Dragon1-1 Posted June 7, 2022 Posted June 7, 2022 (edited) Not sure whether to put it here or in the Phantom subforum, but since the F-14 also has this feature and it'd be nice to practice, here goes. One of the biggest headaches with manual bombing is finding appropriate attack tables. However, at least the way Dick Jonas tells it, it would be the GIB's job to figure out the profile and tell the pilot what mils to dial in. Of course, col. Jonas is USAF, not USN, but since Jester is going to see use in the USAF Phantom, it'd be nice to teach him to run these numbers. Here's how it'd work: you pick a dive angle, altitude above target and airspeed at roll-in, and you get your pipper depression, altitude and airspeed at release from Jester, possibly also with a wind correction factor, if wind over target area is known. Then you dial in the mils and roll in, if you can hit the numbers he gave you there's a good chance the bomb will end up somewhere in the target's general area. I'd love to practice manual bombing in preparation for the Phantom, but there's a dearth of attack tables for DCS, and I don't know if the real ones match (not that I had much luck finding those, either). Of course, it'd be nice if a PDF attack table for DCS bombs came with it, but I'd be fine with just Jester being able to run the numbers. Edited June 7, 2022 by Dragon1-1
Zaphael Posted June 7, 2022 Posted June 7, 2022 The free A-4 module provides an excellent opportunity to practice with manual bombing tables. Very fun and well made module. The Tomcat would have relied on its CCIP capabilities for unguided air to ground ordinance. Prior to LANTIRN integration, I am not sure if they were used in Strike roles often. I am under the impression they did mostly air to air work. It was post LANTIRN integration that they did more Strike work albeit with laser guided bombs.
Dragon1-1 Posted June 7, 2022 Author Posted June 7, 2022 57 minutes ago, Zaphael said: The Tomcat would have relied on its CCIP capabilities for unguided air to ground ordinance. Manual bombing was used for practice and competitive bombing at Gunsmoke, as long as it was a thing. The A-10s still use it at Hawgsmoke during the degraded delivery event (it's HARS bombing and IIRC that doesn't give you CCIP). I'm not sure if USN has or had something comparable, but seeing as CCIP in the Tomcat was a rather early example of the system, I doubt they completely stopped training with manual pipper. Besides, it'd be a good practice for the Phantom, where you'll also have a GIB to work with.
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