Having a heck of a time learning this sim and this F/A-18 aircraft..

[Part121]

I have not used DCS World for very long and I am slowly making my way through learning the different aspects of operating the aircraft. Recently, while practicing CCIP bombing, something that seems like it should be impossible happened. The second bomb of my DCS Word career, somehow appeared above my right wing after I "dropped" it and then it did what bombs do, it blew up my airplane! Is this something I did wrong, or just a byproduct of an imperfect simulated world?

 

 

 

Edited August 5, 2018 by Part121

[ebabil]

congrats

[Wags]

Never be pushing negative G when dropping a bomb.

[Part121]

Never be pushing negative G when dropping a bomb.

 

Ah, I can see this being a problem.. Just funny that the bomb appeared above the wing.

[Etirion]

Not sure why this won't play in-line but the video will play at the link below the in-line viewer.

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To get the Youtube link to work just use the code behind the url not the entire one, in this case just the "aomANJGtRxE" instead of "

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Like Wags said, never put negative G on the aircraft when dropping bombs, bad idea ;)

[GIJoe]

Awesome!

[Part121]

To get the Youtube link to work just use the code behind the url not the entire one, in this case just the "aomANJGtRxE" instead of "https://youtu.be/aomANJGtRxE".

 

Thanks!

[falcon_120]

I have not used DCS World for very long and I am slowly making my way through learning the different aspects of operating the aircraft. Recently, while practicing CCIP bombing, something that seems like it should be impossible happened. The second bomb of my DCS Word career, somehow appeared above my right wing after I "dropped" it and then it did what bombs do, it blew up my airplane! Is this something I did wrong, or just a byproduct of an imperfect simulated world?

 

 

 

 

As Wags already stated, you did a bad bombing technique. You should always be pulling possitive Gs when dropping the bombs.

 

If you are planning on practicing some air to ground let me point you to the 476th youtube channel. Here you will find tons of good material based on real world tactics (For the A10, but is somehow applicable to the F18, at least basic principles) for A2G delivery methods and also other combats aspects like missile evasion and such.

 

https://www.youtube.com/user/476vFG/videos

[Frederf]

The usual restriction is a vertical loading not less than 1g times the cosine of the dive angle (e.g. 0.707 for 45 degree dive). Typically there are dive limits of say 60 degrees so no 0.1g releases in 84 degree dives.

 

Initial pointing of the airplane should place the target about half way along the line connecting the VV and the pipper cross. Then a straight line path is flown (VV stationary against the ground). The pipper cross sweeps across the terrain and at the correct time the release button is pressed. The pipper is only over the target for an instant and not tracked.

[Steel Jaw]

GOTS

[Eldur]

Good bombs, nice shack!

[Mule]

A comprehensive introduction to basic physics is needed here.