Sidewinder training help

[Double Dutch]

Hi,

I watched Wags video of the sidewinder training and when he locks the first plane, his sidewinder gives indeed a distinct tone. When I do the training I do not get the same tone but the sidewinder does take the plane down.

- is there something wrong with the training? (unlikely)

- am i doing something wrong? (likely)

Suggestions please?

 

Ps. I hope this is the right section for FA18 questions. It does not really fit with the name of the folder structure.

[unlikely_spider]

There's one tone for when it's locked, and another when you uncage the seeker head. Are you uncaging?

Edited January 27, 2024 by unlikely_spider

[Wroblowaty]

Also AIM-9X has slightly different tones than the older variants.

[bonesvf103]

There are 3 tones.  The "by default" tone, the low, rumbling growl is the standby looking for targets tone.  The slightly higher pitch tone means that it sees *something* in the seeker--which is good enough for a kill, but the really high pitched tone means it DEFINITELY sees a distinct IR target and thus an even better PK.

v6,

boNes

 

Edited January 29, 2024 by bonesvf103

[Chaffee]

Sensor button up to get the helmet to "boresight" a radar lock (WVR off-boresight) turns that seeker head into the Eye of Sauron.

Works for me, anyway. You won't mistake that 9X tone.

Edited February 5, 2024 by Chaffee