DCS : A-10 C, Mavericks don't want to lock on

[Mascant]

Hey, I was looking for some opinions from experienced pilots on how to improve my lock on distance and reliability on the mavericks.

Currently it takes me a few passes to finally get my mavericks to lock on. I can cheat with active pause to slew the mavs and get the tracking gates to close over the target.

My usual approach is to find my target with the TGP, lase it, Mark as SPI, slave mav to SPI and try a head on approach (little bit suicidal) until the contrast for the seeker gets better.

TMS up short never works for me to lock on (even at around 2 miles) , even when the target is centered in my mav display. So I slew the mav and hope for the tracking gate to lock on. Sadly with a rather bad success rate.

My sideways deviation messes me up most of the time. Ground stabilize kicks in to late for me. I guess I m spoiled from the SU 25T ground stabilize.

I m almost on par with watching tutorials and flight time .

What are your ways to improve your lock on? I m in nfov when I try to slew my mav on target. Would you recommend wfov?

I have an x55 (seemingly produced after mad catz took over) that isn't the most accurate so I have to fight my stick a bit to begin with to have a straight and level flight.

[zissou]

Firstly make sure you don't hit submit three times. Secondly try in sterile conditions none moving non shooting back target. Make sure you've got enough altitude more altitude will give you more time and reduce angular movement.

[Mascant]

Sorry about the tripple post. i looked for a way to get rid of the copies but couldnt find any. Thanks for cleaning up my mess.

 

OT:

I go with your advice, thou i was only setting up Trucks in the mission editor mostly anyway.

My median attack height is between 10.000 and 12.000 ft. I was speculateing if the IR seeker if the D model has a hard time tracking on the NTTR environment (desert, hot background).

 

Does anybody have experience with the x55? i use the nipple on the thottle for slew control,maybe i should change that with my trim on the stick for more pecision.

i have a craveing for the TM Warthog.

[zissou]

I've got the x55 too I use the second hat switch on the stick for sensor slew. Are you zoomed in to the max? Try with both versions the ir and tv.

[kennychr]

When you slave your mav seeker to your spi touch the slev joystick(if you have setup that) sliiiighly it should snap straight to lock.

[Mascant]

HI. I ve remaped my slew key from the wonky nipple to a 4-way hat which improved my precision a bit. additionally i toned the sensitivity from 5 to 8 which gives more fine control. lock on gets better.

i wonder how fine i can tune the slew setting of the seeker head.

how are your settings in that respect? with a sensitivity of 5 my seeker just ran over the target and wouldnt look. 8 works much better.

 

Thanks for the suggestions guys. Very much appreachiated.

[kennychr]

Havent fiddled around with anysettings in terms of sensitivity etc. tho the TM Warthog worked out of the box with a10-c

[Mascant]

I ment the "slew sensitivity" that can be changed on the mfd when the mav is soi.

It got a bit better and I now get enough standoff to engage sa-8s.

I found an ok offer for the warthog. The x55 is just too wobbly and not precise around the center.

Do the warthog programming app and drivers work well with win10?

I ll be able to test the hotas once I'm back from Norway in 3 weeks.

[Mascant]

I ment the "slew sensitivity" that can be changed on the mfd when the mav is soi.

It got a bit better and I now get enough standoff to engage sa-8s.

I found an ok offer for the warthog. The x55 is just too wobbly and not precise around the center.

Do the warthog programming app and drivers work well with win10?

I ll be able to test the hotas once I'm back from Norway in 3 weeks.

[Mascant]

So the Warthog came in early. Marvelous piece of work. Long story short:

Now i get reliabel lock on from a distance of 6.5 miles. I cant pinpoint what happened but i think its primarely the stick and its accuracy in flying the plane. i have a very stable aproach now with next to no need for finetuneing.

The hardware definitifley improved my experiance.