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DDI - RADAR
The Radar:
The FA-18F's radar its one of the most sophisticated airborne RADAR
system in the world. The AN/APG79 is a so called AESA Radar. This
stands for Active Electronically Scanned Array. Contrary to previous
RADAR systems the antenna is immovable, no mechanical parts that
can have malfunctions. The beam sweeping is achieved electronically
and therefore is incredible fast. It is so quick that air to air scan and air
to ground scan can happen simultaneously. This is also possible
because signal processing is completely digital and computerized.
The APG79 has been designed to be as "silent" as possible since
RADAR signals are one of the few active signal emissions that can be
detected from long distances. The RADAR is jamming resistant up to a
very high point and it's one of the key elements of the FA-18F weapons
platform. Especially the two seat layout of the F version enables the
crew to use it to it's full potential.
The Radar screen:
What you see is a "birds eye" view of the area in front of the aircraft. You
can increase and decrease the range of this area on the right side of the
display with the RNG buttons. The own aircraft is always located a the
lower center of the screen.
Aircraft are shown green with master ARM in Safe position.
"Engage a target":
To "lock on" an aircraft two conditions must be meet.
First the Master ARM switch must be in the ARM position, and second:
The aircraft can not be in the same team as your aircraft (friendly fire).
You can check the team settings in: "Aircraft → Aircraft&Situations →
Other aircraft"
If these conditions are meet you can lock on the enemy with the two
target TGT buttons. The active target will be shown in red.
You can also cycle through the targets with these two buttons.
Select a weapon on the WPN weapons console and FIRE (spacebar).
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