how would a viggen pilot dive through cloud cover into a mountainous area

[bephanten]

i set up a mission where i follow waypoints through a canyon in caucaus. weather is overcast. there is a mountain at the end of canyon. i climb over the mountain through cloud cover. now i have to dive through clouds. but cant see terrain. how should i use the radar or other sensors to dive and not die?

[razo+r]

One option could be to place the waypoint some distance down a valley, preferably a straight segment. Then, after looking up the valley on a chart, measure the heading of the valley. After that, make sure your ingress heading towards that waypoint matches the heading you measured, and then descent on that heading towards, or away from that waypoint. 

As an alternative, you may aswell use a chart to navigate to a flat place of land where the MSA is below the cloud layer, so you can descent without much thinking. 

[Rudel_chw]

27 minutes ago, bephanten said:

how should i use the radar or other sensors to dive and not die?

 

Set the radar elevation to zero, and enable the radar terrain avoidance mode. You need to learn to interpret the radar images, this tutorial will give you the basics:

 

 

[bephanten]

53 minutes ago, razo+r said:

One option could be to place the waypoint some distance down a valley, preferably a straight segment. Then, after looking up the valley on a chart, measure the heading of the valley. After that, make sure your ingress heading towards that waypoint matches the heading you measured, and then descent on that heading towards, or away from that waypoint. 

As an alternative, you may aswell use a chart to navigate to a flat place of land where the MSA is below the cloud layer, so you can descent without much thinking. 

this is good but requires preplanning. the video looks like what i was looking for. thank you

Edited December 18, 2023 by bephanten

[Glowingheat]

Stick another waypoint at a distance where it's safe to come down, then memorise that waypoint number.