What is flight director mode?

[LastRifleRound]

In terms of dropping dumb iron, what does it do? I know it's not currently modeled. Is it something like if you have to run it a certain heading/altitude you get additional cueing?

[AvroLanc]

Yeah, I think it’s designed to be used in combination with a selected course line and probably the Coupled autopilot mode.

 

You get a vertical FD bar for lateral guidance.

 

You’d dial in a course and the FD along with the AP would fly the attack long that course. There’s a bank angle setting that can limit the max bank angle the AP can use to intercept. I think.

 

 

I can imagine it only being useful in certain situations. Mine laying might be one. Laying a string of mines along a straight pre planned heading. Actually would be quite interesting from a mission variety point of view.....ED bring back the planned mine payloads?

Edited September 5, 2020 by AvroLanc

[Jak525]

What Avro said. In terms of the way it guides you, FD is basically CCRP in the A-10C (with additional functions). Though it's compared to it, truly the Hornet's AUTO mode is its own thing, and Hornet CCIP=A-10 CCIP and Hornet FD=A-10 CCRP.