AGM-62s are Missing Target

[bonesvf103]

I've been practicing with the Walleye under guidance from Wags' video and I'm having some issues and questions.

 

 

First of all, when I'm attacking the target that is surrounded by these cargo pieces, the Walleye appears to lock on (WE is not crossed in the HUD) but it always hits one of the cargo pieces instead of the target. Any ideas how to get it to lock on to the target without the cargo piece shielding it? There is no FOV control on the Walleye screen right?

 

 

For the other targets, the armor sitting out without shield, I would lock one on, and when I launch, the Walleye appears to be guiding properly but then it suddenly just drops out of the sky and runs into the ground short of the target. I thought maybe since it uses a TV camera that maybe something broke line of sight, so I came back and made sure the run coming in was clear, no hills, no obstructions. Same thing happened. How come?

 

 

I also wonder what altitude you should be when launching. If I go high so I can see down on the target more and avoid locking the cargo shelves, then I can't get the seeker head to depress down far enough to lock the target, unless I nose dive in which case I lose altitude thenI don't think the Walleye has enough time to guide and so it falls short. If I'm too low, I get more LOS issues and the Walleye can't seem to have the altitude to track properly.

 

 

Now the datalink. I have the Walleye locked on and have the DL tuned into the correct channel and am getting good video feed. But if I want to change targets or adjust the current one, I can't get the Walleye to slew. Are you not able to when you have the DL on until after launch? When I press the WE button again to slew, it kills the lock and the video feed and so I have to start all over again and by then I'm overflying the target.

 

 

 

If my target lock and selection is fine and I fire the Walleye, when I try to steer it via the DL it always seems to go crazy tracking the target and my steering inputs at the last second, then it misses. What's the trick?

 

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

v6,

boNes

 

 

 

And again--when slewing the Walleye before locking on, is there a FOV option?

[bonesvf103]

bump

 

 

v6,

boNes

[FalconPlot16]

Go fast before you release (500-550 TAS) at above 10-20k MSL or bomb will not have enough speed to hit the target.

[bonesvf103]

Ohhh...thanks. Either that wasn't in the video tutorial or I missed it.

 

 

I did however see in the video that the little propeller in the back is not for propulsion, but for powering the eye, so, yes, it should have occurred to me that the weapon is ballistic.

 

 

v6,

boNes

[FalconPlot16]

Whenever i release this thing when im going slowly it always misses due to low energy because of bomb is so heavy. Try to go fast. I dont think that little propeller on the back got something to do with thrust.

[bonesvf103]

Yes, the propeller is a wind generator to power the EO and steering vanes. And yes, that sucker is heavy. When I launch, I have to trim soooooo much to the opposite side.

 

 

v6,

boNes

[FalconPlot16]

And try not to dive if you do pull up as soon as you release it. Yesterday my own Walleye killed me.

[bonesvf103]

I heard about that, so I did it just to try it. Yup, good way to die!

 

 

v6,

boNes