Target lock jumps .

[badger66]

While flying at angels 22 , at night , every time I locked up an S6 with the TGP , and tried to designate it as point for a LGB/JDAM drop ..... the sensor slewed away from the target to the edge of the enemy FARP ?

[Revelation]

I've seen this happen before. Here's what I would do, what I do.

 

Stay in area mode, zoom all the way in, I usually pick the edge of the vehicle closest to my approach.. Lase the target for a brief second to verify distance. DMS right short to set a mark point.

 

Now select Markpoints On the knob below the CDU, steer towards target and release. This will work for all types of bombs in CCRP mode. Obviously dumb bombs less accurately, and LGB's will get a lase prior to impact.

[ralfidude]

Apparently there are bugs with FARPS. Trying to lock anything on, or right next to a farp causes some weird TGP issues if you have it in POINT mode. Track in Area mode only if working on or near a farp. Dont use mavs, they wont lock on anything on a farp, usually.

[badger66]

Thanks guys for the answers , I thought it was something I was doing ..... good to know .

[Rokkett]

Apparently there are bugs with FARPS. Trying to lock anything on, or right next to a farp causes some weird TGP issues if you have it in POINT mode. Track in Area mode only if working on or near a farp. Dont use mavs, they wont lock on anything on a farp, usually.

 

 

You can target objects on a FARP with the Maverick provided you use the force correlate mode of say, the AGM-65H.

[Speed]

Yea, don't lock (go into point mode). There is absolutely no reason you have to lock a target in the TGP unless that target is moving.

 

Also, I've seen people complaining about how the TGP cursors will jump sometimes, especially if they are like, looking at targets in a town. I think this is user error- they are leaving the TGP in point mode while trying to slew, so of course the TGP is jumping around, trying to point-track various objects it sees.

[badger66]

Yea, don't lock (go into point mode). There is absolutely no reason you have to lock a target in the TGP unless that target is moving.

 

Also, I've seen people complaining about how the TGP cursors will jump sometimes, especially if they are like, looking at targets in a town. I think this is user error- they are leaving the TGP in point mode while trying to slew, so of course the TGP is jumping around, trying to point-track various objects it sees.

 

I know the differance between point and track ..... I dont have issue with towns , and understand why sometimes the crosshair locks something else , no worries .

 

Its only at FARP I have this issue , so there is an issue as someone said above , only in point mode . Plus , last night i was targeting a manpad who was on top of an oil tank beside a farp , and it kept jumping to the other side of the farp , which is well away from where I wanted it ..... so there is an issue , and not user error as you suggest it may be .

[marcos]

You can also just lase without lock and keep it pointed on target manually.

[ralfidude]

Yea, don't lock (go into point mode). There is absolutely no reason you have to lock a target in the TGP unless that target is moving.

 

Also, I've seen people complaining about how the TGP cursors will jump sometimes, especially if they are like, looking at targets in a town. I think this is user error- they are leaving the TGP in point mode while trying to slew, so of course the TGP is jumping around, trying to point-track various objects it sees.

 

 

 

Thats true but there is a bug in POINT mode though.

 

Say you set SPI down and are in point mode looking at an area, and you slew and hold the slew to the left somewhere, and let go because you found something there, the second you let go, the TGP jumps straight back to the same position you just were before you started to move it. It happens very often, rather seriously annoying... I'v come to the habit of coming off of point mode to area before slewing away from my previous targets. It only happens in certain criteria, I think when you press and hold the cursor down to slew somewhere for like a good 3 seconds or longer. It's weird...

[SmokeyTheLung]

ralfidude, I think this happens when you try to slew in point mode and the TGP is masked. Not nessicarrly with complete line of sight blockage, but enough to put the M on the display and cause the TGP to enter inertial point mode, where it attempts to re lock the point locked object when unmasked

 

^^^not sure if that made any sense :D I think that's what you're experiencing

[Speed]

Thats true but there is a bug in POINT mode though.

 

Say you set SPI down and are in point mode looking at an area, and you slew and hold the slew to the left somewhere, and let go because you found something there, the second you let go, the TGP jumps straight back to the same position you just were before you started to move it. It happens very often, rather seriously annoying... I'v come to the habit of coming off of point mode to area before slewing away from my previous targets. It only happens in certain criteria, I think when you press and hold the cursor down to slew somewhere for like a good 3 seconds or longer. It's weird...

 

So that's not the way it's supposed to work? Come to think of it, I have noticed this, but I think I just developed the habit of only going into point mode when I need to, and always being in area mode when slewing.

 

As to whether it's a bug, I really don't know- I am no expert in A-10C avoinics. I am much more knowledgeable about other areas of the game, but as far as the A-10C goes, I just "fly" the thing. If you think there's a bug with A-10C avionics, contact someone like paulrkii or Eddie and ask them, those guys have an unhealthy obsession for all things Warthog related :D