Mission 7 - what a ride! FCR - blind, TGP blind.

[Jack Chief]

I have had not expected that things can get even more complicated before mission 7. How naive I have been. 

Great ride, a grain of salt is finding the target. I try to explain without spoilers my struggle. Navigation using bullseye refrence - first time i was dong this. First I tried to locate the point using HSD but then discovered that it is more precise to set a point from bullseye using FCR in ground mode. I was on station  trying to tally the target, but FCR in both GM and GMT gave nothing, outside only hills and snow. It took me 15 minutes at least, burned fuel to the Joker. Then (cheat trick) I used wingman to show me the vector on target. Poor kid :O.  Anyway looking for some hints how to crack this task.I wonder what would be the best approach.Will check also on YT. Cherry on the top at the end was brilliant I was confused, was tempted to use perpendicual way to main one, wide and quite long but heading was not right... giving a second tought about this, checking radio comms log again saved me. ;). 

Edited January 1 by Jack Chief

[Reflected]

Hmm, I never used the radar. Just the HSI with the course set from bullseye. Chainsaw also tells you the name of the 2 villages the column is in between, so once you find those, it’s easy to spot the vehicles. 

Edited January 1 by Reflected

[Blackhawk163]

Wait, is this Emily? Because for the life of me I tried using the reference on the FCR as 336/57 and put me way off from where I needed to actually be which was (I'm spit balling here) more like 330/110 or something like that. 

There is a way to do this via the FCR, I just don't remember how 

[Reflected]

Yes, Emily. The column is exactly there. Maybe your nav system got offset for some reason? Have you slewed the TGP perhaps?

[Jayhawk1971]

Is the Bullseye location you are using the correct one?

I don't know if this is even modelled in DCS (well, if it has any effect), but when I activate the Bullseye on the display, I set it to the waypoint noted on the kneeboard card (it always seems to default to waypoint 25). Which for mission 7 is "Rock" at waypoint 12.

As I did find the column no problem, doing that at least didn't hurt.

Again, IDK if this is even a thing in DCS. And if this step even does anything.

But if what I'm doing isn't completely unnecessarily bonkers, then this might explain why you can't find the column?

 

Edited January 3 by Jayhawk1971

[Blackhawk163]

11 hours ago, Reflected said:

Yes, Emily. The column is exactly there. Maybe your nav system got offset for some reason? Have you slewed the TGP perhaps?

Oh, I found the Column just fine, as another method I used was just to fly heading 336. I'm just saying that if I followed the prompts as given to me, I turn 330 when told, then I slew within the FCR or HSD for 336/57 and mark the location it will steer you to the area just south of Murmansk. I'm also not fully up to speed on the F16 having mostly used the a10 so I'm learning as I go with this my first f16 campaign, So I know I'm doing something wrong. 

 

But this mission was perfect for me, and I actually had a laugh at the end. First, I started it late last night, I was already a bit tired but figured this wouldn't take too long, then all that happens, So I option the bad radio route, refueling goes horribly (I'm like dead tired at that point) but I get it done. Coming home that thing happens, and I'm like, I'm so done. Bravo? Sure, why not? I have such a hard landing that I briefly black out, I get so mad at myself and am about to rage quit (I don't play with that invulnerability function enabled), when I see I'm about to go off-road so I fight to bring it back to center and come to a stop.

 

Mission should be called Murph lol

[Carbon715]

Zero out deltas, FCR Mark point at the given reference