dporter22 Posted August 30, 2022 Posted August 30, 2022 The tacan symbol shows up on the HSI, but how do I get it to show up on the SA page?
dporter22 Posted August 30, 2022 Author Posted August 30, 2022 Odd that they would design a situational awareness page with all kinds of informational symbols and details, then leave out one of the most important ones.
Razor18 Posted August 30, 2022 Posted August 30, 2022 (edited) It's on HSI, for navigation. SA page is for combat, where you mostly dont care, where home is yet, so... Edited August 31, 2022 by Razor18 1
markom Posted August 30, 2022 Posted August 30, 2022 If you box up the TCN, I do believe it will show up as a waypoint indicator on the SA page as well, would it not? In combat, that's pretty much what I'd expect - "this is where I fly towards for safety".
BarTzi Posted August 30, 2022 Posted August 30, 2022 57 minutes ago, Razor18 said: It's on HSI, for navigation. SA page is for combat, where you moszly dont care, where home is yet, so... So why can you see your tacan course then? Shouldn't it also be removed?
Tholozor Posted August 30, 2022 Posted August 30, 2022 (edited) Course line could also be used to reference an attack/egress direction off a TGT. Edited August 30, 2022 by Tholozor 2 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/
markom Posted August 31, 2022 Posted August 31, 2022 3 hours ago, BarTzi said: So why can you see your tacan course then? Shouldn't it also be removed? Someone will correct me if I am wrong, but, when you box the TCN, you're essentially declaring that to be your "target". Target, whichever source it comes from, will be on the SA, because it's kind of tactically important thing. You will also observe that when you do this, your previously selected target goes "poof".
Ephedrin Posted August 31, 2022 Posted August 31, 2022 vor 2 Stunden schrieb markom: Someone will correct me if I am wrong, but, when you box the TCN, you're essentially declaring that to be your "target". Target, whichever source it comes from, will be on the SA, because it's kind of tactically important thing. You will also observe that when you do this, your previously selected target goes "poof". No.. the target designation is something else. Boxing it is just the logical communication with the airplane. You don‘t designate a target with the DDI buttons except the WPDSG button which will use a selected waypoint. Would be quite a sad outcome if you sent a SLAM towards your Tacan Generally you designate a target via your sensors, so TGP, HUD/HMD, Radar, maybe SA page in the real plane. Navigation has nothing to do with the weapons and that‘s why it‘s on another page. HSI and SA page look similar but that is all, their purpose is entirely different.
BarTzi Posted August 31, 2022 Posted August 31, 2022 3 hours ago, markom said: Live and learn, but... yeah, makes sense. I don't think you can have a course line without the tacan icon. It just doesn't make sense at all to me. It's either having both displayed or none of them displayed.
dporter22 Posted August 31, 2022 Author Posted August 31, 2022 Mine shows a course line on the SA page. Doesn't make sense to have a course line running through where the tacan symbol should be, but I guess that's just the way it is.
BarTzi Posted August 31, 2022 Posted August 31, 2022 @BIGNEWY Seems odd that the S\A page can display the tacan course line while the tacan station icon is not displayed. Should be both or none. Can you please ask the team?
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