Markpoint Issues

[lukeXIII]

• (With no designation) Pressing the markpoint button on the EHSD creates a markpoint in the air instead of on the ground
• Markpoint 0 range is not updating correctly in the HUD (it is currently using the range of the last selected markpoint)
• Unable to create markpoint offsets
• Pressing the TOO button should automatically create a markpoint (there shouldn't be a markpoint and waypoint ODU option in TOO)

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[Shrike88]

no response from RB ? Guess all their capital is in the F-15 now.  Hopefully the harrier will continue to get fixed.

[Aernov]

The issues with incorrect HUD range and offsets persist still. And shouldn't TOO create a designation (targetpoint 0)?

[Ich Dien]

TOO will create a designation, but the number is at the users discretion via the scratchpad. T0 can be used, but will be overwritten by the system the next time the user used the TDC to designate anything. 

So I think they're saying TOO should create a mark point and a designation, but would that only be when the user submits their TOO as a TP using UFC ENT? Or would hitting TOO on its own create a MP? 

[Aernov]

"A TOO designation is provided to allow low level head-up designation of unplanned targets of opportunity. The pilot presses the TOO pushbutton on the UFC to designate the point directly below the aircraft as the target. This action automatically turns on the radar altimeter (if not operating) to supply target elevation to the system and commands the A/G master mode for immediate attack." (NWP 3-22.5-AV8B, Vol. I)

As I understand it, TOO press designates the point under the aircraft (if no designation was present at the moment of button press?) thus creating T0 as any other designation does, and prepares UFC for assigning numbered targetpoint to that designation (T1/2/etc.). At least it should, I'm not sure if it is working currently. I found no evidence of it creating a markpoint at the same moment.

Edited May 17, 2023 by Aernov

[lukeXIII]

On 5/17/2023 at 8:46 PM, Aernov said:

I found no evidence of it creating a markpoint at the same moment.

The "Position Marking" section in the NFM-000 states that upon pressing the TOO button, the point beneath the aircraft or designation is stored as a markpoint and you are then given the option to also store this as a targetpoint.

[Aernov]

Yes, now I've found it. Unless newer software eliminated this feature (which is unlikely IMO), markpoint is created at existing designation or beneath the plane.