28270 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 (edited) Yesterday and today I have spent most of the day carrying out attacks against frigates. You can tell me the Hornet is not designed to sink ships and I agree, but I also don't think five MK-84s will do only 40% damage to an armored ship, we're talking about five 3.000 pound bombs. I tried the Harpoons later and was taken down by my own cast 50% of the time. Missiles that do hit the target are shot down by missile defenses or cannons because unlike other types of anti-ship missiles available in DCS, Harpoons home in at 65 feet above sea level and this makes them vulnerable. . I don't know how real missiles would work, but I don't think there is anything capable of getting closer than 30 feet to a warship. I keep in mind that the Harpoons are designed to attack in a group by saturation, from different directions and I am giving it an incorrect use and I would not want an unrealistic result. Edited May 27, 2022 by 28270 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28270 Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 (edited) According to this guide, the cruising level above sea level should be 15 feet, instead of 65 feet, although I don't know if it refers to the Harpoon or the KALIBR, because the text is confusing and talks about a zig-zag trajectory, something I don't think the Harpoon does. https://prezi.com/n9izdgyh_3m9/harpoon-vs-kalibr/ Edited May 27, 2022 by 28270 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.J.S Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Are you selecting missile flight and terminal profiles before launch? And Mk84’s are 2000lb class munitions, not 3000. Alien desktop PC, Intel i7-8700 CPU@3.20GHz 6 Core, Nvidia GTX 1070, 16GB RAM. TM Warthog stick and Throttles. Saitek ProFlight pedals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28270 Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 hace 1 minuto, G.J.S dijo: Are you selecting missile flight and terminal profiles before launch? And Mk84’s are 2000lb class munitions, not 3000. Sorry for the mistake about the weight of MK-84. Yes, I select flight profiles, low flight combination, and POP, alternate. However, flying level, as I eject the weapon, I get hit by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.J.S Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 1 minute ago, 28270 said: Sorry for the mistake about the weight of MK-84. Yes, I select flight profiles, low flight combination, and POP, alternate. However, flying level, as I eject the weapon, I get hit by it. Intriguing . . . Maybe a video of your launch issues may provide clues, there must be a reason for the collision. Alas I cannot think of one without seeing it. Alien desktop PC, Intel i7-8700 CPU@3.20GHz 6 Core, Nvidia GTX 1070, 16GB RAM. TM Warthog stick and Throttles. Saitek ProFlight pedals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28270 Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 I'll try to attach a hint. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28270 Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 (edited) I've set up a four Hornet coordinated strike mission and it works pretty well. We defeated the frigate's anti-missile system by saturation. Edited May 28, 2022 by 28270 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flappie Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 The "exploding on launch" Harpoon bug (in BOL mode) should be fixed in the next OB update. Don't accept indie game testing requests from friends in Discord. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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