I see no ships?
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After all this time I finally got around to trying the Mavericks Training Mission 13 with the inclement weather
My problem is that even when I get below the cloud layer, I do not seem to be able to find the destroyer with the TGP. I can designate using the FCR but when I switch to the TGP, I cannot see the destroyer
I do not have much problem finding the destroyer with the clear weather Mission 14 (Cavok) but I am unable to see it in Mission 13 despite slewing the TGP all over the placeProbably this has been covered before on the forum but I could not find it. I am sure I am missing something fundamental.
I checked YouTube for the Maverick training videos but they all seem to use Cavok Mission to illustrate the boresighting
Any suggestions would be most welcome please
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Do you use the TV option on the TGP screen ? or the other 2 options, BOW\WOB ?
Do you see the ships with your eyes, i mean when you look outside the cockpit ?
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Thanks for the reply Regev
Yes was using BOW/WOB modes not TV but could not see ship in either mode
Have not tried eyeballing it but figured that if I could see it then it was too late to perform boresighting anyway?
Will try to vis ID the ship but below cloud level the visibility is quite poor anyway -
Hi,
since the TGP is an optical/electro-optical targeting device, poor visibility affects the TGP.
Could it be that the line of sight from your aircraft to the destroyer is obscured by clouds or fog?
If this is the case, you will not see anything with the TGP, even with the BOW/WOB mode.So the idea of eyeballing the destroyer and then verify the TGP video is a very good suggestion.
Hope you get it figured out.cheers
Magic