Training Level 8 broken when following instructions?

[virgo47]

I was trying to perform the Level 8 training mission (AA-TWS), but it took quite a long time before both targets were "large boxes" (track targets). At that moment I changed them to system targets (TMS up) and bugged one of them (TMS up again). However, it was already a bit late so it seems, as they headed to my right. At this moment, the mission is unpaused, but when I wanted to turn towards them, something that was NOT mentioned in the mission (unexpected autopilot) kept rolling me back left. If I left the plane as is the missile (AIM-120) never reached the maximum launch range and the locked plane dropped out of lock.

Was the mission designed with different radar/range parameters or am I doing something wrong - most of the time I'm in the active pause anyway.

Lesson 13 - Air-Air TWS and TNDL Use.miz_12092024_22-43.trk

EDIT: As a side note, for training missions, I'd not hide the enemy units, it is very frustrating to lose it and not be able to use F10 to understand at least what is happening. This applies to all F16 training missions I encountered so far.

Edited September 12, 2024 by virgo47

[slughead]

I wondered what that uncontrollable rolling and pitching was about! I'm hitting FLCS reset, backup FLCS, trim all sorts!

[slughead]

If you have disabled this new feature: 

• Added special settings to adjust the dead zone and gradient of the roll and pitch channel in FCS.

Turn it back on. That seems to be the culprit. The mission was fine with this setting enabled,

[virgo47]

8 hours ago, slughead said:

If you have disabled this new feature: 

• Added special settings to adjust the dead zone and gradient of the roll and pitch channel in FCS.

Turn it back on. That seems to be the culprit. The mission was fine with this setting enabled,

Does that help with radar and its tracks? I don't have the plane on trial anymore so I can't test it, but I don't know how this is related, I didn't mention any flight control problems, only radar behavior vs instructions discrepancy.

[slughead]

You mention unexpected autopilot.. That’s what it felt like to me and the first thing I checked. Nothing to do with radar tracks. I didn’t have a problem with that.

[virgo47]

1 hour ago, slughead said:

You mention unexpected autopilot.. That’s what it felt like to me and the first thing I checked. Nothing to do with radar tracks. I didn’t have a problem with that.

Ah, sorry, yes, I mentioned that, now I see it buried in the middle of the text. Yeah, that was just a minor nuisance (annoying and should be mentioned in the instructions, of course).