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    • razo
      razo last edited by

      Can someone explain how to use FLIR and for what it’s good for in bms?

      or where do i find the manual?

      thanks in advance

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      • cns180784
        cns180784 last edited by

        @razo:

        Can someone explain how to use FLIR and for what it’s good for in bms?

        or where do i find the manual?

        thanks in advance

        Was reading the Dash-1 manual come across this and seems its not implemented so disregard it. I think it can only be mounted on older versions of the F-16 like the block 40 and in BMS you have the block 50/52.

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        • Dracfalcon
          Dracfalcon @cns180784 last edited by

          @razo - Just to make sure, you are not referring to the Terrain Following Radar?

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          • razo
            razo @Dracfalcon last edited by

            No, like Falcon 4 the FLIR, with the LANTIRN pod, but the TFR, i use it sometimes too, but it would be nicer if i could have the picture on the HUD

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            • Amraam
              Amraam @razo last edited by

              Not implemented. 😉

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              • Stevie
                Stevie last edited by

                ….well…that’s disappointing.

                Stevie

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                • Amraam
                  Amraam @Stevie last edited by

                  To help you in that disappointing moment :

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                  • Dee-Jay
                    Dee-Jay last edited by

                    Hi Razo!

                    @razo:

                    Can someone explain how to use FLIR and for what it’s good for in bms?

                    or where do i find the manual?

                    thanks in advance

                    Yep … as Amraam said, no need to look for it, FLIR it is not implemented in BMS. 😉

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                    • cns180784
                      cns180784 @Dee-Jay last edited by

                      @Dee-Jay:

                      Hi Razo!

                      Yep … as Amraam said, no need to look for it, FLIR it is not implemented in BMS. 😉

                      And as i said at the start 😉

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                      • PumpyHead
                        PumpyHead @cns180784 last edited by

                        @cns180784:

                        And as i said at the start 😉

                        And as I never once said nor intimated. 😉

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                        • cns180784
                          cns180784 @PumpyHead last edited by

                          Ah Razo, for FLIR (which stands for forward looking infra-red) you just use your TGP as this has two FLIR modes, white hot and black hot and it is also used as a normal TV camera too…pretty good piece of kit. I’m watching the tutorial by Krause on it now, here:

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                          • Dee-Jay
                            Dee-Jay @cns180784 last edited by

                            @cns180784:

                            And as i said at the start 😉

                            Yep. 🙂

                            @cns180784:

                            I think it can only be mounted on older versions of the F-16 like the block 40 and in BMS you have the block 50/52.

                            Nope. 😉

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                            • razo
                              razo @Dee-Jay last edited by

                              @Dee-Jay:

                              Yep. 🙂

                              Nope. 😉

                              Will it get again implemented with BMS 4.XX?

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                              • l3crusader
                                l3crusader @razo last edited by

                                @razo:

                                Will it get again implemented with BMS 4.XX?

                                Maybe. Maybe not.

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                                • cns180784
                                  cns180784 @Dee-Jay last edited by

                                  @Dee-Jay:

                                  Yep. 🙂

                                  Nope. 😉

                                  Yea wasnt sure about that, but who needs it anyway when you got IR on the TGP.

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                                  • Raptor
                                    Raptor @cns180784 last edited by

                                    @cns180784:

                                    but who needs it anyway when you got IR on the TGP.

                                    TGP can do none of the jobs you can do with the NVP FLIR.

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                                    • cns180784
                                      cns180784 @Raptor last edited by

                                      @Raptor:

                                      TGP can do none of the jobs you can do with the NVP FLIR.

                                      Oh so what jobs can it do, what are we missing out on? and can it actually be loaded on the F16s we have in BMS in real life?

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                                      • Raptor
                                        Raptor @cns180784 last edited by

                                        @cns180784:

                                        what jobs can it do

                                        It can show the pilot directly on the hud view what it is in frond of him at dark. 🙂 The TGP cannot provide that picture and SA to the pilot.

                                        @cns180784:

                                        can it actually be loaded on the F16s we have in BMS in real life?

                                        In real the NVP can be loaded on all planes, the customer will only need to buy the pod. The software is there by default on all blocks since block 40 and up to the latest ones.

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                                        • molnibalage
                                          molnibalage @Raptor last edited by

                                          FLIR is not modeled because in 3D cockpit the image of FLIR sould be projected on HUD on Block 40/42*, but somehow OF and BMS lost this capability. In OF was not possible even in 2D pit as I can remember and in FF only in 2D pit.

                                          *This is why the different HUD but it was designed for LANTIRN I have no idea what are RL possibilites with later TGP + other pod. LANTIRN was the TGP + TFR+FLIR pod. I cannot remember when I saw last time F-16 with both TGP and FLIR pod. This is strange beause lack of FLIR pod F-16s do not have TFR capabillity.

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                                          • Raptor
                                            Raptor @molnibalage last edited by

                                            @molnibalage:

                                            but somehow OF and BMS lost this capability

                                            They do not “lost” this, they (devs) removed it because it was not realistic, and IMO not pretty at all.

                                            @molnibalage:

                                            I cannot remember when I saw last time F-16 with both TGP and FLIR pod. This is strange beause lack of FLIR pod F-16s do not have TFR capabillity.

                                            You most probably were looking for USAF pictures… lol USAF abandoned the NVP pod of LANTIRN after the Gulf war, since they upgraded their war strategy and from low & fast went high & away… It is not that these missions weren’t effective, just the(ir) technology (ehh = money + new work positions) should be updated with new $$$. 🙂

                                            HAF, THK & IAF fly with NVP’s (plus a TGP) normally, you should wide your google searches with that words too. 🙂

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