Target elevation

[rider11]

I can’t seem to figure out how to punch in target elevation for CCIP drops? How do we go about entering that data?

[Flagrum]

I can’t seem to figure out how to punch in target elevation for CCIP drops? How do we go about entering that data?

I think(!), ARBS can derive the relevant information just by itself. I haven't worked my way through the public available ARBS manuals/documentation yet, but my guess is, it works like this:

 

ARBS monitors the rate of change of the slant angle. While a single slant angle tells you nothing if you don't know neither your own altitude or more precisely, nor the targets elevation. But in the end, only the height difference between you and the target is relevant.

 

Now ARBS also knows the speed of the aircraft and the relation of "travelled distance over time" and "slant angle change over time" should all coincidence at the same spot. "Continuous triangulation" ... makes that term sense? (i made that just up - or wasn't I the first one? :-)

 

edit:

and now after all my awsome thoughts, I re-read your posting and noticed, that I was replying totall off-topic. lol, sorry. Actually I have no answer to your actual question ...

Edited December 3, 2017 by Flagrum

[rider11]

See that’s what I derived from the manual. Just making sure I’m not going to wax my own troops in CAS.