Question on Mav lockon

[bloomstomb]

OK I have been doing the tutorials as well as looking in the manual. No real problems. Was able to do everything the flight instructor asked.

 

Here is the question I have.

 

I find it much easier to just locate the target through the targeting pod, then point my camera at it, track it and slave everything to that point. I then go into the maveric camera and slave the maveric camera to that exact point. However it does not lock on , even pointing directly at it. What I have to do then is to move the maveric camera around a little to get a lock. Is there a way to get a lock on it, with the maveric camera looking directly at the target without slewing? Because I really dont have to slew since target is right in the middle of the crosshairs.

[MTFDarkEagle]

TGP -> SOI

Slew to target, set to required tracking mode

Set SPI

China fwd long to slave all to SPI

MAV -> SOI

TMS up short to lock.

[Mugenjin]

TMS Fwd Short to initate lock attempt.

[delta9856]

Yeah I only found out that you could lock it using TMS UP Short a few days ago. Before then I was doing it exactly as you described it, which works but isn't that easy.

[bloomstomb]

TGP -> SOI

Slew to target, set to required tracking mode

Set SPI

China fwd long to slave all to SPI

MAV -> SOI

TMS up short to lock.

 

Thanks, tms up short did the trick.

[bloomstomb]

TMS Fwd Short to initate lock attempt.

 

Havent tried this yet, this works as well or typo?

[MTFDarkEagle]

It wasn't operational in beta 1 & 2 (IIRC), but from there on, it worked like this, which is nice :)

 

Havent tried this yet, this works as well?

 

Bloom: it's the same thing :) Same function.

[Mugenjin]

Havent tried this yet, this works as well or typo?

 

Actually it is forward ;)

 

Anyway fwd=up, aft=down atleast for stick hats. So no real difference.

 

And MTFDarkEagle stop sniping me :megalol:

[MTFDarkEagle]

And MTFDarkEagle stop sniping me :megalol:

:D

[bloomstomb]

I have mine set up on the key board . Theres tms up , down, forward and aft. I have to press tms up short to lock on target. I better check the key config, might have assigned it to the wrong one.

[Mugenjin]

Um there shouldn't be TMS Up/Down.

 

Mic Switch has Up/Down/Fwd/Aft IIRC.

[159th_Viper]

Um there shouldn't be TMS Up/Down....

 

Corresponds with the position on the Hog-stick. It does not move forward/aft, but rather Up or Down. Rather confusing at times :)

[MTFDarkEagle]

Just to make it plain:

 

forward=up

backward=down.

Up/down is the official terminology, but they mean the same thing.