BurntFingers
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I am pretty sure this is normal behaviour... active sonarbuoys are detectable. Seem to recall in one of the manuals, it did say that active sonobuoys will only go active when ordered. Most Active sonobuoys work as Passive when not in active mode. If a sub hears an active sonarbuoy ahead, it knows where not to go? ;) EDIT: Couple more points. First, the MAD detector on the P3 is an excellent way of detecting a sub - just keeping moving in a ladder pattern to clear an area (although MAD isn't so good on subs with non-steel hulls). The P3, like all fixed wing aircraft, doesn't have a sonar of it's own. 2) Helos with dipping sonar will always go active when they are at Vlow altitude. Some helos have MAD but no sonar - some have sonar but no MAD. Ideally, they have both. 3) No aircraft can carry enough buoys to cover the ocean. The idea is that you use them to localise MAD contacts; to create barrers around sensitive units; and (best of all) across narrow "chokepoints". Just laying a long line of buoys in the middle of nowhere isn't going to get you many sub contacts. 4) When you set a units EMCON status, you are doing it JUST FOR THAT UNIT. Not for any sensor units/buoys/decoys that it deploys. To be honest, the Mission Editor isn't nearly as good for ASW patrols as hand plotting a "ladder search" with a MAD equipped aircraft. Takes a few minutes, but it tends to be more thorough. Ignore the stars, just look at the lines;- _____________________________________________________ *****************************************************| *****************************************************| ______________________________________________________ | | ______________________________________________________ *****************************************************| *****************************************************| ______________________________________________________ | | ______________________________________________________ Get the idea? So long as the spacing is less than twice the distance of the MAD detector, you'll get very good coverage. Certainly more space detected than dropping buoys. If you set a "zone" on a mission (3 or more reference points) then the ASW will just bounce around the middle of the zone. going from edge mid-point to edge-mid point. Set one point and the unit just orbits that point. Set two points (probably most useful) and the aircraft will go back and forth between those two points, similar to a "racetrack" pattern.
< Message edited by BurntFingers -- 3/10/2008 9:48:23 PM >
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