IvanK Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 (edited) The SU25T references airfields and ILS by way of the airfield ID number. The pilot simply steps through the airfields until the one he wants is selected. No such functionality exists for the F15/A10A/SU25. Airfield/ILS selection is a bit hit and miss on these types and consists of incrementing using the next wypt key until it sort of looks to be the one you want. ILS and Airfield selection is reasonably straight forward in the MIG29/SU27/SU33 as you can see exactly what you have selected by way of the map.Though this could be improved with the display of the Airfield ID number. The SU25T utilises an airfield number system. What I propose is that this Airfield number system is used by all FC3 aircraft. So in the case of say the F15 you select ILS mode and step through the airfields with the WYPT increment key. As the ILS changes in the HUD you get the airfield number displayed as well. this working for RTN and ILS modes. Here are some suggested examples using Kutasi whose airfield ID number is 14 In this way you know exactly what airfield the ILS is "tuned" to. The same should apply to the A10. The Airfield number replacing the WYPT number in the HUD when in ILS or RTN modes. In addition or as an alternative perhaps just utilise the last 2 digits in the ILS Freq selection window. It would be nice for the same thing to happen on the MIG29/SU27/SU33. This AFLD number could be shown either in the HUD or on the MFD map or ideally on both. Here Sukhmi airfield ID 9 In the SU25 you could display the airfield ID digits in one of the windows on the Nav control panel. With the SU25 since it only has 3 WYPT lights it might also be a good idea to put the current WYPT number in the same window proposed for Airport/ILS ID when in NAV mode. At present once you go past WYPT3 you have no idea what WYPT is selected ! Utilising something like this would remove some of the ambiguity in FC3 aircraft as to what Airfield or ILS the aeroplane is referencing. It builds on the methodologies already present in the SU25T. Since actual ILS freq selection is not possible in FC3 aircraft this method would be a suitable compromise if it could be implemented in RTN and ILS sub modes. Edited August 13, 2013 by IvanK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paganus Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Sounds like a good idea. I hope the man is watching... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuky Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 (edited) I like the idea EDIT: I've created a feature request for this to ED :) Edited August 13, 2013 by Kuky No longer active in DCS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanK Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 (edited) Here are the respective Nav ID numbers in the map. Prefixed with the letter N to distinguish them from the other index numbers. N1 Anapa N2 Krasnodar central N3 Novorossiyk N4 Krymsk N5 Maykop N6 Gelendzhik N7 Sochi Adler N8 Krasnodar Pashkovski N9 Sukhumi N10 Gudauta N11 Batumi N12 Tskhakaya (Senaki) N13 Kobuleti N14 Kutaisi N15 Min Vody N16 Nalchik N17 Mozdok N18 Tiblisi Lochni N19 Tiblisi Soganlung N20 Tiblisi Vaziani N21 Beslan Credit to the 10thgunfighters for using their base map (you can find it with their charts in the Doc folder) Edited August 14, 2013 by IvanK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skouras Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 very very nicely done.. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]W10(64bit)Asus Rog Strix Z370-F - i7 8700K - Dark Rock Pro 4 - 16 giga ram Corsair vengeance 3000 - MSI RTX 2070 Super - Asus Rog Phobeus soundcard - Z906 Surround speaker - Track ir5 - HOTAS Warthog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryback Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Great proposal.. No more F10 key-obsession!:thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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