Bullseye

[Geert Hooghe]

Hi all,

 

As I was watching HISTORY CHANNEL HD/DOGFICHTS, the topic was the war in Vietnam. There the BULLSEYE for the US was HANOI.

 

So...is it correct in really understanding what bullseye means in DCS that i place the blue bullseye somewhere over the border in Russia (North) and therefore the red bullseye should be in Georgia somewhere for the red forces (south)

 

This question stands because I have never understood the meaning of bullseye in the sim !! (but then i'm just beginning to fly)

 

Someone ?

 

Thnx

[luza]

it is irrelevant where it is placed, it is simply used to talk about a point of interest that everyone can relate to regardless of positioning

[BIGNEWY]

A bullseye is a fixed position ( that can be anywhere on the map and given in a briefing before a flight ) that allied aircraft can use as a reference.

 

*sniped* lol

[Geert Hooghe]

it is irrelevant where it is placed, it is simply used to talk about a point of interest that everyone can relate to regardless of positioning

 

So...there is no need to put the blue bullseye ALWAYS at the same spot in enemy territory ?

Edited September 21, 2012 by Geert Hooghe

[BIGNEWY]

no it can be anywhere you wish it to be :)

[Eddie]

No. It is simply a reference point, it does not have to be located at any particular location, and may even be changed daily.

[Geert Hooghe]

Strange...on HISTORY they said that on any sorties the US pilots KNEW that this spot was the bullseye...so i think they didn't change it very often.

If they kept it on Hanoi, the call for bandits taking off from an airport (let's say 80°) was always the same airport. I'm confused but i think i will believe you guys !! :-)

[Eight Ball]

The bullseye is a pre-defined imaginary point known by every allied flight and which is used as a reference for radio calls.

Bullseye is used in case radio communications are intercepted by the enemy - since the bullseye point is agreed upon prior to the flight and is not stated over the radio, the enemy will not be able to determine where you are referring to if you use bullseye terminology. In addition, using bullseye coordinates helps improve situational awarness, since it is an absolute frame of reference. If AWACS tells another aircraft that they have enemy fighters at "3 o'clock, 25 miles", you have no idea where they are. However, saying that the fighters are at "bullseye 120 at 100 miles" tells you exactly where they are located

[Wrecking Crew]

I will typically place the Bullseyes at opposite "corners" of the area that my mission covers.

 

If you have a Predator (and/or an AWACS ?) you will hear calls referencing locations from the Bullseye. I ignore them because I don't know how to interpret those calls. But just last week a guy in these forums was saying something about the OFST (Offset) mode of the CDU is used to find the locations - something I need to play with...

 

WC

[ENO]

I was wondering about bulls calls too- easiest way instead of using the offset mode is to use the tad instead. Switch your hook to "bulls / cursor." This allows you to see bearing and distance information from the bullseye. So when you get an armor at bulls 270 for 40 you know if you go to your bullseye straight west for 40 (with your cursor) you should see armor. Then create a markpoint there, assign SPI and then slave your TGP.

 

Only trick is to get the arrow / cursor to continuously project bearing / range data. To do that, just hold the cursor over a waypoint / markpoint where it displays data, and then do TMS up short.

[Backy 51]

In reality, there will be multiple bullseye points should one get compromised or to confuse enemy ELINT.