Waypoint selection question

[Recluse]

So as  I have been learning the F-15E, I am reminded that of the aircraft I fly, the Mudhen, the Harrier, the Mirage (don't recall the A-10C) all have a mechanism to punch in a desired Waypoint and jump straight to it for Navigation.  Pretty sure the VIPER can too (from my BMS days) I have not found such a mechanism in the Hornet!!  IN some missions we fly (e.g. FOOTHOLD) there are MANY MANY waypoints and it is annoying and cumbersome to have to scroll up and down with the appropriate PB to get to the desired WP.   Is there a way to do this via the UFC that I have been missing all this time??

Seems like an odd omission for a modern aircraft when it is present in so many others.

 

 

[Blackfyre]

3 hours ago, Recluse said:

So as  I have been learning the F-15E, I am reminded that of the aircraft I fly, the Mudhen, the Harrier, the Mirage (don't recall the A-10C) all have a mechanism to punch in a desired Waypoint and jump straight to it for Navigation.  Pretty sure the VIPER can too (from my BMS days) I have not found such a mechanism in the Hornet!!  IN some missions we fly (e.g. FOOTHOLD) there are MANY MANY waypoints and it is annoying and cumbersome to have to scroll up and down with the appropriate PB to get to the desired WP.   Is there a way to do this via the UFC that I have been missing all this time??

Seems like an odd omission for a modern aircraft when it is present in so many others.

 

 

As a workaround you can create another sequence then add to it desired waypoint(s).

By the way, I really miss quick and handy selection of markpoints.

[Phantom711]

Well, as far as I read, there can only be 9 waypoints per sequence anyways...so I can`t be that much toggling back and forth.

Also I don`t see, why one would toggle BACK that often? 

 

I understand what you mean, but the question we have to ask ourselves is: Is that actually an issue during real life ops?

Edited June 26, 2023 by Phantom711

[Recluse]

You might be right that it is a DCS'ism.. It just struck me as odd that most of the other aircraft allow you to directly input the WP of choice and I got to wondering why the Hornet (that we have) does not.

 I have to say that I have seen sequences with many more than 9 Waypoints.  Specifically, in the FOOTHOLD Dynamic mission we fly, there are at least 40 WP's in the default sequence. but I tend to create TARGET WAYPOINTS by over-writing  a range of WP's that I am not using for the particular part of the map I am on, but then I might need to Divert to another WP earlier or later in the sequence, or toggle back to WP 0 to return to HOME PLATE (if there is no TACAN ) and that is a lot of TOGGLING.  Creating a new sequence with a subset of WP's seems like it would work.

[Tholozor]

Waypoint Sequences in the Hornet can have up to 15 waypoints per sequence, with three sequences in total.

As far as I've seen reading the NATOPS, no direct waypoint selection is available.

[Recluse]

Yes, so a sequence can have 15 Waypoints, but the database of Waypoints and Markpoints can be scrolled through continuously.

As in the video below, I scroll through 60 WP's  (I guess 59 +0) and 10 Markpoints.  There is only a single SEQUENCE (with 15 WP's) but I can still scroll through the entire database when the Sequence is not SELECTED, so this method of creating multiple small sequences and selecting them should definitely help.