How to SLAVE THE TPOD to where you're LOOKING | DCS World
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A quick look at how to slave the targetting pod to where you are looking with the Helmet Display in the F/A-18C, video demonstrates with the ATFLIR pod however the same functionality works with the Litening Pod.
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This also works with the Litening Pod, have fun guys!
Mav, I might be wrong, but I am like 80% sure that you DO NOT need to snowplow before making something SOI with JHMCS. Unless something has changed recently that I have missed. If it has, then color me informed and thank you! If not, then this can save some valuable time for you. You do, however, need to undesignate your target to get the symbology to appear on the JHMCS. So, HUD/JHMCS SOI, undesg. look where you want, TDC Depress and VOILA! Instant snap to target. Cheers! Love the videos!
Hey mate, I used to fly with you guys on Discord, but I left DCS for a while, I would like to rejoin the server. Would that be possible?
@@mammoth505I thought it was a training server?
Harrier sim pilots are like wow, I have so much more risks to deal with.
This also works without going into snowplough mode and this step can be skipped. The camera can be looking anywhere but the main condition for this to work is there has to be no active TGT point. all you have to do is tap undesignate and clear any current tgt mark and select HMD as SOI and the radial marker should appear in the HMD. If the radial marker does not appear then double check you selected it as SOI and that there is no active tgt mark. The pod should automatically slew to any tgt mark you create whether it be a with a designated waypoint or via HMD designation. Depends on what the operator chooses. Not that you may want to change tracking modes with the pod after it slews to the mark otherwise it tends to drift off course. Modes are changed by selecting pod as SOI, and long pressing the Sensor select switch to the pod sequentially to change the mode. The symbology in the pod screen should change to indicate the newly selected mode.
This and another thing of note that I ran I to is that you have to be in A/G mode too
Yup, came here to say this. As long as you aren't currently designating anything, you don't even need to touch the NWS button. Just look and TDC Depress. Only time you have to touch the NWS is to undesignate. Snowplow is not needed at all, at least with the ATFLIR.
thinking the same thing
@@matthancock98 Thanks. Obvious but easy to overlook. It got me.
This ‘ -not- Scot Manley’ fella sure knows how to make one bloody good tutorial. Fantastic stuff Mav S!
Thanks brother!
@@104thMaverick you're good people. But a total buster 😆
Once again, the Manly Scot comes through with the Hornet masterclass! Good to see you back
Manly Scot hahahaha
oh yes, here we go, more on point tutorials from the Professional Edutainer - keep 'em coming !
I was unaware this could even be done, but you just saved me so much time, as I often have a rough time trying to navigate the TPOD in the MFD.
Glad it helped!
Thank you for taking the time to make this informative video tutorial for us Maverick.
My pleasure!
Bought DCS to fly russian aircraft, bought the Hornet to see / try it and a fully clickable cockpit...
Fell in love with it.
Decided to really go deep into it.
This game is awesome 👌
(And so is your channel, this video really helps me discover the capabilities of the Bug, and Im 33 yet amazed like a child :) )
Great to hear brother, welcome to Team Hornet ! Hope you have as much fun as I do with it.
Bloody hell, I've had so much trouble to get this right... and all i needed to do was snowplow mode!!! Thanks a lot man! Appreciate your channel!
Glad I could help mate
Fantastic tutorial. Wonderful the way the procedure is repeated with captions at the end, I actually think I’m gonna remember this, even before I get in the pit. There must be something in the water in Scotland, Deephack also has some incredible tutes.
NOTE: this is not a criticism of other tutorial makers, everyone learns differently.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Simple, no fluff and to the point, awesome tutorial!
This is the part I have missed so far for rapid target acqusition in the hornet, in line with the A-10C way of doing it.
Short, spot on and informative tutorials is how we like them!
Thanks 🎉
On a sidenote I really enjoy how easy and time efficient it is to set up waypoints in the hornet, which in its own way adds to rapid target acqusition 😎
I'm glad you said "A-10C way of doing it"...... just what I came to learn.
Yeah just undesignate the target via the undesignate button single press and the sensor control switch up to get the HUD / HMS as SOI then a quick TDC depress while on target. Cuts out some extra steps.
thank you, didnt know we can do this now, havent been playing dcs lately. will try it when I can
Have fun!
simple yet effective as always bud! Cheers dude
Thank you! Cheers!
Great stuff as always. As comfortable as I am with the Hornet, I can always learn and use more useful cockpit skills.
Glad to help!
Nice vid again. I’ll post it around when people have this questions on FB. Your previous one explaining the F-18 hornet helped many people. 👍
Thanks mate
Now we need Scott to say "I'm not 104th Maverick"
Clear as crystal, thanks Mav!
You’re welcome brother
IN addition, Master Arm must be "on" to be able to designate targets via HMD
Really enjoying the videos, very inspiring and informative
Awesome, thank you!
Very well done as usual!
Thanks brother
oh man that is SO helpful! Wow thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful!
Man, haven't touched the hornet since the F-16 came out, it has really evolved quite a bit!
Great! Didn't know this was possible, but having tried it a few times, it'll be a great help. Thanks for posting.
You're welcome!
Very good stuff here. Thanks!
My pleasure!
Thank you, simple and to the point
You're welcome!
Thanks, coming from the a10 this is done a little bit different, but almost the same, keep these sorts of short tutorials coming and I'll watch :)
Nice, I also think that you must be in AG mode otherwise it won't work, but I'm not 100% sure on that.
Pro tip for newbies: if the helmet site is not aligned the targeting pod will be way off where your telling it to look so align it on the ground before you take off. While it doesn't matter so much for use with the air-to-ground or air-to-air radar because a radar beam is like a flashlight it doesn't need to be spot on to illuminate something the tiny dot that is the sensor point of interest or "SPI" needs to be super accurate because your tood is going to be looking 100meters off or more without an proper alignment from a cold start when you look back at the screen you won't recognize what you targeted because you won't be looking at what the helmet was.
Second pro tip you can align it while the air on the long flight to the target but most people find it more convenient endless stressful to it before takeoff.
FINNALY! FINNALY I CAN NOT NOSE DIVE AND SUFFED IN THE SKY FOR HOURS TRYING TO TARGET! THANK YOU
bien , très bien; on adore cette video au service du Hornet!
Nice Mav, never knew about this feature, very very useful👍
*Austistic viper driver pilot screeching*
Great video boss!
awesome! Thanks for the info
Just a side note on the sensor control select. It isn't necessarily right to select the flir pod. It is in the direction of the ddi that you have the flir page on.
Correct, I should have specified this
Best helmet is the a10 helmet, it's hilarious how great of a datalink/situationalawarenesssystem/control it has. Very easy to use too.
I totally agree, it’s a shame it’s so slow tho 😉
❤❤Thank you for useful information
My pleasure 😊
@@104thMaverickMy friend, how do I make the mouse pointer move freely inside the cabin .I have a problem
Try LAlt+C
@@104thMaverick My friend, I have a question, how do I add a mod? dcs f18
When I add a free mod, it tells me that you are not authorized
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Greatly appreciate it.
My pleasure!
Great stuff! Thanks.
Glad you liked it!
That "snowplow" must be synonymous with "boresight"......??? It is awfully frequently that I need to get that point centered for at least the "point of beginning" from which I'll locate and deal with targets.
Most excellent tutelage, sir.
It is indeed the same as boresight brother, I should have been more clear.
Hope you have as much fun shacking targets as I do!
Thanks Scott !
Outstanding
Thanks
Good stuff. Thank you.
You’re welcome
@@104thMaverick This is really great. Parking JDAMS and Mavericks like a boss! Really makes things smooth. Subscribed and watching your other videos.
Outstanding Video. Thank You !!
Thank you
Amazing tutorial dude. Thank you 😘
Glad you liked it!
Thank you!!!
You're welcome!
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snow plow was my issue all along, was beginning to not carry mavs, the first one always worked and the rest never locked
Great video, I had wondered why this didn't work the way I expected with using TDC with the HMD as SOI (wow that was alphabet soup!) and apparently I was missing the step of forcing the tpod into snowplow mode first.
Glad it helped!
Nice!! This will be very helpful
I miss the Hornet. Maybe they will finish this flight module refactor at some point and I can come back to my favorite modern module.
Great video, Mav!
Glad you liked it!
Very nice. Side note : You should change the title of this video - How to slave targeting pod to where you're looking. In DCS the camera is generally something else. It could incite more people to come and watch this.
Done, thanks
This may have been how it was a year ago, but now you enter snowplow mode by double clicking the NWS button from VVSLV mode, and snowplow looks 8 degrees down, not straight ahead.
So are you back? Good stuff.
Indeed my friend, this year is the year I put more effort into building the RUclips channel
Eyyy buster. Hope all is well. I'll try and make it to twitch sometime soon
pretty sure I did this without snowplowing before. Double checking tomorrow
You can, but I wanted to give people one way of doing it that works in all situations.
@@104thMaverick gotcha mate. What would be a situation when you cannot do it directly without snowplowing? Pretty new to the Hornet.
@@bilbotbaggins1536 I don't think there is one. As long as there is not a target already designated, i.e. the targeting pod is not already tracking a target or target point, all you have to do is make the HMD the sensor of interest (SOI) and then depress the TDC while looking at the new target. The pod will slew to it. If the pod is already locked on to a target, just hit the undesignate button on the stick to "free up" the pod for the new target. Then designate the new target with the HMD (by making the HMD the SOI and pressing the TDC, same as before).
@@tom434911 yeah that's how I use it. It's very easy to find stuff that way
What livery is that? Searched for VFA-104 But couldn’t find that livery??
I thought you meant the actual game camera...and I was like why would you need to do that?
Hey,
could you please to a video on how you setup the Hornets T-pods in general?
I am haveing an exremely difficult time finding parked vehicles in FLIR mode, moving/shooting targets are showing up like christmastrees though
I’ll see what I can do
That you have to enter snowplow mode wasn't from the beginning, when this was implemented first, right?
Long time, that I hit the bug for a ride, but I remember that slaving the TGP to your helmet is a really breakthrough in A/G.
It's enough to just undesignate with single press.
Bro, Spit coffee all over my computer. '... not Scott Manley'
I'd complain and say the viper's pod is easier and more intuitive due to it working without snowplowing first, but then it also completely changes behavior based on the selected weapon and delivery mode so it's just complicated in its own way...
You don't a actually have to snowplow in the hornet, just undes. Also, the viper is insanely more complicated to this with, since you have to ensure the weapon is in pre, and there's not a hotas cmd for that.
@@mashedxpotats VIS or DTOS work. Depending on the weapon... I don't recall for JDAMs but cursor enable will switch modes for mavericks, and missile select will cycle between CCIP, CCRP, and DTOS.
@@wraith444 pretty sure msl step used to cycle, but ED disabled that in a recent patch.
@@mashedxpotats I've used it as recently as a few hours ago to select a bombing mode for a few CBUs
@@mashedxpotatsYeah, right? I’ve solved that for myself by doing what I assume everyone else does, get into the habit of putting certain sensors on certain displays and binding essential PBs. Things like zoom, PRE/VIS etc etc. It’s somewhat unsatisfying for people like me with budget HOTAS setups and minor OCD but it works.
Anyone notice lately that when you do designate the flir is always way off like 100 meters or so? Seems like I just started getting this issue
Great Video Again!!!! Do you have issues when align the helmet? most of the time I have different points selected when tdc depress with the helmet.
No, are you sure you are doing the alignment process properly? If it’s done incorrectly the targeting will be off
Great video, Thanks! This will deffinatly come in handy!
Glad to hear it!
I was always wondering if there were accidents where the fighter plane accidently aimed at the eyes of some civilian :D Every time fighter plane passes above me I think about it -_-
Let’s hope they have the master arm switch in the safe position 🤣
Can you make that point a waypoint?
What F/A-18 skin is that?
104th Phoenix skin
this is new? I didnt know about this!
No mate, its been around for a long time I just never got around to making a video about it till now.
@@104thMaverick Damn, thanks, ill try it
all this is nice and well explained, but I don't buy American aircraft, only Russian and them, and I fly starting with Ka-50, Sukhoi, Mig and of course Chinese 🤗🤗😂😂
If it aint NATO, it's a Potato
Definition - Snowplow: adj. - Having sex with an Eskimo.
how do you move the camera at all plz
Hello how can I get night looks?
Hey 104th Maverick, I have a quick question about bombing in the Hornet. One of my go to missions is the "offensive counter air", the objective is to simply destroy one helicopter at the given waypoint. My question is after dealing with the enemy fighters, I set up my bombs only to find my ccip line is slanted terribly to one side. To straighten it out I have to roll into a turn that is simply not ideal for dropping a dangerous explosive xD. Do you have any idea what could be causing this? I've been told it could have something to do with the INS knob being set to either nav or IFA, both of which don't seem to have an effect. My only theory is that the way I engage in air to air combat screws up my CCIP line when the time comes, other than that I am pretty clueless lol. Thanks for making this simple video, I thought I knew how to do this haha, thanks for the content and for absolutely teaching me how to use the Hornet radar "like a boss" :)
The INS should always be in IFA once the initial alignment has been completed mate, I've never had that issue with the CCIP line before brother, it might be something corrupted in your install. Try running a DCS repair and see if the problem happens again. I've shot down lots of bandits then dropped bombs and never had this issue so its not something inherent to the aircraft.
@@104thMaverick Interesting, I'll have to run that repair and see if that fixes anything. I have run 2.7 and 2.8 and have still encountered the same problem after fresh installs as well. Thanks for the input!
There are two ways to fix this. It is caused by INS drift. INS is subject to drift errors if not repeatedly updated. You can do as Maverick says and leave it In Flight Alignment IFA or you can change the nav input from INS to GPS. To change to GPS you have to use the Support page to select HSI. When HSI is pulled up on the top row of buttons all the way to the left you will see a button for POS/INS. Punch that button and it will bring up a row of options across the top row of buttons. Select GPS and once that is done the page will revert back to the previous page but you should note that the far left button on the top row should now say POS/GPS. That will fix your bomb fall line issue as it is now taking updates from the GPS instead of the INS for position fixes.
Hi, is this something that exist in reality in a cold war era plane? Like a Tomcat or a Hornet?
I ask this because I do not add features that are not realistic as I don't like hand holding and comfort stuff which remove immersion in my opinion.
Designating a target with the JHMCS (Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System) is real, so is designating targets with it.
Yes the real aircraft could do this
@@104thMaverick Amazing thanks for the replies, I thought this was stuff only Shukoi had like tthe thermal system that seems to be the one responsible to hit 50 miles far away air targets (if I am not wrong)... I did not know there was so comfortable stuff already in the 70ties.
Then especially with a head tracking or VR this stuff must be set!
It's not a comfort stuff, it's a real thing.
@@Brokkolesz Wow.
Can we do this in the f16?
Yes but the process is slightly different
Does it work in a-a mode?
No I don’t think so, but the radar will slave the camera to what ever target you have locked so you can VID it.
Ok now again please for Keyboard Users XD
Kek 🤣
Always good and formal knowledge. Love ya Mav.
More to come, thanks mate
If you look really closely you can see me giving you the finger in the display. :D
Great stuff! Thanks!
My pleasure!