JDAM in PP Mode help!

[Underdog]

Ok so have watched videos & I have used the practice mission but I am still not sure exactly how to pull this off.

I can get to the PP mission page and I start with PP1 and I enter my first set of cords and elevation.  Then I go to PP2 and I enter my 2nd set of cords and elevation.  I then go back to PP1 hit step and I enter my 3rd set of cords and elevation.  I go to PP2 and I enter my 4th set of cords and elevation.

 

So my question is how do I pickle all these?  Do I just hit the pickle button 4 times?  Am I suppose to pickle then go to PP2 pickle, go back to PP1 hit step and pickle then back to PP2 and pickle? Also is there a way to pickle all 4 at once?  

In the mission I am just hitting the pickle button 4 times but I can only hit 2 targets.

Any advise is welcome!   /Salute

[unlikely_spider]

Maybe this answers your question?

https://youtu.be/yL19358Xdx4

[Frederf]

You don't. Every PPx is its own mission. If you want N bombs to come off with one button press then you need N stations currently configured. Dual racks can't be addressed individually in this version of the F-18. E.g. 4 bombs on 2 racks has a maximum mission size of two.

[Hulkbust44]

Should be able to select the stations via QTY. If dual racks, this will be one per station. So max simultaneous release of 4 GBU-38s.

For PP, use JUST PP1 for each bomb. Unlike TOO you aren't programming for the rack as a whole. That way each bomb has it's own target. The point of PP1-6 is that you would have multiple targets that you could flex to as alternatives for whatever reason. Remember, IRL the pilot just needs to load the data from MUMI...

[maxTRX]

TOO rules!... for me at least. Whether I have 8 GPS weapons to ger rid of in one pass (using markpoints) or 4, using straight in ingress, the weapons usually arrive almost simultaneously.

8 tanks didn't even have time to reposition :

https://youtu.be/0ZIHddwlbKo

 

[Underdog]

Still doing this JDAM practice mission over and over and over to master PP mode (I have TOO on lockdown)

After programing all my cords & elevation for all four JDAMS this is how I pickle them:

Starting on PP1 = Pickle then pickle (two off!) then I go to PP2 and Pickle (3 off!) then I go back to PP1 hit step, go back to PP2 then pickle (4 off!)

I hit all four targets but man is this the correct way of doing this?

 

Edited January 31, 2022 by Underdog

[maxTRX]

2 hours ago, Underdog said:

Still doing this JDAM practice mission over and over and over to master PP mode (I have TOO on lockdown)

After programing all my cords & elevation for all four JDAMS this is how I pickle them:

Starting on PP1 = Pickle then pickle (two off!) then I go to PP2 and Pickle (3 off!) then I go back to PP1 hit step, go back to PP2 then pickle (4 off!)

I hit all four targets but man is this the correct way of doing this?

 

 

You know what? I just tried PP mode (dual JSOWs on sta7 and sta3) There's something seriously weird with the way the PP1 and PP2 acted when launched single picle or QTY. I have to test some more but for sure... something is not right.

[maxTRX]

OK, I had a chance to see what was going on in QTY release.  I had 2 JSOWs on STA3 and 2 on STA7.   2 progs used for each station.  During the first pickle, PP1 was boxed when 1 missile launched from each station.  I boxed PP2 and when I pickled, 1 missile launched in PP2 then the 'box' jumped to PP1. As a result, 2 of the JSOWs hit the same target.

Manual release, one at a time worked, as long as I watched the PP 'box'. It did jump before #4 missile was to be released. I boxed it back to PP2 and pickled. All 4 targets were hit.

 

[Tholozor]

Yep, each station must have its PP mission switched manually.