This is the last thing I’m going to say on this matter because you seem happier defending your incomplete knowledge of the systems involved than to actually educate yourself. Feel free after this to go back to describing and using BMS based on what you know from F4AF which is completely different. So here goes.
@caper:
again, would it be wrong to say that the seeker has BORE and SLAVE mode no matter what the mode is displayed on the MFD? This seem to be the root of your reply.
If you don’t want to say that the heater has a BORE and SLAVE mode, you can say that the SMS has a BORE and SLAVE mode for heater employment. So based on that, when you enter dogfight, you are in SLAVE mode as indicated on the SMS. Not BORE as you said. End of story.
My whole point is that you need to be precise when describing avionics and weapons functions, esp answering a question asked by a newcomer who probably doesn’t know much. When a new guy asks you “how do I get the seeker in BORE mode?”, based on what you said your answer would probably be “TMS down to unlock the FCR target”; which is wrong. The correct answer is “press the SLAVE OSB so it changes to BORE”. Why? Because the guy that asked it might not want the missile to look down its boresight, he might want it in BORE mode so he can use it with the JHMCS.
@caper:
Heaters just fly off the rail. The targeting system is what is changes.
Exactly. They don’t just fly off the rail. They also track targets. The targeting system is part of the missile.
@caper:
I never said the FCR was needed to use the JMCS.
You certainly implied it by saying that its the method that BMS “favors”, which is just not true. Both work equally well. And the fact that you obviously have no idea what BORE mode is for (as you said yourself), shows that you don’t know how to use the JHMCS without the FCR.
@caper:
yes a toggle can be a latch or momentary switch.
So we agree that this is a momentary toggle switch.
@simdudeBMS:
Slave means it’s slaved to the FCR and the radar determines the target, bore means the seeker on the Aim9 itself (possibly aided by the HMCS, but you can use bore without the HMCS also) determines the target…this isn’t complicated guys. lol
You can also use it in SLAVE mode without the FCR. It is always the seeker that determines the target. BORE and SLAVE just change where the seeker will be looking for the target. The FCR does not pass any target information to the AIM-9 like it does with the AIM-120, SLAVE mode just makes the AIM-9 seeker follow the FCR LOS if there is a target locked.