Napillo

the tone they give for drop is just max range tone, not that it could hit it wind corrected, you have to do that yourself. I always wait until 1nm closer to drop. YMMV. I tried to have someone buddy lase it, but no dice.

It is, though it doesn't work it seems, the best way you can influence that now is just don't release at max range, the later you wait to release, the steeper the angle. So if you did set it at 75 degrees, you would have to get within about 5nm or so, depending on your altitude.

The profiles are there for that first page on the sms, not the 'cntl' of the bomb itself.

you need to use the NWS button to switch between your bombs and set different PP targets for each bomb.

You need to turn off the laser unless you are actively firing, so you don't burn it out. In the video I saw, you never turned off the laser. When you are using the TGP you should turn on the radar so it can stabilize, and automatically turn off the laser when you fly over the target, or it goes out of radar scan range.

try now with the latest patch.

only if you make it active. Works fine for me, got an A-10 most recently with it.

That's disputed by the vendor of the Aselpod, Aselsan. https://www.aselsan.com/en/defence/product/2887/aselpod

if you press the 'test' button on the warning lights it'll do that after some delay

ye, that's what it looks like they did. You have to press NWS to switch the selected pylon, then you can change its program.

I've read that there is either a 250kg or 100kg version which releases only the bomblets and not the bomb itself.

The bomb calculations aren't going to take into consideration the obstacles in the way, you have to do that part. If the building and fence weren't there, would the bomb have reached it's target? I'm going to say probably so, max range is going to have the shallowest dive, or the longest glide. Come in at an angle where there's no obstacles near the target, or wait until it has a steeper dive.

I'm less interested in using it for A2A as I am A2G, being able to designate from the HMD instead of hud or tgp would be great.

no there is not a hotkey for it, you press the button. there used to be one, but it doesn't exist on the real thing, so they removed it.

I suppose it was at one point, until east germany became just germany.

It's in the german manual for the thing. Google it.

I'm curious if this isn't how it works IRL. The 'weight on wheels' probably is the thing that is disabling the retraction of the gears. I assume that's part of the SMS, which would be powered off as the engine is starting, and would be in BIT for a while after the engine is spun up.

According to the S-300 manual it cannot detect it, the S-300PMU could not engage targets with RCS less than 0.2m^2. However, ED makes it so it can detect it. They don't cite any sources.

ah, but not the PL-7, which is the same weight and happens to be a clone of the Magic R.550

pylons require some kind of mount point internal to the structure, and wires with a route to the computer - the engine doesn't have anything to do with it.

Supposedly the FC-1 was used to design the HMD, so it makes sense to me, and it appeared to be an option for sale, the craft even has a button for powering it. I think it might depend on availability of documentation for it. Also, the radar going into spot mode would be very handy.

If we're just giving advice, then if you want it to have the most energy, you should pull up about 30 degrees before you launch, as that's the angle they loft upwards.

So we might expect it to be looked at around the beginning of March?

that sounds like someone updated the manual with some copium. it could maybe guess the flight path of the ARM, but if it can't detect it, idk how it would even know. but it couldn't could it?

I've read some post that if you set the OAP to +1500ft in some direction away from your aircraft, it will hit the target, but I have not tested that myself.