Manual

Your radar projects a conical beamdirectly ahead of your aircraft. If a targetis above or below this cone (i.e. outsidethe limits of the beam) your radar cannotdetect it.In Moderate Mode you can adjust thebeam’s elevation by pressing BeamElevation Up 2 0 (Pageup Key) or BeamElevation Down 2 0 (Pagedown Key).You can inspect the radar beam’s currentelevation setting on the vertical gaugedirectly to the left of the DDD. Thenumbers 0 0 , 20 0 , 40 0 , and 60 0 refer todegree of beam elevation or depression.Hint: Adjusting your beam elevation hastactical benefits. One is to fly very low(wave-hop) with your radar beam pointedupwards. This makes it hard for enemyaircraft to detect you (you’ll be below theirradar coverage!). Meanwhile, you’ll be ableto spot them just fine.Step 5: Select a radar mode.This decision was made for you inStandard Mode. There were only twooperative modes: Search mode to findtargets and Track mode to attack ‘em. InModerate Mode, however, there areseveral search modes and several“attack” modes. As you will come tounderstand, there are pros and cons tousing each radar mode.You have two search modes to choosefrom. They are;1.the PDSRCH mode for general longrange, wide area coverage,and2. the RWS mode which functionsexactly like the PDSRCH withthe added benefit of range informationon the TID.After locating a target (or targets), it is agood idea to switch over to one of theseveral attack modes now available toyou. These are as follows;1. the PDSTT mode for locking-up andattacking single targets, or2.the TWS-A mode for attackingmultiple targets with Phoenixmissiles, or3.the TWS-M mode for manuallydesignating multiple targets tobe attacked with Phoenix missiles, or4. the BRST mode for point-blankdogfighting (the proverbial knifefight in a phone booth), or5.the VSL mode for hard turning(banking) fights emphasisingvertical coverage over horizontalcoverage.Step 6: Target detection.Regardless of the radar mode youchoose, a target must be physicallylocated within the area covered by thescan pattern of your radar beam in orderto be detected. This is why bar andazimuth settings are important. Theydelineate how big an area your radar iscovering. Beam elevation is alsoimportant because it determines whereyour radar is pointing.Not only must a target be inside yourradar scan pattern, it must also be largeenough to reflect the radar energy back toyour aircraft. Large targets have big radarsignatures and are detected at greaterranges than small targets. For example,cruise missiles like the Exocet or Kingfish,have very small radar signatures.When targets are detected they appearon the RIO’s Detailed Data Display (DDD)as tiny green squares (or radar “blips”).As long as you do not lock-up a target,your radar beam continues to sweep backand forth across the DDD, continuallyupdating target information.Always allow several seconds for targetinformation to settle on the display.