Automatic EO power LOC and TIME (Maverick)

[Arink429]

Hi.

 

I recently noticed that the automatic EO power options LOC and TIME can not be both employed alternatively on the same mission. If one of them is choosen, the other option will not work until the mission is restarted. Is that a real feature? I don't gess so, I suppose the pilot will be free to choose one of them on different attacks.

 

Thanks.

Antonio.

[ASAP]

1 hour ago, Arink429 said:

Hi.

 

I recently noticed that the automatic EO power options LOC and TIME can not be both employed alternatively on the same mission. If one of them is choosen, the other option will not work until the mission is restarted. Is that a real feature? I don't gess so, I suppose the pilot will be free to choose one of them on different attacks.

 

Thanks.

Antonio.

From my understanding it’s not an often used feature. They just select EO power on when they FENCE in. Most pilots I’ve talked to said they much rather make positive switch changes rather than relying on a system to do it passively, because that way they know for sure it is done. Or alternatively they leave EO power off until they start thinking they might want to use it (i.e they get passed a line 5 of “Armor”). I believe for the health of the seeker they don’t like to leave them running unnecessarily all mission.
 

As far as which one you use t’s an either or. pilots can either choose the system to auto select EO power on when I cross a certain steerpoint, or I can tell it to turn on 10 minutes after my scheduled takeoff (for instance). I can’t tell my jet to turn it on 10 minutes after takeoff and turn it on at a certain steerpoint because those are mutually exclusive commands. 
 

To your actual question though, I suspect in the real jet though if you input a time it would override the steerpoint option and the other way around. Cant speak to how the real jet handles that but it would be consistent with the general way the systems seem to work. 

[Arink429]

7 hours ago, ASAP said:

From my understanding it’s not an often used feature. They just select EO power on when they FENCE in. Most pilots I’ve talked to said they much rather make positive switch changes rather than relying on a system to do it passively, because that way they know for sure it is done. Or alternatively they leave EO power off until they start thinking they might want to use it (i.e they get passed a line 5 of “Armor”). I believe for the health of the seeker they don’t like to leave them running unnecessarily all mission.
 

As far as which one you use t’s an either or. pilots can either choose the system to auto select EO power on when I cross a certain steerpoint, or I can tell it to turn on 10 minutes after my scheduled takeoff (for instance). I can’t tell my jet to turn it on 10 minutes after takeoff and turn it on at a certain steerpoint because those are mutually exclusive commands. 
 

To your actual question though, I suspect in the real jet though if you input a time it would override the steerpoint option and the other way around. Cant speak to how the real jet handles that but it would be consistent with the general way the systems seem to work. 

Thank you so much for your explanation.