I cant not lock
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If you hold down TMS forward during CRM-RWS FCR mode does it maintain the 10-degree spotlight mode while it’s held down?
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If you hold down TMS forward during CRM-RWS FCR mode does it maintain the 10-degree spotlight mode while it’s held down?
Sorry to necro this thread, but I still have this problem, and it doesn’t appear resolved.
Frederf, I am able to get the spotlight mode while I hold tms up, but when I let go it breaks the lock. This doesn’t happen on all flights but on enough that it’s a nuisance. Lately I’ve had this problem when I carry harms or shrikes, but I haven’t tested yet to see if this is always the case.
-Bubbles
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i use saitek x-52 radar designate target to mouse button 1 but sometime in flight i cant lock the target. when press its lock but in second lock is break….
how can i fix it ?have you tried TMS up?
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i use saitek x-52 radar designate target to mouse button 1 but sometime in flight i cant lock the target. when press its lock but in second lock is break….
how can i fix it ?X-52, Mouse button 1 to lock, is this a joke ?
Sorry buddy but why ???
PS: Just noticed how old this thread is……walking away quietly.
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So, to be clear, I am not the OP (so I can’t answer why he uses mouse button 1 as TMS UP) but my ultimate problem is the same. I use a TM Warthog and TMS UP is mapped to… my TMS hat, as it should be. It works most of the time, but about 1/3 of my flights I get a bug that doesn’t allow TMS UP to lock the target under the radar cursor in any mode (AA or AG). Mapped key command has the same effect. There is an initial blink with proper symbology, but it immediately unlocks as if I pushed TMS DOWN.
Unfortunately, there is no way to know if the bug is present until you’re in the air and you try to bug a target.
There are other similar posts on other forums, so I know others have this issue, but I haven’t seen any ways to correct the problem. Limited testing shows the problem is more likely when carrying HARMS or SHRIKES. I have played for years with no issues and this “bug” seems to have come up in the last couple months for me. I don’t think it’s related to anything I’m doing or not doing.
Anyone know of a fix?
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I had it in a GMT mission last week too. Lock on GMT wouldn’t stay. Then I switched to A-A mode and had the same issue with airborne contacts. Switching in/out MRM mode and back to NAV master mode and then getting back to A-A mode fixed the issue (but damn those contacts whre frakking close by then!).
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*** POSSIBLE FIX ***
Toggle LEFT HARDPOINT to on, or ensure you turn it on during the ramp start. LEFT HARDPOINT when SHRIKES (AGM-45s) or HARMS (AGM-88s) are loaded seem to affect the radar operability in all modes for me. It will show a momentary lock and immediately unlock. BORE mode will repeatedly try to lock with Betty announcing “LOCK, LOCK, LOCK….”I was able to reproduce this issue in the F-16I - CFT in the BfS theater, so not sure if this pertains to all or some F-16 versions. I know I’ve seen this in -40 airframes as well.
Hope this helps!
- Bubbles
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*** POSSIBLE FIX ***
Toggle LEFT HARDPOINT to on, or ensure you turn it on during the ramp start. LEFT HARDPOINT when SHRIKES (AGM-45s) or HARMS (AGM-88s) are loaded seem to affect the radar operability in all modes for me. It will show a momentary lock and immediately unlock. BORE mode will repeatedly try to lock with Betty announcing “LOCK, LOCK, LOCK….”I was able to reproduce this issue in the F-16I - CFT in the BfS theater, so not sure if this pertains to all or some F-16 versions. I know I’ve seen this in -40 airframes as well.
Hope this helps!
- Bubbles
+1, we also had this bug in a flight in our squad. Basically, not powering the left hardpoint when you have AGM-88 (even without HAS) will cause a nearly permanent TMS-down. A dirty hack from the old days….
Workaround is indeed to always power the left hardpoint with 88’s on.
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Regarding above 3 posts, I had this issue without AGMs in my loadout. So probably not root cause?
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Maybe not the only cause but the only one I’ve seen recently. When I was seeing the issue before I knew what caused it I tried spamming in and out of MRM/Dogfight/NAV, etc, as you described, and was never able to correct it in flight. Sounds like different causes with different fixes.
If you see it again without shrikes or harms, please post whether the LEFT HARDPOINT switch fixes it for you. Thanks!
- Bubbles
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If you see it again without shrikes or harms, please post whether the LEFT HARDPOINT switch fixes it for you. Thanks!
- Bubbles
will do!