@Frederf:
OK, I think I figured out why I don’t like the manual’s description. It says there is one master mode, singular, which is changed. The phrase “the master mode will be configured” as if the currently active mode is the master and all not active modes are not master, is not correct. There are three master modes in the F-16, NAV AG AG, and they are just as master even if they aren’t active. DGFT, MRM aren’t master modes but override modes.
All modes (master, override, otherwise) when active will have avionics set up according to (decreasing priority):
Pilot changes
DTC preferences
Airplane defaults
You should not get any difference in airplane behavior no matter how you operate the DGFT/MRM switch in terms of simulator controls.
As to what the DGFT or MRM overrides exactly do, they can be thought of as almost completely independent modes akin to AA master mode. There are dozen of tiny details of what get changed, selected, remembered since the last time you were in that override, not remembered since the last time you were in that override, and so on. We can try to be exhaustive on describing them.
DGFT
FCR set to 30x20 standby, ACM if no track (if tracking lock is maintained)
SMS resumes selection of last missile (in DGFT) or if none priority short range missile
SMS enters special DGFT submode which selects both gun and missile simultaneously
HUD changes to baro and CAS as well as the special display decluttering
SMS sets preprogrammed or last changed preferences for AIM-9 and gun sighting cues
Inhibited OVRD/SILENT FCR emission is allowed (I think)
MSL/MRM
Similar, notably independent of AA master mode in terms of FCR-CRM setup, missile preferences, and missile selection
FCR is not forced upon entry into any particular mode (I think) so you can set MRM for FCR-ACM and it should remember that I can’t remember if missile selection is always remembered of if AIM-9 can’t resume on mode reentry.
This what I am seeing. The bold sections above account for variations I perceived while trialing input methods The TE I was using originally didn’t have any SRM loaded.
Again thanks for the concise post. I think I have it nailed down now. :thumb: