Can you drop laser guided bombs as dumb bombs?

[CommandT]

Hi folks, can you drop laser guided bombs as dumb bombs? Can't find an CCIP option for LGBs. Assume you can in real life but can't figure out how to do it in an F/A-18 in DCS?

Many thanks! 

[razo+r]

Yes you can. All you have to do is find the CCIP option. 

[Razor18]

At least in the A-10C, you can select if you want to drop at the Optical Release Point or at the Ballistic Release Point. Dunno if and how this option is implemented in the Hornet too...

[CommandT]

Well tere seems to be no CCIP option in the F18 that I can find. I need to figure out how to drop them from a shallow dive like any normal dumb bomb. Hmmmm

[Tholozor]

1 hour ago, CommandT said:

Well tere seems to be no CCIP option in the F18 that I can find. I need to figure out how to drop them from a shallow dive like any normal dumb bomb. Hmmmm

Select the weapon on the STORES page, then press the MODE button on the left.

[CommandT]

1 hour ago, Tholozor said:

Select the weapon on the STORES page, then press the MODE button on the left.

That's the problem, there is no CCIP mode for an LGB, I'm using the GBU-24 Paveway III... only modes it has are:

1. CRAP PP

2. CLAR SL

3. MAN

And MAN doen't get you any CCIP release symbology. OS I've no idea how you can do it... 

[Tholozor]

Ah, GBU-24 doesn't use CCIP, due to the guidance logic of the Paveway III kit. Paveway II LGBs (12, 16, 10) have CCIP.

[Furiz]

6 hours ago, CommandT said:

Hi folks, can you drop laser guided bombs as dumb bombs? Can't find an CCIP option for LGBs. Assume you can in real life but can't figure out how to do it in an F/A-18 in DCS?

Many thanks! 

I see you saw TOPGUN 2 ;D

[CommandT]

54 minutes ago, Furiz said:

I see you saw TOPGUN 2 ;D

I sure have, and there's not enough space to get the launch parameters if you use a laser when you pop over the mountain and roll out on target lol. So was hoping to just drop them in CCIP. 

1 hour ago, Tholozor said:

Ah, GBU-24 doesn't use CCIP, due to the guidance logic of the Paveway III kit. Paveway II LGBs (12, 16, 10) have CCIP.

Ah I see! Goddamit lol. Well I guess I go back to normal dumb bombs then 

[Clawhammer]

sry for reviving this post, google guided me here. If MAN Mode is not dumb mode, whats is the purpose of MAN Mode?

Thanks for help!

[razo+r]

11 minutes ago, Clawhammer said:

sry for reviving this post, google guided me here. If MAN Mode is not dumb mode, whats is the purpose of MAN Mode?

Thanks for help!

[Clawhammer]

If i enable MAN Mode on the paveway III it does not look like this in the HUD. Didnt see such a recticle i can configure or modfy.

Edited March 16, 2024 by Clawhammer