Is it possible to add the AGM62 missile tonight?

[kaoqumba]

Is it possible to add the AGM62 missile tonight? As the first man-in-the-loop weapon, it should be very interesting!

[BIGNEWY]

Walleye needs a little more time, when we are closer Wags will let us know.

 

Thanks

[Kev2go]

We already have the agm65's. Don't see why agm62 has to be made a priority addition for this upcoming patch.

[CarbonFox]

Was there any real advantage in using the Walleye over any of the Paveway IIs or the Maverick?

[Airhunter]

I'd rather see TWS and A2G radar before any fancy more weapons being worked on that delay the core systems being polished. Heck even the Paveway III would be awesome. :)

[DeathAngel1]

Was there any real advantage in using the Walleye over any of the Paveway IIs or the Maverick?

 

Nothing. AGM-62 is much older weapon (Vietnam era).

[AvroLanc]

We already have the agm65's. Don't see why agm62 has to be made a priority addition for this upcoming patch.

 

Agree 100% and more. Why can’t development time being spent on Walleye be used finishing Harm or JDAM or TGP or Harpoon?

 

I’d much rather have a feature complete, rich simulation of JDAM rather than a simple limited feature AGM-62.

[falcon_120]

I'd rather see TWS and A2G radar before any fancy more weapons being worked on that delay the core systems being polished. Heck even the Paveway III would be awesome. :)

 

We really need TWS, its being a long time and I'm of the opinion that this should have been higher in the priority list; although I won't complain much since ED finally gave us a TGP, talking of which it is also important to have this completed sooner better than later. Actually I was hoping for some minor additions like a HUD cue to know where the TGP is pointing.

[amalahama]

Nothing. AGM-62 is much older weapon (Vietnam era).

 

Not the version modelled. The ERDL model includes a datalink and is capable of downfeeding video to the hornet enabling the pilot to manually select the final Target with pin point accuracy

[CarbonFox]

We really need TWS, its being a long time and I'm of the opinion that this should have been higher in the priority list; although I won't complain much since ED finally gave us a TGP, talking of which it is also important to have this completed sooner better than later. Actually I was hoping for some minor additions like a HUD cue to know where the TGP is pointing.

 

 

Have to second this. Would rather see more of the current features be completed before any talk of additional weapons, particularly the Tpod, TWS, etc.

[Eldur]

Not the version modelled. The ERDL model includes a datalink and is capable of downfeeding video to the hornet enabling the pilot to manually select the final Target with pin point accuracy

 

 

Didn't know that... sounds rather interesting to have. And as a side note, the A-4E-C would use it once implemented. But other things are more important, I agree.

[Silver_Dragon]

Remember AGM-84E SLAM has coming, That weapon was the replace to the AGM-62, and has equiped with the Maverick Imaging Infra-Red seeker and the Walleye glidebomb datalink. The AGM-84H coming with the AN/AWW-13 datalink pod to long range guiadance.

 

ED need clarificate if the AGM-62 Walleye I/II has the normal TV versions or equiped with Extended Range Data Link (ERDL).

Edited September 4, 2019 by Silver_Dragon

[amalahama]

ED need clarificate if the AGM-62 Walleye I/II has the normal TV versions or equiped with Extended Range Data Link (ERDL).

 

ED doesn't need to clarify anything, it's clearly stated in the Hornet FAQ.

[Outlaw24]

We really need TWS, its being a long time and I'm of the opinion that this should have been higher in the priority list; although I won't complain much since ED finally gave us a TGP, talking of which it is also important to have this completed sooner better than later. Actually I was hoping for some minor additions like a HUD cue to know where the TGP is pointing.

 

I totally argree, I was really forward to some new features to the targeting pod mainly the HUD cue. I'm all for new weapons,however, I think completing or finalizing the current ones is more important at this point.

Edited September 4, 2019 by Outlaw24

[MBot]

Was there any real advantage in using the Walleye over any of the Paveway IIs or the Maverick?

 

It should be possible to drop it through cloud cover and acquiring the target via datalink once the weapon breaks through the overcast.

[toilet2000]

The Walleyes we’re getting, like some people said, are much newer datalink capable weapons. They’re man-in-the-loop capable and the launching aircraft can offload the targeting to another aircraft (eg orbiting safely away from the target).

 

Much more interesting than a Mav missile.

[Subferro]

Agree 100% and more. Why can’t development time being spent on Walleye be used finishing Harm or JDAM or TGP or Harpoon?

 

I’d much rather have a feature complete, rich simulation of JDAM rather than a simple limited feature AGM-62.

 

 

I just want my GBU-32s. We already have JDAM interface and MK-83s...

[Kev2go]

The Walleyes we’re getting, like some people said, are much newer datalink capable weapons. They’re man-in-the-loop capable and the launching aircraft can offload the targeting to another aircraft (eg orbiting safely away from the target).

 

Much more interesting than a Mav missile.

 

still requires you to fly much closer to target than with a maverick, before breaking off..... thus less standoff range. If there is no real threat of air defenses defending a target, not necessitating extra standoff range you may as well plop a GBU12 or jdam. Otherwise for thats what JSOW's are for. and even greater extent the SLammer ER's, which will have IR seeker and data linking capabilities to adjust path/target in mid flight.

 

AFAIK there is no recorded combat use of AGM62's employed by Hornets ( especially not by F/A18C in the 21st century) . It was A6/A7 thing mostly.

 

All in all id rather see current implemented features more fleshed out, most notably TGP functions ( in particular adding HUD symbology and auto lase) followed by TWS mode for radar, before jumping to new features.

Edited September 7, 2019 by Kev2go

[kaoqumba]

still requires you to fly much closer to target than with a maverick, before breaking off..... thus less standoff range. If there is no real threat of air defenses defending a target, not necessitating extra standoff range you may as well plop a GBU12 or jdam. Otherwise for thats what JSOW's are for. and even greater extent the SLammer ER's, which will have IR seeker and data linking capabilities to adjust path/target in mid flight.

 

AFAIK there is no recorded combat use of AGM62's employed by Hornets ( especially not by F/A18C in the 21st century) . It was A6/A7 thing mostly.

 

All in all id rather see current implemented features more fleshed out, most notably TGP functions ( in particular adding HUD symbology and auto lase) followed by TWS mode for radar, before jumping to new features.

 

In full agreement! There are many functions and ammunition that have been released but not yet fully completed.

[Bloodhound57]

I agree with everyone. It would be nice to have some of the weapons complete before moving onto new ones.

[Kazius]

For those who want things like TWS, TGP complete, etc. There is likely people working on those full time. And then probably a couple people working on weapons. Weapons are probably 10x faster to complete coding for and why they are getting released faster. You can't just stop developing weapons and put that same team onto the TWS or TGP team because what is developed might only be done by a couple people because it isn't a coding task that can be split up and the other coders would end up sitting there waiting anyways.

[Kazius]

I agree with everyone. It would be nice to have some of the weapons complete before moving onto new ones.

 

Some weapons might not be able to be complete because they are waiting on TGP, A2G radar, etc. You can't just have the guys working on weapons stop and wait for those.