Bullseye help
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well, can you visualise clock positions? If you know where your 12, 6, 3 and 9 points are on a clock code, then figuring bullseye positions is just a small step up from that in complexity.
instead of a clock which is fixed relative to your planes nose, instead visualise a fixed plane (flat surface) like a map, with bullseye at the center of it. your position relative to bullseye is given as a bearing and a distance - so you visualise a line from bullseye on that bearing, as long as the distance given - one end of this line is the bullseye, the other end is your position.
Now, repeat this step for any other position relative to bullseye. If you know where bullseye is on your mental map, and you know where you are on this map, and you know where the other position is relative to bullseye, you have 2 lines - one joining you to bullseye, the other joining bullseye to the other location. If you imagine a line connecting the ends of the two lines, you have a rough direction to head and a rough range to head. If you are a computer you can subtract one of those vectors from the other to get an exact direction and range : D Given that you are not a computer, you’ll have to make do with a rough estimate.
Thanks for the help mate but I’m not good with this stuff.
I think I need to get on the exercise and make my mind more positive than it is even though I’m not fat at all lol.
The Bulls Eye Trainer is even more confusing.
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Can someone explain the Bullseye Trainer for me?
The symbols and how to get an answer from what is said out?
Lost at sea.
Navigation I struggle with .
I get lost driving so God help me with this.It’s something I’ve wanted to understand since I bought the F4 ring binder in the late 90s lol.
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS STUFF!
But my bloody mind will not let me.
I am so jealous of you brainiacs.
I didn’t choose this though.
You get what you are given sobs.
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Give up Bullseye trainer. It is not good for beginner.
1st phase:
Just draw a Bullseye on a cheat of paper, write some bull’s coordinate (randomly like 320/80Nm … 050/50Nm …) and place those dots relative to the center.
^ this one is a bad example (not handy) because had only 8 branches. Prefer a bulls with 10 branches (every 30° => N - 030° - 060° - E - 120° - 150° - S - 210° - 240° - W - 300° - 330°) much much more practical.
Do thins until you are comfortable with dot placement.
2nd phase:
… later … when you will be ready …
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You could draw lines on the UI map out of the bullseye every 30’
Than once in the pit zoom mfd(hsd) to 120 miles that way you have a bullseye on your hsd
Go twice over the 360’ line that way it will be in dots easier to spot what is the 0’ line
Hope it helps
Will post some pictures when i am home (on phone now:-( ) -
Hi all I’m not the sharpest pencil in the box and I’m still learning, but a article I read years ago does seem to clean up Bullseye a bit, You can find it at Combatsim.com. They have re-worked there site so it is a little hard to find but worth the look. Go to Combatsim.com Home page, click on archive (top of page), down to 2003-2014 (MAY) select News by Date. This brings up a list of publishing dates, select May 2009 to the right (same page) select the column labeled Classic Sim Articles look for Falcon 4 and select (Click). Near the bottom of that page look for the title Falcon Tactical and Guides, scroll down to Using Bulleyes Calls . It is a good article, hard to find but worth the trouble.
From that article I came up with a little saying that helps me work the BE problem
Bulleye’s Calls When to attack
20/20 Attack Target–---------20 mi from BE and 20mi from TGT Attack
20/30/40/80 Attack Target---------- TGT is 30-80mi from BE and you are 20mi from BE and TGT is win 40 Degrees of heading
80/15/20 Attack Target-----------Over 80mi from BE and TGT is within 20 mi and 15 degreesNow I have this in my checklist in this form fits nicely
Bulleye’s Calls When to attack
20/20 Attack TGT
20/30/40/80 30-80mi, 20mi FR BE & W/I 40 deg
80/15/20 Over 80mi FR BE TGT W/I 20mi & 15 degIf you use it you might want to check my figures, I developed it for Falcon 4AF, only used it a few times seems to work, anyway the point is the article in Combatsim is really good I keep a copy on my clipboard for reference.
My 2 cent hope I didn’t confuse any body, just remember my call sign is Weaklink.
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I wrote a dirty little excel program to help with my bullseye calls. I found the other trainer listed above was too much for me (maybe i was trying it too early in my falcon career?). Feel free to give it a shot: http://www.mediafire.com/view/fnr3mc4bt45kaea/Bullseye_Training_0.1.xlsm
Far from professional grade, but i needed something when i moved from BRAA to bullseye calls. No plans to update this thing further. The file uses Visual Basic macros, so you’ll have to “trust me” and allow them. After trying this thing again for the first time in ages, i’m realizing that i could use some more work too….
Good luck!
Love your BE tool. Many thanks
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There’s an option to set the bullseye from the ICP, to another fixed SP. I guess its only applicable for the aircraft on which it is set, so awacs will not use it?
Anyone like to comment on the purpose of being able to set a bullseye from the pit. -
Anyone like to comment on the purpose of being able to set a bullseye from the pit.
You can use it to get helpful and accurate deltas on everything. Need to know exactly where a ground unit is relative to a steerpoint? You can do that.
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There’s an option to set the bullseye from the ICP, to another fixed SP. I guess its only applicable for the aircraft on which it is set, so awacs will not use it?
Anyone like to comment on the purpose of being able to set a bullseye from the pit.This allows multiple BZs that can change during the flight. AI always use the original bullseye (green spider web in 2D) which you can change in 2D before flight. Maybe you make BZ steerpoint 3 on a BARCAP so you know your relative distance and direction to the anchor of your patrol. It would probably be in one of those fancy all-human human-AWACS flights to which I never get invited but it’s always good to have more tools in the toolbox
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the bullseye trainer is a very handy tool i hope i can put it on my phone would be awesome. it will def help when alot thanx
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STPT 25 is the bullseye. So use it with your HSI in NAV mode.