Vosene Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Is it possible in DCS: A-10C for a human controlled A-10C to broadcast their position using TACAN in order to provide range and bearing information for other aircraft in a MP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madman777 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Might be easier to just hook the friendly aircraft on the TAD display. You get all that information and more from that method. Not sure about using TACAN for that. Probably is a way. i7-12700k, 32GB Ram, RTX 3060 12GB, TrackIR 5, Lots of SSD Space, etc etc DCS World - All the cool modules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiza Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 LOL slacker, you are hard core. So to summarise: A-10C - A-10C = both set your TACAN to A-A T/R and have freqency split of 63. i.e. tell your mate to set 29X and set 92X yourself. (these are the easiest two to remember). Set your HSI to TACAN. You will get a distance only. However if using a KC-135 treat it as a ground station i.e tune their freq [url=http://www.aef-hq.com.au/aef4/forumdisplay.php?262-Digital-Combat-Simulator][SIGPIC]http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/2500/a10161sqnsignitureedite.png[/SIGPIC][/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vosene Posted July 23, 2011 Author Share Posted July 23, 2011 SlackerD, thank you for your excellent response. Rep inbound. Will try this in MP and see if it works. Am aware you can get this information by hooking on the TAD but was looking to see if TACAN could be used in the sim to always provide range and bearing information to Lead in a MP flight. Regarding range but not bearing information, can I just confirm if this applies to the real A-10 or is a limitation of the sim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heli Shed Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 LOL slacker, you are hard core. So to summarise: A-10C - A-10C = both set your TACAN to A-A T/R and have freqency split of 63. i.e. tell your mate to set 29X and set 92X yourself. (these are the easiest two to remember). Set your HSI to TACAN. You will get a distance only. However if using a KC-135 treat it as a ground station i.e tune their freq Or just hook your mate via the TAD and look at your HUD? so much easier. Come pay us a visit on YouTube - search for HELI SHED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vosene Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 Have tested in MP 1.1.0.9 and can confirm it works exactly as SlackerD explained with the 63 channel split on Y and it provides range but no bearing information. Multiple aircraft can simultaneously set the same receiver frequency and get distance to the receiver aircraft (in our test this was lead). This feature has very limited functionality without bearing information but I continue to be amazed at the depth of modelling in this sim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGTharos Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 THe very limited functionality is courtesy of lack of onboard hardware for generating the direction. It's too big to fit on those aircraft. TACAN is an old system, if it was replaced by newer hardware this would probably no longer be an issue. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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