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F 14 Radar
Y: Next target
Shift-Y: Cycle azimuth field width
Shift-U: Undesignate (very useful for PAL mode)
I: Tilt radar up
Shift-I: Tilt radar down
Shift-D: Cycle number of bars
Ctrl-N: Cycle mode
D: Pilot Auto Lockon mode (PAL) [click Ctrl-N to exit]
R: Single Target Track mode (STT)
Shift- E and R: Radar range when not in PAL mode.
Q: Radar standby
PD SEARCH: Has the longest RCS sensitivity of the modes. Will only show targets that has above/below a certain closure-rate. Notchable. Will not show targets altitude or heading.
RWS: Medium RCS sensitivity. Notchable.
P SEARCH: Basically a ground/sea radar. Cannot be notched.
PAL: Scans the area around the HUD, fixed at 10nm range. Automatically enters STT for anything it sees. Note that when in this mode, none of the RIO mode pushbuttons will lit up.
P STT: Single target track. Cannot be notched, wont produce closure-rate output.
PD STT: Single target track. Can be notched.
TWS MAN: Once a target has been scanned twice within some seconds, groundtrack (headings) is displayed on TID. Only has 2 options for bars/az combinations. Has the shortest RCS sensitivity of the modes. Notchable.
If you are flying against an F-14, keep the F-14 on your 3 or 9 o'clock and make sure that seen from the F-14 point of view that he will see terrain behind you.
Aircraft on datalink that is inside the radar field will be shown on TID (even if radar is standby). Dual seaters should take care to enter same datalink channel.
AIM-7 needs STT mode.
AIM-9 needs STT mode or TWS mode with something selected. Or radar in standby, then it will lock onto whatever is at bore.
AIM-54 need either STT or TWS with something selected (in which case it will go active immediately with reduced range).
TWS AUTO disabled.
RWS/TWS MAN/PDSearch/PSearch will able to show 19 targets, MP or not. TWS can show groundtrack on max 10 of them.
Radar elevation, commanded and actual, is shown on gauge left of DDD display. It is in relation to horizon in all modes except PAL.
Each mode remembers its own bars and az settings. So if you switch to 1 bar in RWS, and then switch to PD SEARCH it might have 8 bars, when you switch back to RWS you will have 1 bar again. Radar antennae elevation/azimuth is shared between modes though.
Moving radar azimuth field left and right when not 120. To use this, enable it from FG joystick dialog.
When connecting the pilot will no longer be able to control the radar, it is all done from the dual control RIO MP seat. RIO is able to control station switches.
Make sure you as RIO do not switch modes and stuff too fast, allow for a short moment for each change you make to propagate to the pilot.
If RIO select something and it fails pilot screen will show selection handover fails, the pilot could try to press y to repeat the handover and if successful, and then ask RIO to cycle modes if RIO had commanded STT, to make the pilots radar try to enter STT again.