how to circumvent this issue im having with radars on modern jets. You know, in tws the radar will pivot itself towards the target your tws is “aiming” at right now. That means pivoting it up/down left/right. I don’t like that, it often causes the radar to move in such a weird direction that every target I fired at is out of the tws area (so no datalink updates for fired missiles). And after losing the target its stuck in weird angles. I know you can just reset the dish but it also clears its target cache, you can’t acquire a target after that until its detected again, and you still risk detecting a target very low to you, causing the radar to point there and be blind to other targets. So, is there a way to circumvent it? Lock the dish? Or prevent it from aggressively following tws targets?
I don’t know how to lock it or reset it but instead i use the key bind which allows it to the radar to be moved manually.
By using those key bind I can bring the radar back at center without have the targets disappear. I will tell key binds in sometime since i do not remember the name rn
You can try the “Disable radar antenna elevation stabilization…” option in the Air Battles settings.
But I don’t remember if that actually fixes the issue. I think I reset the radar antenna manually every time, but I also have key bindings assigned for manual antenna elevation control.
To both replies, last time I checked manual antenna controls dont work in tws if you are aiming at a target, it will just stay attached to it
You can’t fully “lock” the dish in WT unfortunately, but you can reduce a lot of the annoying auto slewing.
What helped me was:
- Bind “Radar/IRST direction control”
- Bind “Reset radar/IRST direction to boresight”
- Use manual radar tilt controls instead of relying entirely on TWS auto tracking
That way when the radar starts looking at the floor or doing weird angles after a target drop, you can quickly re center it without completely wiping the track history like a full radar reset does.
Also, if you’re using wide scan patterns in TWS, the radar tends to go crazy more often when multiple contacts are stacked vertically. Narrowing azimuth and scan zones helps a LOT.
Another thing:
some radars are just way more aggressive with TWS slewing than others. The F 16/F 15 style radars feel way more stable than some Soviet sets for example.
What I usually do:
- Detect in wider TWS
- Narrow scan once I know where targets are
- Manually adjust tilt every few seconds
- Avoid hugging the deck in TWS if possible because ground clutter + low targets makes the radar lose its mind
Honestly modern radar controls in WT are kinda janky sometimes, so manual adjustment becomes almost mandatory at top tier.
No, I dont think you can, but I would love a setting for it. Ive been tempted to work on a suggestion for it at some point
If you ever do I’d gladly vote yes on it