TGP Air to Air mode slew issues

[eFirehawk]

Hello everyone,

 

I've been using the TGP for a while now in Air to Ground mode and it works amazingly well, I can easily slew the LOS to the targets and do whatever I need done, however that's not the case while in Air to Air mode.

 

The slew control in AA mode is absolutely horrible, most of the time it feels like it's locked horizontaly, but sometimes it goes up and down with much effort and sometimes I just don't understand why it moves or doesn't in certain directions. :( There were cases that I could have locked on helicopters using the TGP but even seeing them on the MFD I just couldn't point it to them because of the terrible way that the slew behaves, then I would end up just getting too close and missing them. The Axis is the same for AA and AG mode in the controls menu so I have no idea what could be wrong.

 

I am using a TM Warthog.

 

Does that happen to anyone else?

 

Thanks

[-MadCat-]

HI there!

 

Same behavior here.

When in Air-to-Air Mode, one direction seems to be locked always.

When moving horizontally, vertical movement is locked and vice versa.

I actually think it's supposed to be like that to make locking onto a flying target easier.

That mode, I think, is primarily meant for fast moving targets in your 12 oc area, less for simple locking onto (maybe) low (slow) flying helicopters.

And I can imagine, yet didn't test it myself yet, by only allowing movement in either horizontal or vertical plane, it makes it less likely to "overshoot" the target all the time.

Compensate with the joystick for moving piper onto target the last few degrees.

 

All that said, my understanding of the A-10C still is very very limited, so please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

MadCat

[Hamblue]

Try going into the controls and adjust the saturation of the slew axis up.

[-MadCat-]

Try going into the controls and adjust the saturation of the slew axis up.

 

That's a negative.

For me all works PERFECTLY fine when in Air-to-Ground Mode, "1-dimensional slewing" is only present when switching to Air-to-Air Mode.

I should mention though, that I slew with buttons programmed onto the mini stick. Do that since the first day of BS1, never had ANY issue with it.

So, at least for my part, saturation of the slew axis is out of the question.

 

MadCat