Guns, Guns, Guns
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could be pilot error.
No doubt about it.
Solutions are (most of the time) described in manuals.
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Iām pretty sure the gun is always hot - and itās the only weapon on the Trigger. So as long as you are Master Arm hot you can always fire using the Gun Cross regardless of having full targeting symbology selected/available.
I seem to recall reading something somewhere in the Manuals that - āall targeting begins at the Gun Crossā - or something to that effect. Itās a very good habit to get into just for this reason.
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I dont think so otherwise you could shoot in nav mode.
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Yes - I think you can. Pretty sure Iāve done that just to try it. You just canāt get any Gun symbology (Director, Funnel, etc.) in Nav Mode.
EDIT: just tried it again, and you are correct - no gun fire in NAV. Mea Culpaā¦
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All targeting does start there, and its the only sighting reference which is reliable even with a faulty radar, or FCC fault.
It just doesnt let you (normally) shoot in nav mode. Good thing, too, otherwise there would be a lot more accidental shootdowns than there already are.
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ā¦I must be subconsciously programmed to thumb the Dogfight switch when I think āgunāā¦without even thinking about it.
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I must be invisible. The gun is only able to fire with master arm and gun selected. Gun is only selected in three modes: AA>GUN, AG>STRF, and DGFT.
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No gun unless you selected it. You can select the gun on the SMS page in A-A and A-G. In DGFT itās always hot. It canāt be selected in MRM at all iirc.
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No gun unless you selected it. You can select the gun on the SMS page in A-A and A-G. In DGFT itās always hot. It canāt be selected in MRM at all iirc.
I did verify that I got rounds out in MRM/SRM.
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Nope, not in MSL or AAM.
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ā¦okā¦I see what is going on now - for my HOTAS setup I have DGFT, cancel, and MRM assigned to my Dogfight switch (Cougar TQS). In MRM with AIM120 under trigger, I get no gun, but in DGFT both AIM-9 and Gun are hot. So what Iāve been doing unconsciously is to pull back into DGFT whenever I want A/A gunā¦itās such habit for me, I just do it and donāt notice myself doing it anymore!
From what I can read, there isnāt an āSRMā callback - not that I could find, anyway.
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ā¦okā¦I see what is going on now - for my HOTAS setup I have DGFT, cancel, and MRM assigned to my Dogfight switch (Cougar TQS). In MRM with AIM120 under trigger, I get no gun, but in DGFT both AIM-9 and Gun are hot. So what Iāve been doing unconsciously is to pull back into DGFT whenever I want A/A gunā¦itās such habit for me, I just do it and donāt notice myself doing it anymore!
From what I can read, there isnāt an āSRMā callback - not that I could find, anyway.
SRM is the same as DGFT.
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i must have a too low end system, gets glitchy or my procedure is wrong. go from guns to Aim 120ās to aim 9ās can seem to lock up anyone TCS up, uncage, try again, back to guns. No funnel. sound glitchy?
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Dont Forget there is also a ā¦.Belgian ground mechanic MODE, for the gun!