Eddie

:doh: Probably because you're thinking in terms of how most DCS players use targeting pods vice how they are most often employed in reality. Not to mention, that could be a ferry configuration, for example. As is most often the case with three tank fits.

To add another reference to go with PFunk's post. http://www.476vfightergroup.com/showthread.php?3131-Air-to-Surface-Weapon-Delivery-Methods

That's a LITENING pod, not LANTIRN. But yeah, last I saw it was USMC operating from surface bases only (Navy are still using the ATFLIR pod). Haven't seen anything to suggest that has changed. Already possible for the AI Hornet.

Here you go.

Indeed, it's generally only used to break down larger grid/kill box for holding/coordination rather than targeting. That example was written a long time ago and was intentionally very simplistic due to the intended audience (it was actually written for ArmA and just quickly tweaked for DCS use in the early days).

It's just an example grid reference that's all (instead of writing grid XXXX), and then the keypad reference within that grid. Otherwise A16 has explained the meaning of the keypad system.

Feet/nautical miles/knots are the international standard units for aviation. The Russians are very much out of the ordinary for using metric units in aviation. Nautical miles/knots just comes for the Maritime world, and have been used since the earliest days of aviation. The only real advantage is that to some areas of the world (US & UK especially), imperial units just make sense, whereas metric units don't in the context of aviation.

It is clearly defined when to use it, in the emergency checklists. It's there because failure to disengage the SAS could result in loss of stability/control in the event of a hydraulics failure. This requires immediate action, not action in a few seconds after you've figured out which system is actually affected and which isn't. Remember, the bold face/red items in emergency check lists should be performed from memory immediately, not by reading the checklist step by step. The systems on single seat aircraft are designed to support/aid that.

Awesome, thanks.

Hadn't seen the closure speed, so thanks. Not turn rate, no. LOSR is the rate at which an object moves across your view (measured in a 2 dimensional plane), usually in degrees per second. An object with a LOSR of zero would appear fixed in space. Used in missile guidance etc (missiles using proportional navigation attempt to zero out LOSR), and very useful in calculating weapon capabilities and developing counter tactics. Most AAMs, SAMs and AAA systems have a maximum target LOSR that they can deal with.

Vyrtuoz, Any chance you could add Line of Sight Rate and Closure Rate as telemetry options?

Tonopah actually. "Area 51" is R-4808A.

Again, R4808B-E are not used for most NTTR activities, and are generally no fly areas for non-US aircrews participating in exercises. The same is true for R-4809A.

Because Groom Lake isn't part of the NTTR and isn't used during any exercises in the NTTR. R4808A is a "no fly" zone.

http://ww1.jeppesen.com/documents/aviation/business/ifr-paper-services/airport-signs.pdf

What on earth are you on about?

It would do. Using inertial rates at all when employing ordnance is a bad idea. INR is really a fallback mode used when either the pod can't obtain and optical track or looses one (neither of which happen in DCS sadly). And the LASER won't actually fire when using INR either, the source of many an auto lase failure amongst newbies in my experience. And your SPI didn't get "reset" it just moved. Semantics, maybe, but those kind of comments/thoughts help reinforce the idea that a SPI is a fixed point that is designated once, which it isn't. ;)

It should, yes.

Assuming a static point target, the WP/MP should be where you want the weapon to impact. The only time the TGP would have to factor in to the equation is if you're employing LGB at that point, unless of course you specifically require the TGP on target to provide rapid BDA etc. Moving targets would of course require TGP/LGB or Maverick. The idea is that you employ the weapon on to a fixed position which is always using the same switch flow, i.e. by always using the steer point as SPI generator when employing ordnance you vastly reduce the risk of employing a weapon while having the incorrect SPI generator selected resulting in the weapon going elsewhere than intended. Naturally, this applies to medium altitude engagements. For low altitude engagement things are different of course, as you'd be operating almost exclusively visually rather than performing system deliveries.

Indeed. One of the many reasons the TGP isn't a good tool to be using at low level.

That's fine, but the USAF do. It's real world procedure, and for very good reason. In fact when employing IAMs, using steer point as SPI generator is mandatory. Most of these issues stem from one simple fact, people often seem not to understand the the SPI is not a point you designate, it is a constantly updated position in 3d space which is produced by whichever sensor/system you set as SPI generator. This is why using a non fixed position (ie steer point) as SPI generator can have undesirable effects. While in sim those undesirable effects aren't a big thing for some, in reality it's how you end up dropping a weapon on friendlies/civilians.

As per my reply in the other thread, if your SPI generator moves to focus on a different position of course your SPI will change to match it. Your problem is largely caused by poor procedures, specifically relying on the TGP as SPI generator rather than using waypoints/mark points.

Your TGP is looking in a different position in each screen shot, of course your SPI will have changed position to match.

As I said, TOF is used to drive the DRC, which is part of the aiming aid/confirmation of parameters for a CCIP delivery. It applies to ALL unguided free fall ordnance delivered using CCIP aiming. For every given set of delivery parameters (dive angle, release airspeed, release altitude) there is a corresponding TOF (calculated using CWDS or similar systems IRL). As per the example image below, if you roll out at track altitude correctly on track as planned the DRC will sit right over the target and you simply let the pipper track up to the DRC at which point you pickle, at exactly the planned release altitude.

TOF is used to drive the desired release cue (DRC), it has no physical effect on any weapon. I think you're confusing TOF with function time, which is used to determine the cannister function delay where no FZU-39 is fitted.