user error Mavrick boresight

[alistairm]

Hey everyone I'm starting to learn macricks and have hit a wall i think its somthing im doing. 

So I do start up and the boresight the mavricks but have noticed when I fly after my steerpoint are all well out of whack there fine on the  right nav all line up but on the FCR and helmet there well out i can't see to correct it. Like I said it must be me but in not sure what im doing. 

 

Thank you everyone 

[Tholozor]

A track reply would help us see what exactly you're seeing, but I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest you Cursor Zero?

[speed-of-heat]

Also have you zeroed your helmet 

[Gilligan]

On 7/5/2025 at 4:41 PM, alistairm said:

Hey everyone I'm starting to learn macricks and have hit a wall i think its somthing im doing. 

So I do start up and the boresight the mavricks but have noticed when I fly after my steerpoint are all well out of whack there fine on the  right nav all line up but on the FCR and helmet there well out i can't see to correct it. Like I said it must be me but in not sure what im doing. 

 

Thank you everyone 

would have to know more of your process. 

Did you align your helmet?

Are you in PRE mode, VIS mode, or BORE mode when trying to use them? 

Make sure you "cursor zero" your SPI back to the steerpoint. 

The difference between the boresight difference and your engagement distance may be introducing some parallax to the mav seeker. 

 

[BIGNEWY]

On 7/5/2025 at 10:41 PM, alistairm said:

Hey everyone I'm starting to learn macricks and have hit a wall i think its somthing im doing. 

So I do start up and the boresight the mavricks but have noticed when I fly after my steerpoint are all well out of whack there fine on the  right nav all line up but on the FCR and helmet there well out i can't see to correct it. Like I said it must be me but in not sure what im doing. 

 

Thank you everyone 

Hi, 

please include a track replay example and we will take a look, see if we can give you any pointers. 

thank you 

[alistairm]

hi everyone thank you all so much for your comments as I said it was 100% me I wasn't pressing cursor zero after.  

thank you all for your help!

[Nialfb]

When I cold start, I always align my HMD. I have set up a vehicle about three miles from the end of the runway so I can boresight my Mavericks prior to takeoff. I use the latest procedure for boresighting. When I reach the target area the maverick is pointing in the vicinity of the target according to the TGP, but it is never actually on the target. I align the maverick manually and press the alignment button again. I fire, hit the target , CABOOMBIE and all that. Select the next target and the Maverick is off again according to the TGP.

When using the D type I have the TGP set to AUTO and the Maverick set to PRE. When using the H type I have the TGP set to MAN and the Maverick set to PRE. I understand that the Maverick has to be in range for the AUTO handoff to work on the D type andAUTO handoff does not work on the H type.

I'm convinced that the alignment process does not workcorrectly when cold starting. I am using the old targeting pod and D type mavericks.

Regards

Edited 5 hours ago by Nialfb

[RyanR]

56 minutes ago, Nialfb said:

When I cold start, I always align my HMD. I have set up a vehicle about three miles from the end of the runway so I can boresight my Mavericks prior to takeoff. I use the latest procedure for boresighting. When I reach the target area the maverick is pointing in the vicinity of the target according to the TGP, but it is never actually on the target. I align the maverick manually and press the alignment button again. I fire, hit the target , CABOOMBIE and all that. Select the next target and the Maverick is off again according to the TGP.

When using the D type I have the TGP set to AUTO and the Maverick set to PRE. When using the H type I have the TGP set to MAN and the Maverick set to PRE. I understand that the Maverick has to be in range for the AUTO handoff to work on the D type andAUTO handoff does not work on the H type.

I'm convinced that the alignment process does not workcorrectly when cold starting. I am using the old targeting pod and D type mavericks.

Regards

 

Ground boresight is at least part of your problem. For months, I did exactly as you are: place a ground target and boresight before takeoff. When I started bore-sighting from altitude at 10 miles off, I was blown away by how the Maverick seeker looked almost exactly on target. Night and day.

Another problem with auto-handoff is making sure the Maverick seeker is "zoomed" to the narrow FOV, with good contrast. That'll make it much easier for the Maverick to grab the centroid of the target.

-Ryan  

[Nialfb]

Hi RyanR

When I select the first target in the TGP, I find the Maverick is off slightly, not by a huge mount but enough. I correct the Maverick and re-bore sight. You'd think that would do it, but I have to do it again on the next target. If I'm lucky. that will do it, but not always, especially if I've been manouvering. If I select the 4first target, make any necessary corrections and then use active pause. all the other targets behave!

I use narrow FOV almost exclusively due to being as blind as a bat! I'm that guy who has to turn on labels just to find a target! 

This is my practice mission.

F-16C Boresight.miz

BTW ... I might just be imagining it but I think the mavericks align better if I have the laser turned on.