Laser mav

[DeltaMike]

I'm playing a campaign that calls for laser Mavs. I can get them to lock up but can't hit anything. They typically just nose over into the ground. Like the ran out of gas or something.

 

I was tooling around 15 miles out. Do I need to be faster? Higher? Closer? Don't have this issue with IR Mavs, if I can lock it up I can hit it.

 

Might have something to do with jtac, not sure I'm I'm doing the comms right

[Wags]

Did you play through the AGM-65E training lesson?

[DeltaMike]

I watched your video but I didn't see a training lesson in DCS... Is it a download or was it right in front of my eyeballs lol

[ricktoberfest]

Laser mav

 

There is a training mission for laser mavs. If it can lock but isn’t hitting the target you’re probably out of range. They just increased laser range but that doesn’t increase missile range. You still need to be around 8-10 miles even at higher altitudes. (10 thousand feet)

 

 

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[SirJ]

it looks like the laser mav's can lock up the signal way out of range - thus it is critical to hit the targets. The IR lock capabilities are worse - so when you can lock up the target you're close enough to make the missile hit.

 

 

try the following:

launch the laser Mav as you did before (so it ends up in the ground) and switch to the weapon view (F6). Follow the Mav and observe the last part before hitting the ground - does it have a high nose and low speed (<200knts)? This would be a good indication that it ran out of energy.

Try to shoot from higher alt (less drag & more potential energy) and/or higher speed (higher kinetic engery).

 

 

Currently it is hard to estimate the distance to the target - try to put a reference waypoint there.

 

 

edit: spoiled by Rick :)