BFT12 weirdness
There is something wrong with BFT12 on the A10C for 1.5.2. It's been brought up a couple of times in the past, but as was said before this mission is impossible to pass by following the FE in formation flight because the he arrives at each WP late. I do not believe this is due to the AI's wonky flying but rather by the DTOT set in the CDU for each WP.
Somewhere or somehow in the campaign version, the DTOT for each WP is being miscalculated. I can pass this PO in the practice version of it with no problem but fail the campaign version because I get to the WP too late.
For the campaign version, checking the DTOT on the CDU; WP5, WP10 , & WP15 are set past the required time. I have tried turning on the CDU as soon as possible (06:15:50) and tried turning it on later during the startup (06:23:00) and various points in between. This results in differing times for each WP, with the earliest DTOT for WP5 being 06:42:01 at the earliest CDU start of 06:15:50.
What I did find was that the elapsed time between the WP's are consistent even if the DTOT is different. So from WP5 to WP6 the elapsed time between WP5's DTOT and WP6's DTOT is always 55 seconds. This consistency is always there in the campaign as well as the practice version. The difference is that the practice mission's DTOT for WP's 5, 10, & 15 are set correctly.
The only way I was able to pass this was to manually set the DTOT for each WP and then leave the formation once I joined to hit each DTOT within requirement. When I reached WP15, the FE was several minutes behind me.
My guess is that the AI is flying erratically (>140kts from WP4 to WP5) because it is trying to hit the RIAS for the DTOT. WP5 to WP6 RIAS is over 330Kts and I assume the AI is gaining altitude to gain speed by zooming down.
Take off time is 06:30:00 +/- 10s
I have watched Recon Stewart's video (SOP prior to each mission)
I do not get Unq'd for breaking altitude limits
DCS World 1.5.2.48720
OpenBeta BAQ as well as the latest version released 12/30
Attached is a pdf showing the DTOT that was set in the CDU by default for both campaign and for practice for each WP. Practice had some weirdness for WP2-4 but did not effect passing the mission. To pass the campaign, I had to manually set the DTOT for each WP in the CDU using the practice mission DTOT (thanks BFT10).
BFT12.pdf