Is there a way to tell if an aircraft can slave its optical tracker to the radar without testing?
Is it a property of the aircraft or of the pod?
For example, the F-2A ADTW slaves the pod to the radar, both for air and sea targets;
Can the TT F-2A do it? Since it has a different pod
Yes the sniper pod can track air targets
Unless I’m missing something, is it not as simple as test flying the aircraft and attempting to lock the AI planes?
It is…
Hence the question, “telling whether TGP slaves to the tracked radar contact without testing it directly”
That’s what I meant
I’m sorry, but what the f*** does “the blue thing” do
yes
It’s the radar
hilarious name honestly don’t know how I never noticed playing the premium version
It can. I have done this in Simulator battles to ensure my enemy is the correct one.
I think the requirement is that the radar must be of ESA type? Both Gripen C and F-18D with their mechanical radars can’t do it.
yeah that does not work for slaving the TGP. the Sniper on the F-16CM does not slave to the radar, for example, although that text is present in the statcard. testing it is I guess…
might be… I just tried the ATFLIR on the super hornet, and it does slave to the radar (but does not slave the 9M seeker to it, unlike the F-2)
the same? pod on the F-18C (CH) can neither slave to radar nor slave the 9M
Make sure to use the “deactivate target point” bind to actually get the TGP to slave to radar.
huh?
F-18’s radar can slave AIM-9
the radar yes, but a TGP lock does not
I on multiple occasions slaved the AAM-3 to a TGP lock on the F-2A ADTW when uptiering it to 13.7 (in ASB) and rat with minimal radar use
