F-16 - TTT - Time to Target calculation?

[Rich_Beam]

Is there solution to calculate TTT (Time to Target) in the F-16?

TOT works quite well, but is not suitable for CAS and JTAC work.

[DukeAngus]

in the bottom right-hand side of the hud, in at least nav mode is the time to steer point which could be the target, miles to and heading to the currently selected steer point, based on current speed.

Edited December 19, 2022 by DukeAngus

[Rich_Beam]

Thank you, but is there a solution that gives me the speed carrot, that tells me how fast to fly to be on/over target, lets say I want to be over target in 4minutes 30 seconds?

To do a "time hack" so to say. Like the A-10 or the F-18 can do it.

It is not practical to try to do it via the TOT funktion.

[Scotch75]

In the STPT page (ICP 4), you can set a desired time over target (DTOT) to the time you want for the particular steerpoint (if your steerpoint is your target).

Cheers!


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[Rich_Beam]

Okay I found it. Its called DELTA TOS and its not implemented yet.

DTOT is to be on a certain time over target.

DTOS is to be in a certain time over target or the Time To Target which is pretty handy in a interrupted Arty surpression with time deconfliction - for example in a CAS SEAD mission.

 

https://forum.dcs.world/search/?q=delta tos&quick=1&type=forums_topic&item=291504

[WHOGX5]

17 hours ago, Rich_Beam said:

Okay I found it. Its called DELTA TOS and its not implemented yet.

DTOT is to be on a certain time over target.

DTOS is to be in a certain time over target or the Time To Target which is pretty handy in a interrupted Arty surpression with time deconfliction - for example in a CAS SEAD mission.

 

https://forum.dcs.world/search/?q=delta tos&quick=1&type=forums_topic&item=291504

No, this is incorrect. TOS is where you set your desired time on station (a.k.a time over target) by pressing 4 on the ICP for the STPT page. You can set a TOS for each steerpoint. DELTA TOS allows you to shift all your TOS timings back and forth. So if you need to be on station 3 minutes later than planned you just enter 3-0-0 in the DELTA TOS field on the TIME page (ICP 6) and the TOS for every single steerpoint will shift by 3 minutes. Both of these features are implemented and working. If you want the speed carrot on the HUD, press 5 on the ICP for the CRUS page followed by pressing 0 on the TOS rubric.

Something that sounds like it would be handy for the problem you explained though but isn't implemented yet is the ability to have your TOS timings reference hack time instead of system time. This way you could set the TOS of a steerpoint to 00:04:30 if that's how far into the future you want to be there, and when you want the countdown to start, you simply set your hack time to 00:00:00 and press enter. Voila!

Edited December 21, 2022 by WHOGX5