TeamMaximus

The USAF carries the LITENING pods on the right cheek station on the intake, as your picture indicates. The USMC carries it on the centerline, or left intake station on F/A-18C. =

The Kh-23 is the command guidance via radio version of the Grom missile family, while as previously stated, the Kh-66 is the beam riding version. =

Said no one ever... :megalol:

Neither does it say anything about not climbing. :smilewink: Be that as it may, I think this was answered adequately by @NineLine and others. Any moderator that cares can mark this closed. -

From the OpenBeta F/A-18C manual: Flight Profile (FLT). The FLT option provides three flight profiles, HIGH, MED, and LOW. These are used to change the flight profile setting. • HIGH: The Harpoon cruises to the target at high altitude. A high-altitude profile provides the maximum range for the weapon and increases the effective search area of the seeker; however, the weapon is detectable at longer range and more susceptible to countermeasures. Cruise altitude is 35,000 feet. • MED: The Harpoon cruises to the target at medium altitude. Medium altitude provides a compromise between the HIGH and LOW profiles. Maximum range and relative search area size is greater than LOW, but less than HIGH. Similarly, enemy detection typically occurs later than HIGH, but sooner than LOW. Cruise altitude is 15,000 feet. • LOW: The Harpoon cruises to the target at low (sea skimming) altitude. Low altitude is also known as a sea skimming profile because the Harpoon travels to the target area at very low altitude. While maximum range is reduced, enemy reaction time is also greatly reduced. Cruise altitude is 5,000 feet. Was my thread marked [CORRECT AS IS] by an SME? If so, perhaps an update to the OpenBeta F/A-18C manual, Harpoon section would help with expectations. Thanks, -

I've noted that when launching a Harpoon with the HIGH FLT profile, rather than climbing to 35,000 feet (per the F/A-18C manual), the Harpoon maintains the launch altitude. In the first track file, I launch four missiles while at 30,000 feet, two with HIGH FLT profile, the other two MED, and LOW. The two missiles on the HIGH profile maintain approximately 30,000 feet, while the MED missile descends to and maintains 15,000 feet until a target is detected. The LOW missile descends to 5,000 feet and maintains that altitude until a target is detected, and it switches to skim. In the second track file, I descend to and maintain 15,000 feet for the launch. The two HIGH missiles maintain approximately 15,000 all the way to the target detection phase. The MED and LOW missiles work as advertised. In both track files, the launch point is waypoint 1, 50nm from the target positions. - FA-18C AGM-84D Test.zip FA-18C AGM-84D Test 2.zip

Actually, @Noctrach, the missile does look for the doppler shift. In fact, the launching aircraft feeds a signal called PSEUDO to the front antenna of the missile just prior to the ejector cart kicking the AIM-7 off the station, or the missile coming off a rail. That PSEUDO signal is a simulated doppler shifted reflection from the target aircraft. The rear antenna on the missile is fed a reference of the launching aircraft's transmitted CW (illuminator) signal just prior to launch, as well. Once in flight, the missile's guidance system looks for the same doppler shifted signal from the target aircraft and uses CW from the launching aircraft to measure closure rate by comparing it to the doppler shifted CW reflected from the target. ==

It's back up. -

Did you press the Weapon Release button (pickle) while holding the trigger? The trigger only turns on the laser. You still need to pickle the Mav. =

"Kein Operationsplan reicht mit einiger Sicherheit über das erste Zusammentreffen mit der feindlichen Hauptmacht hinaus." - Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke -

I received mine, too. Unfortunately I won't be able to open the box until later tonight. [emoji849] Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk

I'm not sure how this is handled in DCS, but the F-14A/B did not have LINK 16, but rather LINK 4A and 4C. LINK 4 operates in the clear, and in the UHF band, rather than the EHF frequencies used by LINK 16. LINK 4 and 16 are not interoperable. Heatblur modeled the LINK 4A and 4C system in the DCS Tomcat. http://www.heatblur.se/F-14Manual/general.html#link-4a-c-data-link There is also a good discussion here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=169817 TeamMaximus

I spent some time duplicating your bombing conditions, @vctpil, and I've come to the same conclusions. To eliminate, or reduce the effect the variables might have, I attacked the target from differing directions, and with one pass at a higher indicated airspeed. In every case, the Mk-82 bombs fell approximately 100m to 200m short of the target. I set up a mission with zero wind, and repeated the test, with the same results. TeamMaximus

I think they're referring to the Polikarpov I-16 fighter. -

I would really like to see the Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter as a module. Plenty of cool performance, complexity, and it has radar! Would make a great multiplayer co-operative module.

When I worked on F-4E's back in 1978 in the 33rd TFW at Eglin AFB, Florida, the 58th TFS mission was primarily air-to-ground and was equipped with the AN/AVQ-23 PAVE SPIKE laser designator pods. F-4D and F-4E models carried the pods from 1974 until 1989. So, not stone age. More like bronze. :)