bad Hover, bad Laser??

[majapahit]

happened couple of times now

I do autostart or have game starting inflight 9kt@200mtr

 

- I hit 'hover' and 3blue lights pitch/bank/lateral switch to blinking and I'm on a rollercoaster, have to hit Hover Off, and reselect 3xblue, then try again, and they start blinking, rollercoaster again, etc. I tried doing Trim first before Hover, seemed to work 1 time, but again, Not, 3blinking blue lights, rollercoaster. When I hit Hover again like 6~10 minutes later, all works again. ??

 

- There's a Laser overheat (or something), and this should show in the HUD with a big X(?? maybe), anyway, after >30min in the action and after firing a dozen plus missiles, all of a sudden the missiles Miss the locked target by a hundred yard (short). They burry themselves into the ground. No warning light, no warning message. Switch the laser off, wait couple of minutes, switch laser On, same though, missiles dont reach target, but bury themselves into the ground, I have to stop mission and return to base .. what am I missing here?

 

thx

[zdXu]

happened couple of times now

I do autostart or have game starting inflight 9kt@200mtr

 

- I hit 'hover' and 3blue lights pitch/bank/lateral switch to blinking and I'm on a rollercoaster, have to hit Hover Off, and reselect 3xblue, then try again, and they start blinking, rollercoaster again, etc. I tried doing Trim first before Hover, seemed to work 1 time, but again, Not, 3blinking blue lights, rollercoaster. When I hit Hover again like 6~10 minutes later, all works again. ??

 

- There's a Laser overheat (or something), and this should show in the HUD with a big X(?? maybe), anyway, after >30min in the action and after firing a dozen plus missiles, all of a sudden the missiles Miss the locked target by a hundred yard (short). They burry themselves into the ground. No warning light, no warning message. Switch the laser off, wait couple of minutes, switch laser On, same though, missiles dont reach target, but bury themselves into the ground, I have to stop mission and return to base .. what am I missing here?

 

thx

 

1.) you stressed too much the hover-autopilot with climbing. Consequence: all autopilot-functions disable

 

2.) you missed the forum search function. Try: "laser" "burnout" etc.

[EinsteinEP]

1.) You attempted to activate Auto-Hover before the doppler nav system had warmed up. Wait for ground-speed indication in upper left of HUD to appear (about 3min after K-041 switch is turned on) before using this autopilot feature.

[Speed_2]

There's some system that needs spooling up before you can use autohover. If you don't see your airspeed on the hud, then it's not safe to use autohover, and trying to do so will cause your autopilot channels to disable. It's really stupid, why not just disallow use of autohover?- but that's how it works in game. This kills many new pilots.

 

To anyone who knows, what is that system, and how can I check to see if it's online yet without having to check to see if I am getting an airspeed on my HUD?

 

Edit: Ah thanks, "Einstein" :) But any other indications anywhere else?

[AlphaOneSix]

To anyone who knows, what is that system, and how can I check to see if it's online yet without having to check to see if I am getting an airspeed on my HUD?

 

Yeah, as mentioned it's the INS. There is no indication that it's ready. It takes three minutes to begin operating properly. Just turn on the INS earlier in your checklist, it's on the inverter bus so it can get power before the generators come online.

[majapahit]

2.) you missed the forum search function. Try: "laser" "burnout" etc.

if onlyI knew it was a 'burnout'

 

anyway, reading the links I now know a lot more how to fly a campaign;

minimal laser, return to Farp & shutoff/wait 3min

 

thx guys

[majapahit]

1.) You attempted to activate Auto-Hover before the doppler nav system had warmed up. Wait for ground-speed indication in upper left of HUD to appear (about 3min after K-041 switch is turned on) before using this autopilot feature.

 

youre right on the money! :thumbup:

 

What I wonder, though, where did you find this information?

 

cant even find the 'when INS NAV is On, grndspeed will show in top left hud'

let alone "3min after K-041 switch is turned on"

 

??

thx, mt

[MTFDarkEagle]

What I wonder, though, where did you find this information?

 

cant even find the 'when INS NAV is On, grndspeed will show in top left hud'

let alone "3min after K-041 switch is turned on"

 

??

thx, mt

 

Look at the hud. When you see the speed in the top left corner, you can engage auto hover safely :)

[majapahit]

Look at the hud. When you see the speed in the top left corner, you can engage auto hover safely :)

I know, I know, but where did you find this info?

[EtherealN]

without having to check to see if I am getting an airspeed on my HUD?

 

Note that HUD displays ground speed, not air speed. ;)

[majapahit]

Note that HUD displays ground speed, not air speed. ;)

now we're really funny

[AlphaOneSix]

The ground speed indication on the HUD really originates from the Doppler system (ДИСС/DISS). The Doppler system talks to the PNK-800 Flight Navigation System, as do several other systems, such as the air data system (pitot and static pressures), radar altimeter, Inertial Navigation Unit, etc. Note that the ABRIS Advanced Moving Map System does not talk to the PNK-800 Flight Navigation system at all.

 

The autopilot gets its information from the PNK system. If your HUD is not showing an airspeed, then the PNK has not received enough information from the Doppler system to know your ground speed, so it doesn't display anything. This is usually because the Doppler system needs to "see something move" (so to speak) before it can reliably provide drift/speed information. Think of it as kickstarting the Doppler by moving the aircraft around a bit. Once the PNK has ground speed information from the Doppler, it will be able to give the autopilot proper instructions to keep your drift at zero (i.e. hover).

 

Engaging the auto-hover mode of the autopilot before the PNK knows your ground speed will result in your autopilot channels being kicked offline rather unceremoniously, except for three annoying, blinking AP lights (which, by the way, can be re-clicked to toggle them back on).

[Frederf]

Interesting about needing to "jiggle your optical computer mouse" to establish a running history for the doppler system to work. I must make sure never to test the autohover system again without thinking during a hover check.

 

Also, when the AP channel buttonlights blink, does that mean the entire channel is off or just the hold?

[majapahit]

Interesting about needing to "jiggle your optical computer mouse" to establish a running history for the doppler system to work. I must make sure never to test the autohover system again without thinking during a hover check.

 

Also, when the AP channel buttonlights blink, does that mean the entire channel is off or just the hold?

considering your BS is all over the place ....