LastRifleRound Posted May 22, 2019 Posted May 22, 2019 MAN what a rush! when you finally get it down and hit something with one of these it deserves a holiday! Love the Viggen. Target was an ammo depot. I use a hat switch (non-axis) to control, and I found I had a nasty habit of holding the control input to change course instead of tapping a bit, letting the missile drop to the target level, tapping to nose up a couple times, until impact. Once I got it down I can repeat it about 80% of the time (I hit 8 out of 10 I tried). Now on to vehicle-sized targets.....
RagnarDa Posted May 23, 2019 Posted May 23, 2019 Good to hear! I’ve have hardly hit anything with it.. :D DCS AJS37 HACKERMAN There will always be bugs. If everything is a priority nothing is.
Mule Posted May 23, 2019 Posted May 23, 2019 Great stuff. That was my first weapon system to learn on the Viggen. I felt the same. It was so hard to get right but when you do...... Fighter Pilot Podcast.
IDontLikeBigbrother Posted May 24, 2019 Posted May 24, 2019 It is really hard to hit ground target, the mean problem is that pilot basically know little about the elevation of the missile. When I use rb05a to hit ground target, the missile always fly over the target. However the target on sea is much easier, becasue pilot can adjust the height of the missile by the reflection on the water. I never manually hit an air target, it is simply impossible. For air target the missile is just an unguided rocket with a VT fuse.
LastRifleRound Posted May 24, 2019 Author Posted May 24, 2019 It is really hard to hit ground target, the mean problem is that pilot basically know little about the elevation of the missile. When I use rb05a to hit ground target, the missile always fly over the target. However the target on sea is much easier, becasue pilot can adjust the height of the missile by the reflection on the water. I never manually hit an air target, it is simply impossible. For air target the missile is just an unguided rocket with a VT fuse. That's just it, don't try to guess where it is over the ground, just nose down a few taps after launch. When the flare is superimposed on the target, nose up to stabilize. Now it's just minor corrections in either direction, one or two taps at a time. Don't worry about altitude just keep the flare over the target. The closer to the target, the easier it gets.
gulredrel Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 Did a try yesterday and got an hit and a miss. Have to better set my popup point. At which distance from the target you normally fire the RB05?
TLTeo Posted May 25, 2019 Posted May 25, 2019 Personally 6-7 ish kilometers. It's really not a standoff weapon.
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