Very simple Nadir question but...

I think i m quite ok with the Nadir so far. I can navigate, create waypoints, copy and so on.

However, I am stuck with a very simple question. How to navigate back to the base? The waypoint 0 is not stored. And if you take the example of the campaign missions, the final waypoints are not the base.

Thanks!

At the start of the mission, you could set the mode selector knob to PP to get your personal position and then just write down the numbers.

I am aware of the workaround. But why the waypoint 0 not stored? in the editor it is the home base. I usually forget to copy the current position and after the mission I find myself homeless :D

You can use the freeze button while in pp mode, and then go to but mode and press the number you want to store the waypoints in, and just press enter. Check out the nadir manual for a more detailed procedure.

As I understood the NADIR there is no WP0.

The waypoint range is from WP1 to WP9. So let's say you have assigned 3 waypoints via the ME, WP4 to WP9 will be Homeplate.

As I understood the NADIR there is no WP0.

The waypoint range is from WP1 to WP9. So let's say you have assigned 3 waypoints via the ME, WP4 to WP9 will be Homeplate.

This is correct. Unused waypoints are your start location.

This is pretty much what I do when I start at a FARP. I just program waypoint 9 with the FARP's location and get going.

You can use the freeze button while in pp mode, and then go to but mode and press the number you want to store the waypoints in, and just press enter. Check out the nadir manual for a more detailed procedure.

This is pretty much what I do when I start at a FARP. I just program waypoint 9 with the FARP's location and get going.

Like some mentionned here. That's not needed. Unused waypoints are programmed with the homebase coordinates. Waypoint 9 will have already the coordinates you wanted to copy.

Like some mentionned here. That's not needed. Unused waypoints are programmed with the homebase coordinates. Waypoint 9 will have already the coordinates you wanted to copy.

Only trouble is if your flight plan consists of 9 waypoints there won't be any left that contain your startup coordinates.

Most Farps also have a radio beacon you can home in on in that case. But I like the Nadir better.

Most Farps also have a radio beacon you can home in on in that case. But I like the Nadir better.

Yeah but not in the campaign :/ London FARP doesn't have one. Paris is close to an Airbase so it's covered but still not that close.

Aaha. Here is a point I could improve !

True that when you spend 50 hours on one mission, you don't really think about the way to make an RTB, you know the map by heart ;)

Thank you ;)

Nicolas

Only trouble is if your flight plan consists of 9 waypoints there won't be any left that contain your startup coordinates.

Gotta make it 8 somehow! Range is limited anyways. :D

Aaha. Here is a point I could improve !

 

True that when you spend 50 hours on one mission, you don't really think about the way to make an RTB, you know the map by heart ;)

 

Thank you ;)

 

Nicolas

Thanks a bunch! :)

Hi,

I started the campaign, I know NADIR nav (creating, editing, using ect) but...... hmmm.... how to set up wayoint with 2 digits on NADIR display (in the first mission I have 15, or 16 wyapionts!)?

*Waypoints preload is "on".

So? Is it possible?

yes i am playin the campaign and have the same question?

how to select an waypoint with to digits... it's strange to have only 9 waypoints

yes i am playin the campaign and have the same question?

how to select an waypoint with two digits...

The NADIR has only 9 waypoints (no need for extra digits), you'll want to plan/update your own as you fly the campaign and/or make waypoints dual use for both ingress/egress.

The first 9 DCS waypoints will be preloaded into the NADIR from the mission file but they may not be the best for the mission.

... it's strange to have only 9 waypoints

AFAIK it's a limitation of the real device.

The navigation system commonly used for trans-Atlantic flights before the dawn of the civilian GPS also had only 9 waypoints: https://rotate.aero/forum/ata-34-navigation-general/146-carousel-iv-a-ins-operators-manual . Maybe it's just common for the era? :)

It's quite a long time since I played the Gazelle campaign. If I remember correctly, most missions have less waypoints so I had no troubles using the NADIR. IRL there are two people in the helicopter so probably one would update them. In this mission (if I'm not mistaken) you are not given the coordinates in the briefing. You can get them from the map in the mission planner, write them down and update the NADIR during the flight - this is what I did. Or you can use the kneeboard map. There is even a function which marks your position, some folks consider it cheating, though.