reported ANT ELEV Axis recenters on contact drop

[falconzx]

In this track i intentionally drop contact by gimbal limits, after a couple of try my radar elevation is not anymore centered to 0 pitch angle as it should with physical axis in the center position.

Thank you


PS: workaround to momentarily fix is to cycle radar modes.

 

F-16_ANT_ELEV_AXIS_RECENTERs.trk

[Lord Vader]

Hello @falconzx

I'm a bit confused with what you are reporting here. 

You are saying that "after a couple of tries" the antenna elevation no longer centers to 0 pitch when the target is lost. But I am seeing just that every time you drop the target beyond gimbal limits, the antenna elevation just recenters. I took control and it did the same every time I repeated the same manoeuvres. 

What am I missing here? 

[falconzx]

I apologize about my track, the LOS vertical angle between me and the contact was not so big(~20°) to see the bug clearly.

In this second and shorter track i prepared a situation where the case is very clear.

Steps to reproduce: stay high, wing level, command STT on a plane flying on the deck, hot. When he pass under you it will break the lock as he passes the 60degree gimbal. FCR returns to search and the ANT ELEV Axis will be broken.

Detailed issue observed: As you reproduce the steps the axis center (50% of the potentiometer range) instead of centering the antenna on the horizon (0 degree angle) it remains where the contact has dropped, so in this case -60° degree. As this in effect you are no longer able to put your antenna upper than 0 degree, because you reach 0 degree as the potentiometer is at its 100%.

I supposed you developers can see whats my pheriperals input status is in the tracks, if not, its very hard to check this from a track file. You should repeat the steps with an absolute axis assigned to ANT ELEV knob.
I'm pretty sure you will not see the bug if the controller is a relative axis (like F-18 one) or buttons.

F-16_ANT_ELEV_AXIS_RECENTERs_2.trk

Edited January 22 by falconzx

[Delta134]

Hey @Lord Vader

I am seeing the same issue and reproduced it with the following steps:

1. ANT ELEV centered
2. STT a contact that is not co altitude
3. Break lock by flying contact outside of gimbal limits
4. Antenna elevation is now not centered anymore despite the physical axis being at the center point

This indeed results in the inability to use the full elevation range of the radar since the physical axis does not correspond to the center point in the simulator.

ant_elev_center_bug.trk

[Lord Vader]

Thanks @falconzx

Now it's more clear, indeed. Thanks for bringing this to us, I've raised this internally for analysis.