Home Plate
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I’m researching the UFC Cruise page.
When HOME is mode selected 2 carets are displayed in the HUD on the speed tape and on the altitude tape. Following these 2 carets will establish the best profile to reach Home Plate (or any steerpoint designated as HMPT).
The procedure to fly this profile is to select full military power, reach the speed caret first then pitch to reach the altitude mark while maintaining the speed on the caret. Altitude may vary according to fuel burned. Please note, optimal altitude is given in radar altitude on the DED, but may be different on your HUD scale depending on the altimeter setting. Check the picture on the right, both carets are followed and the optimum altitude in the DED matches the HUD radar altimeter. If you follow both carets you will reach the home point at the selected optimum altitude. The altitude caret will disappear once you can start your descent. Further information displayed on this page indicates home point (can be changed to any INS steerpoint (e.g. alternate)), onboard fuel quantity remaining when reaching active steerpoint, optimum altitude for the HOME profile, wind direction and speed.
How do you designate a steerpoint as Home Plate? I can’t find reference to that in the documentation.
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Go to CRS mode (5), switch DCS right to HOME, change steerpoint with plus and mine.
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Ah. That explains it.
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You can also just keep pressing the 5-CRUS button to cycle through the pages, instead of pressing SEQ. Same number of button presses, but saves you moving your hand so much.