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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0000047Falcon BMS Known BugsAvionicspublic2021-01-11 16:062021-04-09 01:09
Reporteranonymous Assigned To 
PrioritylowSeveritytrivialReproducibilityalways
Status newResolutionopen 
PlatformPCOSWindowsOS VersionWindows 10
Product VersionBMS 4.35 
Summary0000047: IR Pointer not visible on the TGP MFD
DescriptionIR Pointer is not visible on the TGP MFD although manual says something else. One could argue that the IR spectrum of the Pointer is not picked up by the TGP and that the manual is wrong but if you switch NVGs on, you will see the pointer flashing on the MFD TGP. It seems that on the programming side the pointer visibility is directly linked to the NVG overlay.
Steps To ReproduceStart a night mission, dim your TGP to minimum, turn IR Pointer on and fire it looking at the MFD (no flash). Then switch NVGs on and fire again (flashing visible).
TagsNVG
Theatre of OperationsKTO

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Blu3wolf

Blu3wolf

2021-01-11 23:03

manager   ~0000090

The IR pointer emits 0.808 micron wavelength RF. The CMBT laser emits 1.06 micron RF, and the TRNG laser 1.57 micron RF. The (main) IR sensor used in the Sniper ATP, as well as the other pods which can be carried by the F-16, detects 3 to 5 micron wavelength IR, and cannot see any of those lasers. The Laser Spot Search and Laser Spot Tracker (LSS and LST) function tracks off of another sensor, which can see 1.064 micron IR.

All of this is to say, the pointer should not flash on the MFD. If it flashes on the MFD with the NVGs on, that sounds like a bug.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2021-01-11 16:06 anonymous New Issue
2021-01-11 16:06 anonymous Tag Attached: TGP
2021-01-11 23:03 Blu3wolf Note Added: 0000090
2021-01-11 23:03 Blu3wolf Tag Attached: NVG
2021-04-09 01:09 anonymous Tag Detached: TGP