fixed ILS Self Test - Needles move to incorrect position.

[Rudel_chw]

Hi,

I'm editing a night landing mission and noticed that the INS TEST switch, which has two different test positions, moves the needles in an incorrect way:  As currently simulated, HG moves the needles Down and Left, while BD moves them Up and Right.

 

 

However, the manual of the Mirage F1-CZ, which should be very similar to the -CE, states that the HG (Haute Gauche?) position should move the needles UP and left, while the BD (Bas Droit?) position moves them DOWN and right.

 

I know it is a very small detail, and even I may be wrong and the CE's INS behaves different than the CZ, but I'm pointing it out so it can be checked when possible.

 

Best regards, and thanks for a great Mod 

 

Eduardo

Edited November 10, 2022 by Rudel_chw

[Iron Sights]

Just to clarify, is this the test button on the ILS panel or is it the IDN test? I’ve been trying to help figure this out, but just wanted to be sure I’m looking at the right test.

[Rudel_chw]

4 hours ago, Iron Sights said:

Just to clarify, is this the test button on the ILS panel or is it the IDN test? I’ve been trying to help figure this out, but just wanted to be sure I’m looking at the right test.

 

On this picture, it's the ring of the right knob:

 

 

Its positions are momentary, labeled HG and BD

[Iron Sights]

All I could find points to you being correct. HG should be high left and BD should be low right on the test switch based on the explanations I found. I believe the Mirage 2000 has similar switch. It might be worth checking it to see if that is correct.

[Flappie]

I'm trying to reproduce the issue but yellow lines won't appear in a hot F1CE. What am I missing?

Edited November 15, 2022 by Flappie

[gnomechild]

27 minutes ago, Flappie said:

I'm trying to reproduce the issue but yellow lines won't appear in a hot F1CE. What am I missing?

 

Do you have the omnibearing selector switch in the ILS position? 

[Flappie]

That's what I was missing. Thanks.

Issue reported.

[Bestandskraft]

I would like to add to the bug report that

• the behaviour described in the F1CZ manual is also described in the game manual (p. 83), so it should apply to the CE and EE as well,
• no 1000 Hz test signal is audible in the headphones and a "successive listening of audio signals at 400, 1300 and 3000 Hz, as well as the simultaneous lighting of the amber indicator light in the spherical indicators" does not occur as should be the case per the manual when performing the ILS test,
• when selecting a north course on the omnibearing selector, the vertical bar in the spherical indicator will only center (or be displaced from center depending on the actual course selected) and a TO indication displayed if certain VOR/ILS frequencies are dialed in, but not with others. This can be tested in the Caucasus instant action takeoff mission where the centering occurs with a frequency of 108.00 selected, but not with e.g. 108.05. Neither of those frequencies exist in the Caucasus theater as per the Beacons.lua, so the logic when the test works and when it doesn't in-game isn't clear. Selecting a VOR/LOC frequency that doesn’t correspond to any VOR/ILS with a valid signal near the aircraft does not seem to be the criterion at least.

I will admit though that the RL manual is poorly translated from the French so how the test is supposed to work in detail is not easy to understand.

[Flappie]

The ILS self-test is now fixed (HG = haut gauche, BD = bas droite). It only works when an alid ILS frequency is dialed in.

@Bestandskraft Please check the latest OB.