User Guide

Range to Target. The range in kilometers to the locked target appears in the
bottom right corner of the display.
Waypoints. The box in the lower left corner gives navigation information — the
selected waypoint (such as W03) and the distance in kilometers. Time to Arrival
also appears.
Target Box. Once you have a target in your field of view, a small diamond
appears on the VSD. If the target moves out of view, the diamond moves in that
direction. To gain a firing lock on that target, maneuver the helicopter so that the
diamond moves under the VSD weapon constraint. Your weapon constraint will
turn solid (described in the next paragraph).
Weapon Constraint. The VSD displays a weapon constraint. Its shape differs,
based on whether you have the machine gun, Hellfires, Stingers or rockets active.
This same constraint displays on the Pilot’s Display Unit — see Kiowa Weapon
Constraints, p. 2.49, for details.
Weapon Loadout. These small icons show what missiles you’re carrying
(Hellfires or ATA Stingers). The solid icon indicates the active weapon.
b Switch active weapon
Weapon Status Information. These text fields display the arming status (
ARMED
or SAFE), launch mode and weapon inhibit information for the active weapon.
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