When ACM cover is closed, AIM7 or AIM54 does not require holding the trigger to fire.

[Rabbisaur]

Hi, is this a bug or this is intended.

 

From various guide, either documents or videos. It says when ACM cover is closed, you need to pull and hold the trigger for 2-3 seconds to fire AIM7 or AIM54. However, in the game you just need a single short tap on the trigger, and AIM 7 or AIM54 with fire after a 2-3 seconds delay.

 

Are all the guides wrong? Or is this a bug? And why there is a delay if it does not require holding the trigger?

[near_blind]

Hi, is this a bug or this is intended.

 

From various guide, either documents or videos. It says when ACM cover is closed, you need to pull and hold the trigger for 2-3 seconds to fire AIM7 or AIM54. However, in the game you just need a single short tap on the trigger, and AIM 7 or AIM54 with fire after a 2-3 seconds delay.

 

Are all the guides wrong? Or is this a bug? And why there is a delay if it does not require holding the trigger?

 

I believe this is a misunderstanding. The 2-3 second delay isn't a safety feature like in other aircraft. This is the time it takes for the aircraft to hand off target data to the missile and prep it for launch. When you flip up the ACM guard, the aircraft is performing a greatly abbreviated process to get the missile off the rail as quickly as possible.

 

I don't know if it's desired that you must hold the trigger for the entire process, but I don't think it would be necessary

Edited October 8, 2019 by near_blind

[Rabbisaur]

I believe this is a misunderstanding. The 2-3 second delay isn't a safety feature like in other aircraft. This is the time it takes for the aircraft to hand off target data to the missile and prep it for launch. When you flip up the ACM guard, the aircraft is performing a greatly abbreviated process to get the missile off the rail as quickly as possible.

 

I don't know if it's desired that you must hold the trigger for the entire process, but I don't think it would be necessary

 

Hi, good to know that. Thanks for the answer. Although it might be better if someone can tell me why when ACM cover is flipped it is much quicker for the system to launch a AIM7.

[lunaticfringe]

In ACM/Boresight mode, the WCS initiates a data dump of true air speed, range, seeker angle, English bias (guidance directive for where to head off the pylon), and a quick simulated Doppler injection to tell it for what to look for on return from the signal of the flood horn- that is, the normal radar isn't illuminating the target. This is dumped in less than a second, and the missile is on the way.

 

In the normal shot, the missile is being fed with a better Doppler command, which, depending on the missile type and selected mode, is used with FM ranging as well as recieved power difference between the rear antenna and the seeker antenna to discern the target over a greater range and against jamming. This extra information takes the greater amount of time.

[Bearfoot]

In ACM/Boresight mode, the WCS initiates a data dump of true air speed, range, seeker angle, English bias (guidance directive for where to head off the pylon), and a quick simulated Doppler injection to tell it for what to look for on return from the signal of the flood horn- that is, the normal radar isn't illuminating the target. This is dumped in less than a second, and the missile is on the way.

 

In the normal shot, the missile is being fed with a better Doppler command, which, depending on the missile type and selected mode, is used with FM ranging as well as recieved power difference between the rear antenna and the seeker antenna to discern the target over a greater range and against jamming. This extra information takes the greater amount of time.

 

FASCINATING! Thanks for sharing.

[Rabbisaur]

In ACM/Boresight mode, the WCS initiates a data dump of true air speed, range, seeker angle, English bias (guidance directive for where to head off the pylon), and a quick simulated Doppler injection to tell it for what to look for on return from the signal of the flood horn- that is, the normal radar isn't illuminating the target. This is dumped in less than a second, and the missile is on the way.

 

In the normal shot, the missile is being fed with a better Doppler command, which, depending on the missile type and selected mode, is used with FM ranging as well as recieved power difference between the rear antenna and the seeker antenna to discern the target over a greater range and against jamming. This extra information takes the greater amount of time.

 

Thanks!

[Knock-Knock]

In ACM/Boresight mode, the WCS initiates a data dump of true air speed, range, seeker angle, English bias (guidance directive for where to head off the pylon), and a quick simulated Doppler injection to tell it for what to look for on return from the signal of the flood horn- that is, the normal radar isn't illuminating the target. This is dumped in less than a second, and the missile is on the way.

 

In the normal shot, the missile is being fed with a better Doppler command, which, depending on the missile type and selected mode, is used with FM ranging as well as recieved power difference between the rear antenna and the seeker antenna to discern the target over a greater range and against jamming. This extra information takes the greater amount of time.

 

 

Great info, thx. These things with old hardware you dont really think about.

Made me think of this video of a guy loading a text based wiki page with a 300 baud modem (from 1964) :). Really makes you understand why, hehe.

- Jump to 6m30 mark for all the 'action'