Puma Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 (edited) Hey guys. I'm flying maple flag advanced flight training missions. Frequently needing to target spots relative to waypoints, but the waypoints are 8000' in the air. So when I China hat aft long I need to"slew down" in the tgp which looks easy on YouTube but I'm finding it very hard to locate my target, especially when I'm to close (<7 mi). I hate the "look and hope" approach this requires. Is there a better way? I tried tad mark point but it seemed to be up in the air too. Thanks!! Edited September 26, 2016 by Puma Typo Custom Pit 476 Recruiting i9-12900KF, 32 GB DDR5, Gigabyte Aorus Z690 Master, Gigabyte RTX 2080 Ti, 1TB Sabrent Roket 4+ 2x750GB RAID-0, TrackIR 5 /w clip, CRG9 49” Curved Ultrawide Flight Display+15" Touchscreen+17" Gauges display, Thrustmaster Warthog+7.5cm, Saitek Pro Combat Pedals, Streamdeck, Butt Kicker and pneumatic G-Seat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nu-NRG Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 A: Change waypoint elevation B: Start looking, when way out of target area C: Maneuver ACFT to get TGP HUD symbology over target and GS I'd go for option A any day, but all are viable depending on situation. 1 Aviate - Navigate - Communicate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cthulhu68 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 (edited) When you slew to waypt the distance is shown inTGP screen. Quickly slew straight down until you see that distance appear again on TGP screen. Edited September 26, 2016 by cthulhu68 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moafuleum Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 you can also slew down until the diamond symbol on the tad is over the waypoint symbol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroEma Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 sorry to Hijack the thread. Where did you find the advanced training missions? I have been waiting for them to be released for months! Kaby Lake @ 4.6Ghz - Gigabyte Z170-D3H - 16Gb DDR4 - Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 OC - Samsung EVO 250Gb SSD - Seagate 1 Tb HDD - HTC Vive - Rift CV1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puma Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share Posted September 26, 2016 sorry to Hijack the thread. Where did you find the advanced training missions? I have been waiting for them to be released for months! I bought them a while back from mapleflagmissions. Site seems to have taken the down though! Custom Pit 476 Recruiting i9-12900KF, 32 GB DDR5, Gigabyte Aorus Z690 Master, Gigabyte RTX 2080 Ti, 1TB Sabrent Roket 4+ 2x750GB RAID-0, TrackIR 5 /w clip, CRG9 49” Curved Ultrawide Flight Display+15" Touchscreen+17" Gauges display, Thrustmaster Warthog+7.5cm, Saitek Pro Combat Pedals, Streamdeck, Butt Kicker and pneumatic G-Seat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroEma Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 ah, yes. They have. Thought they were up again! Kaby Lake @ 4.6Ghz - Gigabyte Z170-D3H - 16Gb DDR4 - Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 OC - Samsung EVO 250Gb SSD - Seagate 1 Tb HDD - HTC Vive - Rift CV1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puma Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 Old thread, but having mastered these missions now, for the record: Nu-NRG A) is right. Adjusting waypoint elevation is very effective. Custom Pit 476 Recruiting i9-12900KF, 32 GB DDR5, Gigabyte Aorus Z690 Master, Gigabyte RTX 2080 Ti, 1TB Sabrent Roket 4+ 2x750GB RAID-0, TrackIR 5 /w clip, CRG9 49” Curved Ultrawide Flight Display+15" Touchscreen+17" Gauges display, Thrustmaster Warthog+7.5cm, Saitek Pro Combat Pedals, Streamdeck, Butt Kicker and pneumatic G-Seat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippo Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Old thread, but having mastered these missions now, for the record: Nu-NRG A) is right. Adjusting waypoint elevation is very effective. ... is that in the mission builder, or in the cockpit? System spec: Intel i9 13900KF @ stock, Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming OC 24GB GDDR6X, Gigabyte Z690 UD DDR4, Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO SL 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 3600MHz C18, Samsung 980 EVO 500 GB NVME M.2 SSD (system drive), Samsung 970 EVO 1 TB NVME M.2 SSD (games drive), Cooler Master ML360 Illusion CPU Cooler, Asus XG43UQ Monitor, Oculus Quest Pro, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrench Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 It can be done either way. As someone who forgets to do it in the editor a lot, I have to do it in the cockpit pretty often. The way I usually do it is I fly with the CDU in STEER mode (displaying information on the current Stp) There's a branch page on LSK L4 That will take you to the waypoint page for the currently selected stp, and there you can change the elevation to 0. You do this by inputting 0 on the scratchpad, and pressing the LSK next to ELEVATION on LSK L2. Carrier Script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puma Posted February 1, 2017 Author Share Posted February 1, 2017 I've only done it in pit as above. Custom Pit 476 Recruiting i9-12900KF, 32 GB DDR5, Gigabyte Aorus Z690 Master, Gigabyte RTX 2080 Ti, 1TB Sabrent Roket 4+ 2x750GB RAID-0, TrackIR 5 /w clip, CRG9 49” Curved Ultrawide Flight Display+15" Touchscreen+17" Gauges display, Thrustmaster Warthog+7.5cm, Saitek Pro Combat Pedals, Streamdeck, Butt Kicker and pneumatic G-Seat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvgWhiteGuy Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 @Wrench....thanks for that little tidbit of info. It's always frustrated when I forget to change it in the mission. This makes too much sense !! Asus B85 Pro Gamer - 32GB - Intel® Core i5-4460 CPU - SanDisk SDSSDXPS480G -Windows 10 Pro 64-bit - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 TrackIR5 - TM Warthog HOTAS Stick & Throttle - TM Cougar MFCDs - TM TPR Rudder Pedals - Razer Orbweaver - SoundBlasterX G5 DAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrench Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Yup! I have the CDU exported to a tablet, so it's really easy that way. Carrier Script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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