Bullseye
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I wonder how/when the bullseye location is set/changed…
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I wonder how/when the bullseye location is set/changed…
Very simple. A map of the theater of operations is taped to the wall. Daily, the ops chief throws a dart… and a new bullseye is born.
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Very simple. A map of the theater of operations is taped to the wall. Daily, the ops chief throws a dart… and a new bullseye is born.
one huuuunnndred and eeiiiiightyyyy!
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I wonder how/when the bullseye location is set/changed…
But seriously though. I’m interested to hear the reasoning behind where to put it
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It’s set as a easily-recongizable landmark… maybe a city or a mountain, that way, it’s easy for pilots to visualize. As to which city or mountain or landmark is chosen for a particular day, I’m not sure. Maybe the dart idea is a valid one
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In Rl multiple bullseyes are used over a larger theater.
How many and how far appart would be interesting to know.
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In Rl multiple bullseyes are used over a larger theater.
How many and how far appart would be interesting to know.
Multiple bullseye used simultaneously during the same day?? Won’t that be confusing?
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Yes. And yes…
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But seriously though. I’m interested to hear the reasoning behind where to put it
1° @ 60Nm = 1Nm
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I’m not at the point where I can quickly work out where a target is, relative to me using bullseye without using the HSD. I usually set the bullseye to within a few nm of my target for ease. It’s easy when you’re God in single player
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But seriously though. I’m interested to hear the reasoning behind where to put it
When the enemy is listening you… Shhhhhh, they could spy us right now! Shhhhhhhhhh, keep it secret
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I’m not at the point where I can quickly work out where a target is, relative to me using bullseye without using the HSD. I usually set the bullseye to within a few nm of my target for ease. It’s easy when you’re God in single player
You are not the only one. It takes time and some IFR knowledge to get a bloody idea to use it…
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You are not the only one. It takes time and some IFR knowledge to get a bloody idea to use it…
IFR knowledge? Bullseye calls are only bearing and distance from bullseye, ie “Bullseye 090, 50 miles” so you know exactly where it is in relation to bullseye. If you were bullseye 270, 20 miles, you’d know the target is 70 miles to your right.
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IFR knowledge? Bullseye calls are only bearing and distance from bullseye, ie “Bullseye 090, 50 miles” so you know exactly where it is in relation to bullseye. If you were bullseye 270, 20 miles, you’d know the target is 70 miles to your right.
That’s easy though as it’s easy to work that out in a straight line. I’m not quick enough with mental arithmetic to work out the geometry given two sets of bearings relative to a bullseye position.
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Yes. And yes…
I’m guessing there will be different bullseye “names” then?
That’s easy though as it’s easy to work that out in a straight line. I’m not quick enough with mental arithmetic to work out the geometry given two sets of bearings relative to a bullseye position.
The “not so straight lines” get easier with practice. Most of the time, you’ll be on one “quadrant” of the bullseye and so the bearing and range to target can quickly tell you whether the call is something you need to be concerned about. Other times, you’ll have some “target bullseye coordinates” memorized, ie, bullseye 299, 50 miles is an enemy airfield so any calls near 299 can be enemy fighters coming to intercept you.
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Correct - which is why they are named. For example, instead of B/E 2 7 0, 4 0, 2 8 THOUSAND try VEGAS 2 7 0, 4 0, 2 8 THOUSAND.
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…like Blu3wolf says.
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Correct - which is why they are named. For example, instead of B/E 2 7 0, 4 0, 2 8 THOUSAND try VEGAS 2 7 0, 4 0, 2 8 THOUSAND.
I did not know that. Very interesting…
Now the next question: WHY??
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I know this is not practical in real life … but I made a simple bulls-eye chart (radials and concentric circles) on 8.5"x11" laminate sheet. I reference this sheet during flight. I drop a coin on the sheet for my location and another coin for enemy bulls-eye. Lets you almost immediately figure out approx. bearing and range to bad guys. I’m too old to do that kind of complicated math in my head
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