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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0000098 | Falcon BMS Known Bugs | Avionics | public | 2021-02-14 22:06 | 2021-02-19 23:06 |
| Reporter | Sixpack | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | new | Resolution | open | ||
| Platform | PC | OS | Windows | OS Version | Windows 10 |
| Product Version | BMS 4.35 | ||||
| Summary | 0000098: During Maverick boresight, TGP jumps off target when point track is commanded and then drifts away from target | ||||
| Description | Always observed during Mav bore sight procedure. It looks like this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MkAKPOMr6rkdJ65-gg7P3Tg4qTYuwnYD/view?usp=sharing Possibly related to cursor movement during TMS-UP and/or noisy cursor pots. Applying large dead zones to the cursor XY axes reportedly helps in some cases Useful workaround is to avoid Maverick load outs on human controlled lead aircraft and instead use TGP to ground stabilize on a target and command AI wingman/element to “attack my target.” | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | Attempt Maverick boresight and move cursor slightly while commanding point track. | ||||
| Additional Information | 4.34 and 4.35, possibly other versions. | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
| Theatre of Operations | KTO | ||||
| If you are moving the cursor while commanding point track, isnt this expected behavior? | |
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Yes, possibly. I don’t have any real world experience with a jet like this so I can’t judge how realistic this behavior is. On my rig, I do not need to move the cursor while commanding point track. For me, just commanding point track will cause this behavior unless I have a configured a dead zone on my cursor x and y axes. The dead zone has good effect, so this problem is trivial for me now. If it’s a bug it’s very low impact with the workaround. If this is designed behavior then maybe adding some language to the training manual might help. For example, “Some pilots have persistant trouble using the TGP and commanding point track makes the TGP viewfinder lose ground stabilization and drift randomly. Adding a dead zone to the cursor x and y axes usually solves this problem.” Thanks very much for looking into this! |
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My take: If its solved by changing hardware settings to add a deadzone, its an issue with the hardware, not with the sim. That having been said... there are some features already in the sim designed to help workaround common hardware limitations - for example, the self-cancelling override modes. Is there any software component? If its solely due to the hardware, perhaps this would be better off being rewritten as a feature request instead of a bug report? |
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