Radar expected target range

[IvanK]

Reading the various available MIG29 references I went searching for the "Expected Target range" radar setting as in FC3 MIG29. I couldn't find any references to it. Does it exist in the real Mig29 ? If so where is the switch that sets it ?

Or is it a function of the range that the TDC cursour is set to?

[AeriaGloria]

Yes, it is set by the wheel on the throttle 

[IvanK]

Ah ok thanks ... and do you get a value readout in the HUD like we do in the FC3 MIG29 ? In other words how do you know what Expected Target range you have set ?

And another question. Is it this setting of expected target range that sets the Antenna bar setting <20Km 16.5deg elev coverage and >20km 13.5deg elevation coverage ?

Edited 9 hours ago by IvanK

[AeriaGloria]

8 hours ago, IvanK said:

Ah ok thanks ... and do you get a value readout in the HUD like we do in the FC3 MIG29 ? In other words how do you know what Expected Target range you have set ?

And another question. Is it this setting of expected target range that sets the Antenna bar setting <20Km 16.5deg elev coverage and >20km 13.5deg elevation coverage ?

It is signified by a specific symbol on range bar, item 26 in this picture. Yes it does change that, but remember it changes much less and less drastically for manual radar control. Only GCI control really changes scan pattern vs range a lot. 
 

Fig 3.5 shows GCI intercept, left side is HUD right is IPV. It’s incorrect in showing heading tape while locked 

Edited 1 hour ago by AeriaGloria

[Ironhand]

27 minutes ago, AeriaGloria said:

It is signified by a specific symbol on range bar, item 26 in this picture. Yes it does change that, but remember it changes much less and less drastically for manual radar control. Only GCI control really changes scan pattern vs range a lot. 

Umm..isn’t it actually item 32 (manual range input) in the diagram? Isn’t the bar (#26) actually the range to target based on the radar return?