BOL Harpoon terminal behavior

[JIGGAwest]

I having repeated issues with Harpoons in BOL mode. Although, I'm not sure if there is a bug. Maybe someone can clarify the intended behavior for this weapon.

when entering a waypoint for the BOL mode using HTTP boxed, is the selected waypoint during boxing saved? I noticed when setting the waypoint for the weapon, if I were to change the aircraft selected waypoint after the boxed selection it would also update the weapon HTTP designation for all harpoons. It also doesn't look like you are able to set different waypoints for different harpoons. 

SRCH distance: does this determine when the missile will go into terminal mode? I'm noticing that the weapons are very late on searching. If I were to use 20nm SRCH, I'm noticing that the missiles may not be actually searching until 30 miles. The issue seems worse when using MED or HiGH modes, they need lots of distance to reach the skim terminal mode before they start tracking.

I'll be doing some testing this week and will make a track with no mods.

[JIGGAwest]

Following up with testing for the BOL mode on the harpoon. I have found the following.

 

BOL mode does work.

-Yes you can have separate HTTP waypoints per weapon

-Harpoons seem to also track ground targets.

-When rapid launching the Harpoons some harpoons seem to travel faster than others making and Pop and skim simultaneous attacks not really accurate or successful.

 

SRCH setting by way of UFC sets the distance from firing the weapon to where it will activate the search radar. If HTTP is set, this distance will start minimum at the HTTP point. Example SRCH 1nm, Harpoon will activate after reaching the point. When Using HTTP if SRCH is set to 60nm, calculate distance from firing point to the waypoint then add in the extra distance. This is not functioning as SRCH activation from HTTP waypoint.

Notes: it can be difficult to calculate the desired SRCH setting on the fly. If not using HTTP be careful of setting SRCH distance too low. It can track friendly ground targets or ships.

 

DSTR setting is the auto destruct range from firing. Maximum is 105nm

 

BRG is setting the attack bearing from the launch position or setting the final attack bearing from the selected HTTP waypoint