Radar indication on HUD

[RogueRunner]

Should I see a little cross on the HUD where the radar is pointing in this version cause I do not? Target is locked 

[AeriaGloria]

That’s what the rhombus (diamond) is for. To show you the direction and magnitude of antenna movement. It will cover target when in the middle 

[CrazyGman]

25 minutes ago, AeriaGloria said:

That’s what the rhombus (diamond) is for. To show you the direction and magnitude of antenna movement. It will cover target when in the middle 

Important to note that the diamond will not change position on the hud relative to your roll. 

1 hour ago, RogueRunner said:

Should I see a little cross on the HUD where the radar is pointing in this version cause I do not? Target is locked 

For example: If you lock a target and the diamond is situated lower then your cross hairs. You might think that if you roll 180 degrees that the diamond will now appear above your cross hairs, however this will not be the case. The diamond will still show below your cross hairs. This is somewhat counter intuitive often to a lot of people. Myself included.

Edited Monday at 08:22 AM by CrazyGman

[RogueRunner]

Never seen the diamond either.

[AeriaGloria]

40 minutes ago, CrazyGman said:

Important to note that the diamond will not change position on the hud relative to your roll. 

For example: If you lock a target and the diamond is situated lower then your cross hairs. You might think that if you roll 180 degrees that the diamond will now appear above your cross hairs, however this will not be the case. The diamond will still show below your cross hairs. This is somewhat counter intuitive often to a lot of people. Myself included.

I like this for one reason, I think it will make cranking and rolling to reverse the crank while maintain near max crank angle easier lol 

[AhSoul]

35 minutes ago, RogueRunner said:

Never seen the diamond either.

Don't think I have either

[RogueRunner]

15 minutes ago, AeriaGloria said:

I like this for one reason, I think it will make cranking and rolling to reverse the crank while maintain near max crank angle easier lol 

Pretty sure you use the circle to the edge of the HUD for that purpose. 

[CrazyGman]

2 hours ago, AeriaGloria said:

I like this for one reason, I think it will make cranking and rolling to reverse the crank while maintain near max crank angle easier lol 

I do agree that it's helps when cranking. It's sadly though terrible if you want help getting eyes on target to see if they launched first. 

[CrazyGman]

2 hours ago, RogueRunner said:

Pretty sure you use the circle to the edge of the HUD for that purpose. 

For the FC version you would be correct. However in full fidelity that's just a steering cue for best intercept to the target. The diamond will show how far your antenna is positioned off to the side.

[CrazyGman]

3 hours ago, RogueRunner said:

Never seen the diamond either.

 

2 hours ago, AhSoul said:

Don't think I have either

I'm quite certain you both have if you've locked with the radar.

If locking with the irst or any of the IRST close combat mode you won't see it since your not locking with the radar.

[AhSoul]

Yeah maybe. Just so small I've not really noticed it, or it's overlapped with other HUD items....

Edited Monday at 12:19 PM by AhSoul

[RogueRunner]

Yeah saw it last night

[SemperFi]

As far as I know, the MiG 23 marks the target with a dot. Will this feature be available on the MiG 29, or is it not available at all?

 

 

[AeriaGloria]

1 hour ago, SemperFi said:

As far as I know, the MiG 23 marks the target with a dot. Will this feature be available on the MiG 29, or is it not available at all?

 

 

It only does this within 8 km. Feature did not make it to Fulcrum

[lmp]

I use the cannon symbology to find the target on the HUD. Hold the first detent of the cannon trigger, the circle will then be overlaid over the target, release the trigger and continue with missile engagement. This will only work if you have range information however, so it'll be fine when using the radar but with an IRST lock you need to wait for laser range.

It seems the Soviets were very keen to keep the HUD decluttered or maybe the thing just can't handle too much symbology at the same time?

[AeriaGloria]

40 minutes ago, lmp said:

I use the cannon symbology to find the target on the HUD. Hold the first detent of the cannon trigger, the circle will then be overlaid over the target, release the trigger and continue with missile engagement. This will only work if you have range information however, so it'll be fine when using the radar but with an IRST lock you need to wait for laser range.

It seems the Soviets were very keen to keep the HUD decluttered or maybe the thing just can't handle too much symbology at the same time?

It’s just a MiG-23 port that’s why. 
 

You can also use KMOD ranging with IRST by using target acquisition depress. 
 

But soon IRST should get radar ranging. 

[CrazyGman]

1 hour ago, AeriaGloria said:

It’s just a MiG-23 port that’s why. 
 

You can also use KMOD ranging with IRST by using target acquisition depress. 
 

But soon IRST should get radar ranging. 

So that's what the target acquistion depress button does. Was trying to figure that one out.

[BIGNEWY]

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thank you