Scan zone up/down vs Radar vertical axis

[virgo47]

I suspect these two controls should be the same - one on buttons and the other on an axis - but they both remember a different value for the vertical radar elevation. Is that normal or is it a bug?

What I mean is, when I push the buttons (which, annoyingly and to my surprise, needs to be done repetitively) it goes to some position, let's say -13 (down). Then I move the axis, it starts in the middle, and I can move it up (e.g. 15). Then when I press the buttons, the elevation immediately goes to the "button" position (-13) and starts from there. That doesn't seem right. Or are there really two sets of different controls in the real Su-27 which remember different elevations? I assume these two (buttons and the axis) should be just two ways to control the same thing, or not?

[Ironhand]

5 hours ago, virgo47 said:

…I assume these two (buttons and the axis) should be just two ways to control the same thing, or not?

Your assumption is correct. There is only a single dial in the cockpit controlling radar elevation. IIRC, it is discrete (like the keyboard control) rather than continuous.

EDIT: (from the real world manual):

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The altitude differential (ΔН) dial has 11 positions (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, -2, -4, -6, -8, -10) allowing you to manually center the survey (scan) zone area of either the Radar Aiming Complex (РЛПК) or the IRST (ОЛС) along a particular elevation angle.

 

Edited November 3, 2023 by Ironhand
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