A reoccuring challenge with tpod

[Moxica]

Sometimes, I press TMS down short, and the tgp slaves to a spi/steerpoint behind the aircraft.
It gets tucked away real good.
How do I get by to quickly bring it forward?
Because slewing it manually takes forever, and in circles.
Active pause involved..

Edited October 31, 2022 by Moxica

[Ignition]

2 hours ago, Moxica said:

Sometimes, I press TMS down short, and the tgp slaves to a spi/steerpoint behind the aircraft.
It gets tucked away real good.
How do I get by to quickly bring it forward?
Because slewing it manually takes forever, and in circles.
Active pause involved..

 

press SP on the right, that will put the TGP on snowplow. You can also slave it to another steerpoint (TMS down) or change to visual/DTOS and use it with the HUD/HMD.

Also the TGP moves faster with less zoom.

Edited October 31, 2022 by Ignition

[=617= Evil]

In addition to SP mode as mentioned above,  you can also just quickly set a Markpoint with the HUD/HMCS and the TGP will slew there automatically just like with steerpoints. 

On the ICP just hit #7 and then that'll give you the circular Markpoint symbol in your hud. Slew it and press TMS UP short twice. The lat/long will populate on the DED. Press #0-M-SEL to automatically select it and the TGP will slew right to it. If you want to use the HMCS, after hitting #7, use Dobber right to cycle through the TGP/FCR/OFLY options and then press TMS UP LONG and the circular markpoint indicator will be in the HMCS. TMS UP SHORT once to ground stabilize, slew it where you want, then TMS UP SHORT again to set the markpoint, M-SEL to select it. 

Sounds complicated but with a little practice it goes really quickly. 

[silverdevil]

On 11/5/2022 at 1:19 PM, =617= Evil said:

In addition to SP mode as mentioned above,  you can also just quickly set a Markpoint with the HUD/HMCS and the TGP will slew there automatically just like with steerpoints. 

On the ICP just hit #7 and then that'll give you the circular Markpoint symbol in your hud. Slew it and press TMS UP short twice. The lat/long will populate on the DED. Press #0-M-SEL to automatically select it and the TGP will slew right to it. If you want to use the HMCS, after hitting #7, use Dobber right to cycle through the TGP/FCR/OFLY options and then press TMS UP LONG and the circular markpoint indicator will be in the HMCS. TMS UP SHORT once to ground stabilize, slew it where you want, then TMS UP SHORT again to set the markpoint, M-SEL to select it. 

Sounds complicated but with a little practice it goes really quickly. 

this is why i read the forums. as an SP only pilot, i do not have much input from others. this is great! thank you for taking the time.

[=617= Evil]

10 hours ago, silverdevil said:

this is why i read the forums. as an SP only pilot, i do not have much input from others. this is great! thank you for taking the time.

No problem, man! I'm still learning new things about the Viper all the time even after a good amount of hours in the jet. The Markpoint system is especially awesome if you ever do SEAD/DEAD stuff, because you can prep the HMCS for it and then when you spot the SAM launch, you can, in a matter of seconds, set the markpoint and evade while sharing the location with your flight. It's lethal when you fly with wingmen, but great for solo stuff too so you can find it easily after you defeat the missile and plot your plan to service the target.