Launch aborted

[steelrfan85]

Why when I try and drop either my gbu 38 or gbu 54 that I get a abort launch when I try and pickle?  I have CCRP set, target is set as point and as SPI. I had a bomb fall line but when I tried dropping I got the abort launch warning. 

[Vakarian]

Do you hold weapon release button or just do a quick press? If latter, that's the reason. You need to hold weapon release button long enough for info of the target to be transferred to the JDAM and then it will release

[Bedouin]

Have you done proper alignment via CDU before taking off, are they bombs in DCMS labelled as ready or ALN UNS (i think this i correct term). I had the same issue because i completed my take off before the alignment was finished. You can see the alignment is complete when the CDU writes T 4.0.0.8 on one line at the bottom.

 

I am sure some of the other more brilliant minds in here can explain it much better

Edited February 11, 2021 by Bedouin

[steelrfan85]

It said aln ready.  I will try again tonight. Thanks

[Emmy]

If you fly straight and level for too long, GBU-38s, GBU-31s and GBU-54s can “go to sleep” on you.  It’s a good practice to waggle your wings a bit or make slight turns so they stay awake.  If they “nod off” and you attempt to pickle, you’ll get an abort.

[Chaprot]

whatever the cause of the "launch aborted" fault, is there a procedure for acknowledging and reauthorizing the release of GBUs bombs?

Edited November 20, 2022 by Chaprot

[ASAP]

5 hours ago, Chaprot said:

whatever the cause of the "launch aborted" fault, is there a procedure for acknowledging and reauthorizing the release of GBUs bombs?

 

Yes. Mash the pickle down and hold it and hope you are still in a LAR. If you are still in a LAR the weapon will release like normal. After the initial aborted launch attempt you only have a few seconds before the bomb basically safes itself up and you are either taking it home or selectivce jettesoning it.

Also when dropping the bomb, just hold the pickle button until it comes off the wing. It takes longer than you expect. Its not a set time that the button needs to be held its literally just that if the pickle is released before the bomb drops it will abort the launch.

[Chaprot]

Thanks for the answer, I will try this technique.