wip AZ/EL's FLIR Sub Page Not Working as Expected?

[Callsign JoNay]

Hey guys,

I've been playing around with the AZ/EL's FLIR sub page, and I noticed a behavior that I suspect is not accurately modelled. I can use the TDC to move the FLIR octagon to any empty spot on the AZ/EL page, but I am unable to move the FLIR onto any Link-16 contacts. I'm not a Hornet aficionado, but this is illogical and I don't see how this could be accurate to real life, since it defeats the entire purpose of the AZ/EL FLIR sub page. What good is this sub page if we are only able to slew the FLIR pod to empty areas of the sky, but not onto anything useful?

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[Hulkbust44]

It's supposed to be done via TDC depress and hold while you slew over the track, then release. The octagon should follow, that's a bug atm, but you will see SLAVE boxed.

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[Callsign JoNay]

1 hour ago, Hulkbust44 said:

It's supposed to be done via TDC depress and hold while you slew over the track, then release. The octagon should follow, that's a bug atm, but you will see SLAVE boxed.

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Ok great, that makes a lot more sense than the current implementation.

[Hulkbust44]

Ok great, that makes a lot more sense than the current implementation.

Yeah, the other missing component is that TDC depress on a trackfile should make it the L+S, and it would be slaved via that logic.

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[Callsign JoNay]

4 hours ago, Hulkbust44 said:

Yeah, the other missing component is that TDC depress on a trackfile should make it the L+S, and it would be slaved via that logic.

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I think that is working on my end. If I box L+S and TDC depress through the AZ/EL/FLIR page on something within radar range, the TGP slews and slaves to the L+S contact. My only problems are when something is out of range or if my radar is snoozed, I can't put the TGP in any area of the sky where a L16 contact exists, which is pretty dumb. Has this feature ever worked properly, or it's been this way since AZ/EL was released? I've been a Tomcat guy for the last few years, and just starting to deep-dive into the Hornet.

[Hulkbust44]

I think that is working on my end. If I box L+S and TDC depress through the AZ/EL/FLIR page on something within radar range, the TGP slews and slaves to the L+S contact. My only problems are when something is out of range or if my radar is snoozed, I can't put the TGP in any area of the sky where a L16 contact exists, which is pretty dumb. Has this feature ever worked properly, or it's been this way since AZ/EL was released? I've been a Tomcat guy for the last few years, and just starting to deep-dive into the Hornet.

Right, any trackfile with radar contribution or not should be able to be set as L+S, why we're still missing this I have no idea...

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[Lord Vader]

Hi all, thanks for your patience.

These systems are being refined by the team and we will have a better radar logic in the near future. For now, some of the features may require some work around.