F-15 TWS straight to STT

[pauldy]

I have a noob inquiry

 

anyway.. Is it possible to enter STT mode without having to "Re-lock" the PDT in TWS mode?

 

I find it cumbersome to "re-lock" the target again in the VSD especially in the heat of close combat..

[104th_Crunch]

Sorry but the answer is no. The only way is to bug the contact a second time.

[Pilotasso]

or use RWS instead.

[Frostie]

Yes, but using STT in TWS is not valid, to lock a target STT (Single Target Track) requires you to be in RWS (Range While Scan) so while in TWS (Track While Scan) you either lock the target again or switch back to RWS which will automatically lock the target as STT.

[Mugenjin]

why don't you just use vertical scan in close combat? :P

[pauldy]

I see, i must be thinking of it as an APG-73 ..

[Burnerski]

Frostie if I remember correctly, in the real F15 anyway, bugging a target twice while in TWS will put the target in STT.

 

Regards,

Burner

Edited March 10, 2010 by Burnerski
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[Frostie]

Frostie if I remember correctly, in the real F15 anyway, bugging a target twice while in TWS will put the target in STT.

 

Regards,

Burner

Yes, this is correct except you will no longer be in TWS, you will now be in RWS. ;)

There is no such thing as a full STT in TWS.

[GGTharos]

Technically STT is a separate mode from RWS ... DTWS is also separate from TWS ... etc. :)

[Frostie]

Yes GG thanks for correcting me, the point im trying to make is that RWS and STT are real time.

[Burnerski]

Another neat fact is if your in HOJ, at burn through, the radar will automatically transition to STT regardless of prior designation(RWS or TWS)

[GGTharos]

Yeah, but get this - I was also wrong ... HDTWS is a SUBmode of TWS. Bah. Self-pwned.

 

Anyway, joking aside - RWS and TWS are the same insofar as 'real time' is concerned. They scan in the exact same way, it's what the software does behind the curtain that's different.

 

As an example (N/A LOFC) the F-15 radar requires 4 hits to build the track. This means the target must be swept 4 times before a track file is created. On the first hit it looks like a faint RWS contact, and it becomes solid on the second. After that you get the vector and other things - it doesn't mean TWS isn't realtime ... the target is displayed at each hit and you can designate it at will - the state of the track may or may not dictate which mode your radar will switch to.

 

Huge aside though, yes :P

 

Yes GG thanks for correcting me, the point im trying to make is that RWS and STT are real time.

[wed]

If I understand a question correctly then Yes

U can lock a target in STT mode while trackin it i TWS

1 lock target it tws

2 press a key(combination shf+i or something that changes between STT and TWS) and radar goes to STT

[GGTharos]

No, just 'lock' it again.

[Frostie]

Yes, to do without physically bugging the target again, just press the TWS button again (as if going back to RWS), the 'TWS bugged target' will change to STT.

[pauldy]

Sorry for the long reply, been busy these days..

 

@wed & Frostie: It works^^ That is kind of function i've been looking for. Thanks ~

Edited March 13, 2010 by pauldy

[RvEYoda]

To go back from STT to TWS like the real plane does, you can use a macro

which presses "unlock" then "lock" again after maybe 0.1 s. Quite useful.

(but you'll need to first put the cursor on the target)

 

Some servers run some extra lrm features that already has this built in though.