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Great Reference material

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Another great reference.

 

I know the Hornet radar is WIP but the description of how to read antenna azimuth looks wrong (perhaps a typo ?) on page 116

 

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I know the Hornet radar is WIP but the description of how to read antenna azimuth looks wrong (perhaps a typo ?) on page 116

 

"Looks wrong" based on what?

 

The Early Access Manual states that the "80" you see on my slide is the Azimuth Scan setting.

 

"Azimuth Scan. The RADAR can have azimuth scan settings of 20, 40, 60, 80, and 140 degrees. Pressing this pushbutton cycles between the settings with successive presses." (from the ED manual p 158)

 

My interpretation of this paragraph is that the radar azimuth sweep angle can be set manually and that a smaller azimuth angle gives you a faster radar response time. You won't always want your radar to cover the full 140 deg (since it gives you a slower response time).

 

If you have solid information that the radar scale works differently, by all means please share this information with us so I can do the correction. However, what I see so far is consistent with what's written in the ED manual.


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They're talking about the labels at the top of the display "Azimuth 20/40 Deg Left/Right" which should be 30/60.

 

why would it be 30 , 60 ?? as per the picture he has the full azimuth set up to 80 degree which is 40 right and 40 left .

if you however change the full azimuth scan to 120 degree then it should be 30 , 60 .

 

am i correct or did i get something wrong ?

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why would it be 30 , 60 ?? as per the picture he has the full azimuth set up to 80 degree which is 40 right and 40 left .

if you however change the full azimuth scan to 120 degree then it should be 30 , 60 .

 

am i correct or did i get something wrong ?

 

 

It's about the green marks in the top of the display.

 

 

Possible azimuth scan settings are 20/40/60/80/140°. At 140° you can see the antenna scan fully from left to right. E.g. when set to 60° the scan will only go to the first mark either side of the center line.

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So to clarify for anyone that may be confised about this...

 

The azimuth markings on the top/bottom of the display (side to side from the aircarft’s nose) do not change with a change in sweep scale. Unlike the range scale, which does change based on which total range you have set. The marks are always 30/60 degrees whether you are doing a max/min sweep side to side. The reason one would narrow the sweep is to get a faster return or more updated image/target information if the radar has less moving to do left and right.

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Chuck, any chance you'll update and include AGM-65, LGB & HARM employment guide any time soon?

 

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+1 :music_whistling:

 

 

 

He’ll do....patience... :)

Some time ago he stated that he is waiting for more features to be released...

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Hey Chuck,

 

Just curious. When did you update this last?

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-13/01/2019: Fixed typo in the Air-to-Air Radar Azimuth Scale Description

-30/07/2018: Added Case III Recovery (ICLS Landing) Tutorial

-21/06/2018: Added IFF section in Radar & Sensors section, updated radio tutorial, radar section, carrier operation procedures, RWR section, catapult takeoff trim table, and AoA Indexer tables

-12/06/2018: Added hyperlink to Backy51’s Checklist and Redkite’s Controls Template

-11/06/2018: Typos corrected, updated RWR section, corrected Carrier Landing procedure

-9/06/2018: Initial Release

 

It's out-of-date for radar functionalities and IFF... and it's missing the new radar modes, Mavericks, AMRAAMS, AIM-9X, JHCMS, HARMs, Datalink...

 

I plan for an update once the Targeting Pod is implemented and existing features are mature enough. Keep in mind that it'll be a LOT of work.

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