in pilot seat. fcr/left. cannot fire gun when no target in radar.

[rwy12]

Hi

I am new to the ah64d module.

I am learning , firing weapons from pilot seat with fcr search.

Why does the gun stop working when fcr is active and no target detected.

thanks.

Qas

[bradmick]

This is your answer. The system can’t point at something that doesn’t exist.

[rwy12]

So to make gun fire the sight must be changed to either pilot or tads..on the mfd. 

Thank you.

[Raptor9]

The crewmember's selected sight (HMD, FCR, TADS) determines where the weapon is pointed. If FCR is your sight, the gun will be pointed toward the FCR target with the diamond around it (if there is one). If the HMD is your sight, the gun will be pointed to where your helmet is pointed. If TADS is your sight, the gun will be pointed to where the TADS is pointed.

If you action the gun while the FCR is your sight and there is no FCR target, LOS INVALID is indicating to you there is no line-of-sight for the gun to reference for targeting. The same logic applies to each weapon system, regardless of crewstation.