A-A mode or MSL OVERRIDE?

[VarZat]

Just wanted to ask what the preference is with other people. Myself i never use the A-A button on tnullhe ICP, only the MSL OVERRIDE switch. Though i have feeling that they use A-A mode IRL, and have the MSL OVERRIDE as an emergency switch, but what do i know.

[Sinclair_76]

25 minutes ago, VarZat said:

Just wanted to ask what the preference is with other people. Myself i never use the A-A button on tnullhe ICP, only the MSL OVERRIDE switch. Though i have feeling that they use A-A mode IRL, and have the MSL OVERRIDE as an emergency switch, but what do i know.

Pilots in general tend to make things easy for themselves. I think you're method is the standard as in swing roles you get to switch from A-G to MSL with just the Override switch.

[AlexCaboose]

You can set up different search settings in A-A and Missile Override, so there’s reasons to use both. If multirole is a consideration then mostly Missile Override.

[darkman222]

I guess the simple reason for people using MSL Override over A-A is that MSL Override is bound to the Hotas and much quicker accessible.

But its a valid question. Yes you can have different MFD setups, search settings in MSL Override and A-A mode. But apart from that, do the both modes have a difference or one or the other an advantage?

Edited February 24, 2023 by darkman222

[Tholozor]

Not really any difference between A-A and MSL OVRD. They're both considered separate master modes, so you could have the MFDs configured differently for each.

[Exorcet]

AA Mode and the switch do the same thing. I use them both. One to have one radar set up saved, and other to have another radar setup saved. It's the fastest way to switch.

[feipan]

But radar range is not saved, so this is a bit moot

[S]

On 2/24/2023 at 1:01 PM, Exorcet said:

AA Mode and the switch do the same thing. I use them both. One to have one radar set up saved, and other to have another radar setup saved. It's the fastest way to switch.

What do you mean by this? TWS vs RWS?

On 2/28/2023 at 8:03 AM, feipan said:

But radar range is not saved, so this is a bit moot

Range is easy enough to change with either the push buttons on the display or (even easier) the pipper (up to extend, down to contract, left/right to change azimuth).

[AlexCaboose]

On 2/28/2023 at 9:03 AM, feipan said:

But radar range is not saved, so this is a bit moot

Range is saved, that was fixed.

4 hours ago, S said:

What do you mean by this? TWS vs RWS?

Range is easy enough to change with either the push buttons on the display or (even easier) the pipper (up to extend, down to contract, left/right to change azimuth).

Never use TWS.

Range is a good one, but it can also be your cursor correlation range and altitude settings and whatnot that get adjusted. Saves time on a recommit into a short skate or banzai.

[Exorcet]

On 3/2/2023 at 6:22 PM, S said:

What do you mean by this? TWS vs RWS?

Range is easy enough to change with either the push buttons on the display or (even easier) the pipper (up to extend, down to contract, left/right to change azimuth).

You can use it to switch between TWS and RWS yes. Or different settings for azimuth or bars, etc. Whatever you might need.

I will usually map reduced azimuth TWS to missile override and full azimuth RWS to the AA mode button. I'll sit in TWS by default and switch to RWS when I need to find more elusive targets.