Lock on Ground Moving Target

[TonyP]

I'm having difficulties in getting a lock on a moving target. I hit the button to activate the Ground Moving Target on the PUI 800, I've got the target between the gates on the Shkval but I can't seem to get a lock that holds the gate on the target when it moves. The Laser switch is on. I'm trying to hit a AAA Vulcan as it moves down a road, but can't hold the lock (gate) on the moving vehicle.

[Zembla]

Maybe it's because your gate is too big? You can decrease the size of those.

 

If it's failing to lock a moving object, what you can try is slewing the designator over the area your target will be moving through in a matter of split seconds. Once it does move through the area, you can push the designate button, it's a matter of timing rather than accuracy now. Once the Shkval picks up the movement of the target, you can reposition the TD as you please over the target by holding the designate button together with any TD movement keys.

 

Practice makes art, or so they say here in Belgium :p

 

-Z

[miguez]

Maybe it's because your gate is too big? You can decrease the size of those.

 

If it's failing to lock a moving object, what you can try is slewing the designator over the area your target will be moving through in a matter of split seconds. Once it does move through the area, you can push the designate button, it's a matter of timing rather than accuracy now. Once the Shkval picks up the movement of the target, you can reposition the TD as you please over the target by holding the designate button together with any TD movement keys.

 

Practice makes art, or so they say here in Belgium :p

 

-Z

 

Hi Z,

 

I don't quite follow your explanation above, can you elaborate, please? What is TD, and what do you mean by the "designate button", is that the lock button?

 

Thanks!

[Zembla]

TD stands for target designation, the gates in other words. They form a sort of box, in other games (a.o. LOMAC this box is referred to as the TD box, or the target designation box, unless I misremember of course :))

 

The designate button is the lock button yes.

 

So, to avoid any confusion, designating and locking are pretty much synonymous. Designation of a target as such then refers to moving the gates over the target and pressing the lock button.

 

-Z

[arneh]

The designate button is the lock button yes.

 

So, to avoid any confusion, designating and locking are pretty much synonymous. Designation of a target as such then refers to moving the gates over the target and pressing the lock button.

 

Well, in Black Shark there is one button which is lock and another which is designate (and uncage) skhval. So I'm sure it helps if you use the appropriate name, as sometimes you use one, and sometimes the other.

[Majesco]

I'm having difficulties in getting a lock on a moving target. I hit the button to activate the Ground Moving Target on the PUI 800, I've got the target between the gates on the Shkval but I can't seem to get a lock that holds the gate on the target when it moves. The Laser switch is on. I'm trying to hit a AAA Vulcan as it moves down a road, but can't hold the lock (gate) on the moving vehicle.

 

- first, disable Autopilot Altitude Hold and Autopilot Heading Hold

- activate Ground Moving Target, Laser guidance & Automatic Turn On Target switches

- lower collective stick & throttle, slowly turn your helicopter to the direction of moving target then enable Autopilot Altitude Hold & Heading Hold to make the plane in stationary situation at 8-17km/h

- activate cannon © and Master Arm (Alt-W)

- activate Shkval, move cursor on target (O - caged/ uncaged) and lock on it (Enter) then fire !!

 

/ Automatic Turn On Target mode always turn plane to the position of Shkval cursor automatically (target inside the gate)

Edited January 8, 2009 by Majesco

[graywo1fg]

if you turn off the autopilot heading hold then automatic turn on target wont work?

[Majesco]

i always turn off Autopilot Heading Hold while flying, just activate it when attacking targets

[Zembla]

Well, in Black Shark there is one button which is lock and another which is designate (and uncage) skhval. So I'm sure it helps if you use the appropriate name, as sometimes you use one, and sometimes the other.

 

Well, be that as it may. The "designate"-ing of the Shkval, just activates/uncages it, it doesn't lock/designate anything unless you press it in conjuction with operating the HMS.

 

So, let's be clear, you rarely use the one, unless using the HMS, which this thread isn't about. In this thread it's about locking a target, so yeah, as I already said, when I said designating I meant locking.

 

-Z

[arneh]

Well, be that as it may. The "designate"-ing of the Shkval, just activates/uncages it, it doesn't lock/designate anything unless you press it in conjuction with operating the HMS.

 

So, let's be clear, you rarely use the one, unless using the HMS, which this thread isn't about. In this thread it's about locking a target, so yeah, as I already said, when I said designating I meant locking.

 

The designate button is also used if creating target points. Or if doing INS updates. Or for turning on the Shkval automatic scan mode. Or as you said you want to move the HMS aimpoint or uncage the Skhval. And possibly some more uses I've forgotten now. So in various unrelated circumstances, so I've personally been confused on a few occasions which button to use.

[Frederf]

I've found automatic tracking to "stick" more readily if the gates are close to the target size and a little on the small size. A gate which is a little too big seems to have problems. I wouldn't be surprised if you could just set the gate to the min size and lock every time (in game, not IRL).