F14 TACAN not working properly after 2.9?

[MTSection]

 

Have you noticed any changes in the normal functioning of the F14 tacan after the 2.9 update? It seems to me that by setting a different channel, and then returning to the carrier one, the tacan no longer seems to work (no range or direction information). On the other hand, it seems to work properly with other modules..

 

[bonesvf103]

I have not noticed the TACAN not working with the carrier.  In fact, I found it a little more annoying in a good way.  By that I mean, it became more realistic with the carrier and I was spoiled with the way it was.  Before, if I put the TACAN symbol on my 3:00 position to fly a 10 nm arc, I would just have to keep it there and make slight adjustments to maintain 10 nm.  Now, it could be at my 5:00 and instead of the range increasing (like it would if it was a shore based airport) it is increasing slightly.  I think it is because the boat is also moving, and so I am catching up to it in a turn.  That was an added bit of realism that I found interesting.

Anyway, if you tuned the TACAN in the front seat, check also to make sure that your TACAN selector is set to PILOT and not NFO.  Otherwise you may be tracking the RIO's TACAN radio and he might not have it tuned/on.  Vice versa if going by the RIO TACAN if you ahve the pilot TACAN off or mistuned.

 

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Edited October 31, 2023 by bonesvf103

[MTSection]

Hi Bones and thank you for your reply!

 

I completely agree with all your considerations.

You can easily replicate the problem I encountered by following these steps:

• select any map and open it from mission editor
• spawn any carrier and set its tacan (in my case I chose CVN-75 and set the tacan 75X)
• spawn a tanker and set its tacan (in my case 36Y)
• spawn an F14 and set it as "player"
• start the flight
• immediately in the cockpit (you will spawn in the air), we will find the tacan automatically set to 36Y; the moment you try to enter 75X, however, the range will remain "frozen" for a moment and then disappear until the carrier is about 19/20 nm away.

Please let me know if you also get the same result, if you have the time and the will, of course.

Thank you!

Edited October 31, 2023 by MTSection

[bonesvf103]

I meant to do this yesterday but didn't have time, I will try today.

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boNes

[bonesvf103]

OK, I used a Caucasus map and spawned a carrier, set its TACAN to 75X.  Spawned a KC-135MPRS and set TACAN 36Y.

Spawned an F-14 as player.  Saved mission, started mission.

F-14 spawned with TACAN set to 16X.  This is understandable since I did not set it when I spawned a Tomcat.  Its TACAN was set to AUTO and X so it started with 16X.

Tuned in the carrier at 75X.  TACAN range was changing appropriately.  Never disappeared.  Same with tuning the tanker.

Tried it with the mission set to spawn the Tomcat with 36Y.  Same thing, all TACAN ranges were working.

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boNes

 

 

 

[draconus]

On 10/31/2023 at 3:01 PM, bonesvf103 said:

I think it is because the boat is also moving, and so I am catching up to it in a turn.

TACAN always pointed at the boat - it's not some new effect. Depending on where you are ralated to the moving carrier you'd have to change the flight path vs TACAN position to keep the distance constant. More toward the 4 o'clock if in front of the boat, more toward the 2 o'clock if behind and exactly 3 o'clock when parallel.

[bonesvf103]

I don't doubt that TACAN always pointed at the boat.  I'm just saying that this is the first time I noticed that the range was changing in a different but realistic way than a shore based TACAN--which I thought was a pretty good feature.

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boNes