band 0-4. With a 10000ft difference between each band e.g. Band 1 between 5000 to 15000ft, estimating the wrong altitude could still place it outside the radar scan volume if just under 40 miles +-. It's RL limitation of the DL targets displayed on TID. You should try both higher and lower alt to find the target just as you'd do in a single seat fighter. Since it's DL target - you can ask/listen to the DL host for more accurate alt number, right? Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX4070S Quest 3 T16000M VPC CDT-VMAX TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria
Zaphael Posted April 1, 2022 Author Posted April 1, 2022 (edited) In a single seat like the viper (or RIO Seat), I had control of the radar elevation knob. As a RIO if I had a high-speed DL contact within 40 miles in my scan volume, that's the first target I am going to scan in 8 Bar on a narrow azimuth, and then STT and drop back to TWS-A in for a precise elevation. I just think Jester should learn to do the same when I am a pilot. I sometime wish there was two of me, but to be honest the workload is intense on the F-14. So I totally appreciate the two-man design. Edited April 1, 2022 by Zaphael
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