I am using “lock air to ground” but it instantly turns off the seeker. Though in this clip, the TIALD randomly hard locks something else and no matter what I do I cant get it too shift. Though when I turn away it does break this lock and I can re-acquire a target. I have never seen this before
65000ft is about 20 km.
This was take 2 and it wouldnt let me fire my first PGM until more like 15km, and then it was really un happy when firing the 2nd and 3rd missiles. I stopped the recording a second too early, but you do get to see the other major issue with PGMs. They dont fall away at all and its easy to suicide
Ack, you are quite correct, it is confusing that there are 3 other methods for locking I usually use but they only work for Laser guidance not TV guidance it seems.
Which is odd as I find these methods do work for Mavericks and Walleyes? I do not quite understand.
Further tests this time on a mpa with a lot less clouds
I think part of the issue is that it hates clouds, but also some wierd TIALD + TV Sight (I assume) Behaviour that makes it rather fiddly to use in SB at least
That’s probably a wise idea. GR.4 backseat footage is by far the easiest to come across. The HUD is typically shown on the left or right screen, while the AoA meter is on top of the centre screen.
Ideally we do need more footage of other readings to work out any sort of relationship and rule out parallax. A 1 - 1 relationship seems sensible, but you are right in that the readings do look slightly different.
@Fireball_2020 it is definitely looking like the strip indicator can be incorrect under various conditions. I think this paragraph is also as close as we can get to written confirmation that 1 unit = 1 degree. The manual gives all AoA values in units, but this paragraph says that the values in the manual should be interpreted as referring to the value displayed on the HUD, rather than the AoA indicator. If the HUD gives AoA in degrees rather than units then the lack of any paragraph (anywhere in the manual as far as I can see) telling you the conversion must mean the conversion is 1 to 1.
The inaccuracy of the AoA indicator instrument also makes some sense as it is directly fed by the right AoA probe. By comparison the HUD is fed by the air data computer which could use it’s other inputs to correct for any sideslip errors. The AoA output from the ADC is also referred to as “True AoA”
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As far as I’m concerned this is convincing enough proof that the conversion from AoA units to degrees is 1:1. Would you agree?
