How to Use Map to Locate Target?

[doright]

Situation is this:

Flying along looking off my wing I see a surprise SA-19 launch at me from the corner of a town. After dodging the missile I slew the cursor on the TAD map to the approximate area of the SA-19. I want to set the cursor location as SPI so I can slew the TGP to it, find the SA-19 and launch a maverick its way from a healthy distance. The TAD won't let me set as SPI unless it's highlighting an already set WP. So what after pushing, pulling, and screaming at the stupidity of a system that won't let me perform this somewhat intuitive operation I realize that the idiot in the seat may be the major system malfunction.

So how do I get an arbitrary cursor location on the TAD communicated to the TGP?

I ended up putting the HUD cursor on the suspect area, setting it as SPI, then slaving the TGP to it. There must be an easier, faster, and safer way.

[kylania]

You can press the MRK button on the UFC. That will create a Mark on your TAD at your current location. You can Hook it then Slew your TGP to it to find your target.

[EtherealN]

Page 87 through 93 of the manual (the most important pages in the whole thing - if you haven't printed them, print them, if you have printed them, print them again :P ) :

 

1) Set TAD as SOI (Coolie Left/Right Long as appropriate)

2) Slew to position

3) Create MarkPoint (TMS Right Short - no need for MRK button on UFC)

4) Hook and SPI (TMS forward Short/Long)

5) Slave all to SPI (China Forward Long)

[doright]

Thanks that was exactly what I wanted.

:doh: Don't know why I didn't think of creating a markpoint directly on the TAD.

Thank you for reinforcing my correct system malfunction diagnoses as IITS (idiot in the seat).

 

Page 87 through 93 of the manual (the most important pages in the whole thing - if you haven't printed them, print them, if you have printed them, print them again :P ) :

 

1) Set TAD as SOI (Coolie Left/Right Long as appropriate)

2) Slew to position

3) Create MarkPoint (TMS Right Short - no need for MRK button on UFC)

4) Hook and SPI (TMS forward Short/Long)

5) Slave all to SPI (China Forward Long)

Edited January 31, 2012 by doright

[EtherealN]

No worries. This is the sort of thing that the pilot would have spent many many many hours drilling through manuals and (of course) the DTS version of A-10C. We mere mortals don't always have the same time allotment for that kind of thing. :)

 

I am serious about printing that set of pages though. They are amazingly helpful since they have so many functions explained right there, and as long as you know roughly where to look (like "this should be on the TMS") you can often find new functions that do what you need mid-flight. That's how I learned this plane. :D

[Lane]

yes, this is the good thing, we can barely try and train when we want.

( Aka jump in the plane when we want )

 

New pilot will pass hours with the manual, and theorical class, learn nearly all the manual, procedures word to word before have some hours of training with the DTS..

 

We are lucky, we have the possibility to train when we want. and dont have to pas all night with the manual in our room, before can train anything.

[Barrakooda]

How do yo hook?

[kylania]

TMS Up Short with TAD as SOI and some map symbol highlighted by the TAD cursor.

[Barrakooda]

Thx