IDM partially and intermittently broken
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Ok buddy and I have been working on a new Rolling Fire campaign on U3 and today we got to see a problem we have never seen before. We would have IDM up and running and we were getting each others location to display just fine on the HSD but on some flights either of us or both could lose the IDM data on the FCR page. Happened as part of a package and not in a package. The HSD IDM data is correct as I can be in the FCR page and put the cursors over a target and look at the HSD and verify it was my wingman.
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Are you sure that you don’t decluter IDM by mystake?
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Are you sure that you don’t decluter IDM by mystake?
IIRC a certain short press of the Comms switch will hide the IDM data. I may (probably) be remembering it incorrectly.
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Exactly. A long press on the comms switch left send a round, a short press decluter the information on the FCR. That’s why you can easily make that mistake.
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It’s in the TO BMS 1F-16CM-34-1-1 in the IDM (Data Link) chapter on page 42 if you’re interested (and on the HOTAS Throttle diagrams):
1.4.6.1.4 FCR Declutter
The A-A FCR scope may be decluttered of IDM symbology by a Comms switch left <.5 secs. The display will remain decluttered until Comms switch left <.5 secs is toggled againAn easy mistake to make, I’m sure most of us have done it by accident. Fortunately it’s easy to change the setting back now you know.
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What’s this?! My memory worked well for once?! It must be because I’ve only a week left of my 20s… Come 13th Feb when I turn 30 I’ll not even remember what an F-16 is…