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== Warnings and Limitations == | == Warnings and Limitations == | ||
* This HowTo builds on the [[ILS_in_HUD]] Wiki. If you haven't fully read and understood that then you probably should not read any further. Just take the video as inspiration for what you may one day achieve and go back a stage. | * This HowTo builds on the [[ILS_in_HUD]] Wiki. If you haven't fully read and understood that then you probably should not read any further. Just take the video as inspiration for what you may one day achieve and go back a stage. | ||
* It is based on having a valid TACAN signal and a carrier in range and also that the carrier is "'''/ai/models/carrier[0]'''". It does | * It is based on having a valid TACAN signal and a carrier in range and also that the carrier is "'''/ai/models/carrier[0]'''". It only does some basic error-checking to see if this is the case and so this would need to be verified as adequate for your own implementation on an aircraft. | ||
* It was done as a quick fix, just to see if it was possible. Consequently it is not particularly elegant or well-commented. Hopefully it will be improved in time. | * It was done as a quick fix, just to see if it was possible. Consequently it is not particularly elegant or well-commented. Hopefully it will be improved in time. | ||
* The heading needle is really only there to get within the last few hundred metres as it points towards the centre of the carrier model rather than the arrester cables. | * The heading needle is really only there to get within the last few hundred metres as it points towards the centre of the carrier model rather than the arrester cables. | ||