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Old 18th May 2016, 16:57
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Mogwi
 
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The AIM9 in the FRS1 could be bore-sighted, slaved to the Blue Fox radar or used in "super scan". This last mode allowed the missile to search a box +/- a few degrees of the nose and + quite a lot of degrees (can't remember how many) above LFD, every few seconds. This effectively allowed it to lock a target that you couldn't get the nose onto. Only trouble was that the software was cobbled together v quickly and it was roll stabilised. This meant that in a hard starboard turn, the missile scanned out of your left ear!

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