@Syonco:
Quick question regarding your HARM Tutorial video! Think i might have asked this somewhere else on the forums but it still remains somewhat unclear to me!
Regarding the use of POS mode, in what sort of a situation would you deploy a HARM via this mode? From what i already know, and tried, is setting a tgt steerpoint right over a known SA2 location that’s not related to my flight plan.
Load that up in POS PB mode and deploy the 88 once within range. Now i’ve done this probably 50 times just today, and the missile keeps failing at hitting the designated target. Often it’ll impact close to the radar, but not close enough. This is most likely from what i’ve gathered due to the radar not emitting anything for the 88 to pickup. It just doesn’t make any sense for me to use that mode as 90% of the time the targets are not active untill i’m within range for it to fire at me.
And also it doesn’t make any sense to load up the HAD – check for the target, see if it’s active - then switch back to POS mode and fire.
I would use the HTS at every given opportunity rather than POS/HAS modes. POS-RUK/POS-PB might be an idea if you can’t get a lock in the HAD and need to run because of incoming fast air or SAMs etc, but otherwise the HTS system (with the HAD) is by far the best delivery system if you have the chance to use it.
@tyrspawn:
Do you mean PB mode? It is for pre-briefed targets - the HARM fires out with a very small sensor area and homes in on the steerpoint with a 20 degree cone from a high angle of attack. It’s for when you make a target steer point in the 2d and then switch to PB in game. Just check out page 97 in the manual.
Pre-Briefed arms the seekerhead at 15nm from the steerpoint with a 120 degree field of view. It’s basically a version of RUK where rather than arming immediately it waits until it’s much closer to the stpt, increasing chances of locking (and hitting) your mission target rather than something else.