CCIP pipper always X-ed when dive bombing?

[Dethmagnetic]

Hey all,

 

I've been working on trying to improve my dive bombing skills in the A-10C. I'm trying to use the profiles in the 476th VFG battle book, but I'm struggling to get the CCIP to ever not be Xed out. It seems like no matter what I do it's almost always Xed, unless I start the run from stupid high altitudes (like 12000+ ft AGL) and use a really steep dive angle.

 

I figured I was doing something wrong - admittedly I'm a crappy pilot - but after watching some demo videos on YouTube (for example see the ~1 minute mark in

) it looks the pipper is Xed out even for people who are (presumably) doing it "correctly".

 

So is the X just expected? What does it actually *mean* when the pipper is Xed out? The manual says (on page 374 that An “X” in the middle of the reticle indicates the aircraft is below the set Minimum Range (MRS/MRC) altitude, however that doesn't appear to be true AFAICT. It will be Xed out even if I'm thousands of feet above my set minimum altitude.

[Frederf]

It's buggy, one of the calculations or conditions is wrong and it shows the break X when it shouldn't.

[Dethmagnetic]

It's buggy, one of the calculations or conditions is wrong and it shows the break X when it shouldn't.

 

Ugh, ok. Wish I'd known that before I spent like 5 hours fiddling with DSMS settings and dive angles, although at least it's good to know that I'm not just doing something wrong.

 

Thanks!

[Dr_Arrow]

Yes, it has been always like this. I also spent countless hours practicing CCIP, trying all different settings and approaches, but it is nearly always X-ed even if you do a perfect by the book run with correct angle, TOF, SEM settings. It is a pity this was never fixed.