Normal bombing mode...how does this work?

[LastRifleRound]

Bombs in Auto and normal, I either hit right between the eyes or short, never anything in between. Accuracy, not precision issue. I've read Chuck's guide, the manual, watched several youtube videos and flew the training mission 10 or so times. There is clearly some other mechanism at work other than what is being instructed. I am told you hold the pipper steady on the target 2-3s with electrical cage held then release and hold weapon release. Steadily keep the pipper held on the target until release.

 

No problem consistently getting released, but there is clearly something I am sometimes getting 100% right that I routinely screw up in the same exact way to land short all the time. Any other insights out there on what might be going on or how the sighting system works? I'm clearly not being told something about how this thing operates that would be very useful to me.

[Charly_Owl]

What profile are you using for the attack? (dive angle, release altitude, airspeed)

[LastRifleRound]

Tried several, most common is 300kts, angels 15, 50 degrees to start.

 

I tried shallower approaches as well, since the technique requires the dive angle to steepen during the attack, so I've tried 10k ft, 300kts at 20 degrees as well. Same results either way.

[LastRifleRound]

OK, I am able to get consistent results now. It appears the reticle should not be moving at all for about 2 seconds before releasing uncage (notated in manual) but also 2 seconds after releasing. Dive angle and preliminary parameters seem meaningless in this mode provided you start the process above release altitude. It is also imperative that the reticle at release is on the same spot you released uncage on, and it does not matter if it's still on the target, it must be the same spot on the target. 

 

Hope this helps anyone else out there. I love the Sabre, but it's documentation is the poorest I've seen in DCS.