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Sorry Zeus. I wasn't criticizing just showing my ignorance of how the actual plane uses TFR. I thought the APG70 did the TFR. I knew it had a mapping capability and therefore did the TFR. If it doesn't, then makes sense of why it needs the sensors.

I have seen many other developers comment about the challenges of the FSX engine and terrain following so am ecstatic to see anyone develop a work around in FSX for a purpose designed flight mode specifically for this aircraft. So definitely looking forward to this one as well.
 
strykerpsg said:
Sorry Zeus. I wasn't criticizing just showing my ignorance of how the actual plane uses TFR. I thought the APG70 did the TFR. I knew it had a mapping capability and therefore did the TFR. If it doesn't, then makes sense of why it needs the sensors.

I have seen many other developers comment about the challenges of the FSX engine and terrain following so am ecstatic to see anyone develop a work around in FSX for a purpose designed flight mode specifically for this aircraft. So definitely looking forward to this one as well.
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I'm sorry if I came too strong. It was a surprise for me as well to learn that TF is only possible when that pod is installed, but after thinking about it for a while it made sense. The APG-70 is a fantastic radar but it cannot do two things at the same time. If you are doing TF then you cannot be scanning for targets and vice-versa. The F-111 had 3 radars built in the nose, one of them a TF radar. The F-15 fuselage is too small to incorporate another radar system inside so they decided to put it in a pod and hang it below the engine intakes. Weight penalty is probably minimum considering the aircraft engine power.
 
ZEUS67 said:
I'm sorry if I came too strong. It was a surprise for me as well to learn that TF is only possible when that pod is installed, but after thinking about it for a while it made sense. The APG-70 is a fantastic radar but it cannot do two things at the same time. If you are doing TF then you cannot be scanning for targets and vice-versa. The F-111 had 3 radars built in the nose, one of them a TF radar. The F-15 fuselage is too small to incorporate another radar system inside so they decided to put it in a pod and hang it below the engine intakes. Weight penalty is probably minimum considering the aircraft engine power.
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Zeus, no worries at all. It's funny how immersed into Microprose F15 Strike Eagle's I-III that I owned that I never paid attention to needing the pods to survive my ingress/egress into bad guy territory. Just always knew it was a bad a** plane and I wanted to have one. Thanks to your teams efforts, I will soon own 2.
 
strykerpsg said:
OMG! Thank you. Real life just uses the RADAR though, right?
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A most impressive E2 display! I have never seen that done in an FSX aircraft before and it looks excellent! The E2 display shows a vertical radar presentation which allows the pilot to see his vertical relationship to terrain ahead even if in clouds. The WSO could then display a horizontal radar display showing the horizontal position of ground elements and between the two navigate the aircraft safely and effectively in clouds low to the ground.

Essentially the pilot handles the vertical and the WSO handles the horizontal. It's similar to how crews on the MC-130 does it using their TF/TA radar system. The prime difference being that the radar system on the MC-130E and MC-130H were, in fact, multi-mode radars that could operate in three ways. A time-sharing sweep in X-band provided both vertical TF scan and horizontal TA scan, while a second onboard radar system provided for Ka and Ku band precision ground mapping radar sweeps in pencil or fan beam. When the pilots and navigators performed their jobs well it was just a beautiful piece of coordinated human aerial performance!

Ken
 
Has it been tested at night with crash detection on. It's no trick to fly in that mode during the day and subconsciously make minor up/down adjustments. You have to trust that gauge completely to make it worthwhile. Like IFR training under the hood.
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