… To be specific, I have forgotten how to do ACM radar modes. Does the tomcat have these? Things like boresight, HUD targetting or vertical scan? I find I miss those things greatly, making gunnery harder than it oughta be, and sparrows just so much useless baggage.
Help me obi wan keforum, you’re my only hope! (or a good hour with the fair manual )
I use the PAL (that’s the one that does a quick horizontal scan, yeh?) quite a lot, as it locks further out, up to 10 miles if I’m not mistaken, unlike the vertical scan that locks at 5 miles. 10 miles is a fine range for sparrow-to-the-face, one of the few things those bloody bottle rockets are good for.
PAL is 15 miles, VSL and PLM are 5 miles. Use PLM in conjunction with the crosshairs to lock a target in front of you, use VSL HI in a dogfight to lock a target on your 12 high (BFM Lion and Sun mission illustrate this one very well).
I just saw this…Mixing references to the 1970’s Western-Martial Arts TV drama (Kung Fu; 1972-1975) with the original Star Wars films?…brilliant…simply brilliant.