R-73 seeker automatically slaves to a distant radar contact

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Hi everyone,

I have a problem with the Su-33 and its IR missiles, especially the R-73 .

For example, imagine there is an enemy aircraft directly in front of me at around 5 km. However, my radar is in search mode and detects another enemy aircraft 40 km away.

I am NOT locking the radar onto the 40 km target . It is only a normal contact in the radar search display.

When I select the R-73 and activate the missile seeker, the R-73 seeker automatically moves/slaves to the radar contact at 40 km , instead of searching in front of my aircraft where the closer enemy is.

So basically:

  • Enemy A: directly in front of me, 5 km away → the target I want to hit with R-73
  • Enemy B: 40 km away → only detected by my radar, NOT locked
  • I activate the R-73 seeker
  • The seeker automatically points toward Enemy B

Is there a way to disable radar-to-IR seeker slaving , or make the R-73 seeker completely independent from radar contacts?

I don’t want the R-73 seeker to automatically select the radar search contact. I want to manually point the seeker at the enemy in front of me.

Is there a setting or keybind that can fix this?

Thanks in advance!

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Are you sure the radar is not in TWS mode?

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I don’t think so, switch to ACM or HMS in CQB, or turn your radar off.

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Neither.

Just turn off radar or don’t select a radar contact if you want to use IR missile close range

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You can fly without “cyclic target switching”, so tws don’t softlock but you have to pick every target manually in every mode or use ACM/HMS. Unfortunately “cyclic target switching of aircraft radar” is an item of options, so you can only change it while in the hangar. In my opinion it should be an item of controls, so you can keybind it.

For TWS the only solution is to shut radar off. For all other modes, don’t select a target.

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Disable lock from Enemy B, and relock onto enemy A, After engagement relock onto enemy B, its really not that complicated.

Currently i have not heard of “Switch on\off automatic radar slaving” button available in settings.

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Don’t be in TWS or turn the radar off when trying to fire IR

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