Ah, I got what you meant in your last post, and I realize you did not understand what I said in the first place.

The mark point is not placed to "aid the eyes" back to the target area but rather to get the TGP over a point of interest quickly. It's easy enough to "padlock" an area visually, but if you spent a good time scanning the area and getting the TGP to show you that particular treeline that has the lone Shilka hiding in it, then have to lose track as your TGP goes gimbal roll on you, dropping a mark point and going back to that mark point is easier and faster compared to having to slave the TGP back onto the point of interest manually. Being able to "spot the site" with eyeball is not the issue.

Like I said, a bookmark. Instead of opening a book and flipping through a few pages to get to page 106, you can just put a bookmark there and you can get page 106 in 0.5 seconds all the time, everytime.

I don't use Mark Points often, but they sure can be fun. If you find a bunch of static tanks, for instance, try making Mark Points on a few of them and learn to cycle through the Marks. There's a training mission - Sitting Ducks, that you can experiment with.

This works, too - finding an air defense threat that is displaying on the RWR. Set the TAD in Depressed Mode to get more real estate on the TAD screen. Line the jet up with the RWR symbol and set the TAD to 80 miles. Make a Mark Point right in front of the jet and then another mark Point out about 70 miles.

Take the jet off to the left or right > 30° and make a second set of Mark Points like the first. Then you'll need to turn these four points (or more, depending upon how many times you inadvertently press TMS Right Short) into a flight path, I forget how to off the top of my pointy head, and where the AB line crosses the CD line is where you should be able to find the air defense threat. That is cool stuff.

You can also make a Mark Point, or two, at your present position so you can find it again, which is what - Ice is saying.

WC

Not exactly. Not a mark point on YOUR present position, but rather a mark point on an area of interest, like that static tank targets example you mentioned.

Well you can make a Mark Point at your present position, like what Wrecking Crew was sayin.

WC

Yes you can, but that wasn't the "usefulness" I was citing

Unless you are flying over the target area itself...

This -> "so you can find it again, which is what - Ice is saying", is THAT OK - Ice?

We must be absolutely clear or people will get confused!

WC

Lol, was just being nitpicky. See emphasis and thus possible source of confusion.




Don't mind me, I'm just bored

gawd i guess so im just gonna leave out all punctuation from now on and let you quote me and fill it in so you have something to do while youre waiting for me to go flying with you and so we can get the points across in only two posts lol oh and ill let you know on ts once the c130s are gone so your frame rates dont suffer

ice you know how much i care for you right

oh i am not either

oh just stop

wc

What are you two doing in front of a computer posting instead of playing A-10?