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Hi,

 

in AUTO bomb mode, if you do not press and hold the pickle BEFORE bomb cue starts walking down, you can still drop bombs pressing pickle AFTER the release cue passed the horizont line or even disappeared.

 

No track, just tried now stock AUTO bomb training for simplicity, and there it is, can drop bomb after CCRP. I realized it first on a mission bomb run, when I got carried away, and missed the cue completely, looking outside, then in confusion pressed the pickle anyway, and bombs were dropped anyways.

 

Shouldn't they be inhibited from dropping after or behind the CCRP, for safety in a first place?

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AFAIK it shouldn't do that, I agree. The whole point is to release at a specific moment. I don't know if there's a small "grace period" (like 0.5 seconds or something) after the line passes the VV though.

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I think it should simply check if the button is pressed at that very moment, when the cue aligns with the horizont line. Any "grace period" time window beyond CCRP, even if just 0.5 second, will drop the bomb long. So I think it shouldn't be any.

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Just spoken to the team,

 

If the weapon release button is not pressed, the release cue moves below the velocity vector and flashes for 5 seconds or until the release is initiated.

 

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Sorry, it doesn't. I just re-checked it.

Cue simply disappears, no blinking 5 sec whatsoever, and bombs can be released as late as 8 seconds after cue disappearance. Probably even longer, didn't try.

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Or maybe the 5 second blinking is my window to push the nose over in a dive to bring the cue back above the horizont line? I don't see the reason ever to be able to drop with the cue below the horizont line. Defies CCRP purpose.

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No question if you drop the LGB after CCRP (i. e. closer to the target) it will be definitely easier for it to fall on an even steeper trajectory (gravity helping them even more), than when it's dropped at the CCRP. But then again, for this method to work for an LGB, can you allow a dumb bomb to have any chance to fall long, if you drop that one with AUTO?

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