BRAVO_16 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 What I took from Top Gun is that 'The pattern is full" Maintain thy airspeed lest the ground rise up and smite thee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanBoy2006.01 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 It isn't real difficult to figure out if you pick a hard deck of 10,000 feet and you take off from ground level and say you are 30 MILES away from the mountains at takeoff, it is conceivable that once you reach the mountains, your hard deck is no longer valid... The real mistake here was allowing them to fly that close to the mountains in the first place... I think it is a movie error. As far as I understand it the "hard deck" is there for dog-fighting specifically, that you don't follow the target down into small arms and AAA range. So it should always be 10 000ft AGL. I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home Fries Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Hard Deck simulates a low level dogfight without significantly adding the risk of dirt poisoning. The hard deck is the equivalent to the ground, so if you bust 10000ft you just morted. IRL, you won't give up position or energy on a bandit because you're afraid of a regulation to keep you out of small-arms range. You fight the bandit (hopefully) in front of you, then get yourself back in the big picture after the fight. EDIT: BTW, I also enjoy Ward Carroll's fiction. His 'Punk' series is outstanding. -Home Fries My DCS Files and Skins My DCS TARGET Profile for Cougar or Warthog and MFDs F-14B LANTIRN Guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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