brewber19 Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 Hi All, Does anyone know if its possible to change the cannon elevation without it "ground stabilising" via the Shkval? I'd basically like to set my cannon to a "lower" boresight so I can do a level cannon-strafe of a convoy...which I can't do eaily in normal boresight or when when the Shkval is ground stabilised. Any help appreciated, thanks in advance. Brewber. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 487th Helicopter Attack Regiment, of the VVS504 Red Hammers
graywo1fg Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 if you hold down your uncage button while you have your HMS up you can slew your gun to your head :) but for keeping it at a certain angle i don't think you can. Voice of Jester AI Death From Above =DFA= Squadron Discord - https://discord.gg/deathfromabove http://www.twitch.tv/graywo1f https://www.youtube.com/user/Lonewo1fg
crazysundog Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 (edited) Yes, you can change the level of the boresight... gimme a minute to come up with a screenshot and description. Whoops, no you cant!! You can change the Rocket and GunPod ballistic data settings so they will hit higher or lower, but not your Cannon... My bad. Edited January 2, 2009 by crazysundog
Shrubbo Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 Turn off AP's and then doing silly stuff like that is np's :) i9-9900K,Z390 Aorus Master, 32GB GSkill Trident F4-3600 DDR4, ROG Strix RTX 2080 Ti, Oculus Rift S. Thrustmaster Warthog T&S, TPR Pedals.
d0ppler Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 It probably is in the manual, but may I be so dumb to ask how to change the ballistic settings for my rocket pods? They are a bit too low for my taste as default A-10C, AV-8B, Ka-50, F-14B, F-16C, F-5E, F/A-18C, L-39, Mi-8, MiG-21, MiG-29, SA34, Spitfire, Su-27, Su-33, UH-1H
Frederf Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 (edited) Well I know you can turn off the gun moving mode and change it to fixed. There's a knob on the "targeting mode control panel" that controls the cannon's mode. I believe it has settings MOV, FIX, MAN, NAV. The Ka-50 just wasn't designed to be a WWII aircraft so there's no way to manually depress the gun. All I can think of is setting Manual targeting on (center flip switch below the 2x2 weapon mode buttons) and using manual lasing to get a laser range that is pretty long or short (this would make the cannon elevate or depress for range). If you do not use the Shkval then the gun will not slew laterally. Try Moving cannon, Shkval reset (off), manual lasing, lase something close (to get the gun depressed), and then use that setting to strafe. Alternately if you don't manual lase you get a 1100m range which might be just the angle you want. Edited January 2, 2009 by Frederf
EvilBivol-1 Posted January 2, 2009 Posted January 2, 2009 Whoops, no you cant!! You can change the Rocket and GunPod ballistic data settings so they will hit higher or lower, but not your Cannon... It probably is in the manual, but may I be so dumb to ask how to change the ballistic settings for my rocket pods? They are a bit too low for my taste as default You guys have the wrong idea. The switch in question (wall panel behind the pilot's right shoulder) is set to "tell" the WCS which type of unguided weapon is hanging on your pylons, to allow the computer to accurately calculate the ballistic trajectory and provide you with an accurate pipper for that specific weapon. Changing this setting alters the calculation for the computer and effectively screws your aim, because the calculations will now be done for a different weapons than is in your payload. Unless you manually change your payload in the mission (rearm), you should not change this setting. - EB [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Nothing is easy. Everything takes much longer. The Parable of Jane's A-10 Forum Rules
brewber19 Posted January 3, 2009 Author Posted January 3, 2009 Hi EB, Thanks for the reply, and I take it that its not possible to simply dip the cannon elevation as we would with the gun pods on the Su-25. The default boresight mode sets the elevation very high, I presume in perfect alignment with the longitudinal axis of the helicopter, but that means you need a steep "ingress" when close to targets for strafing. Back to practising some descending crashes in to soft targets then ;) Thanks again, Brewber. You guys have the wrong idea. The switch in question (wall panel behind the pilot's right shoulder) is set to "tell" the WCS which type of unguided weapon is hanging on your pylons, to allow the computer to accurately calculate the ballistic trajectory and provide you with an accurate pipper for that specific weapon. Changing this setting alters the calculation for the computer and effectively screws your aim, because the calculations will now be done for a different weapons than is in your payload. Unless you manually change your payload in the mission (rearm), you should not change this setting. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 487th Helicopter Attack Regiment, of the VVS504 Red Hammers
EvilBivol-1 Posted January 4, 2009 Posted January 4, 2009 Sorry, brewber. I didn't mean to ignore your original question. I just wasn't sure I had an answer for you. But I should have at least said that much. AFAIK off the top of my head, no, there is no way to slew the cannon without the Shkval. - EB [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Nothing is easy. Everything takes much longer. The Parable of Jane's A-10 Forum Rules
LIONPRIDE Posted January 4, 2009 Posted January 4, 2009 You guys have the wrong idea. The switch in question (wall panel behind the pilot's right shoulder) is set to "tell" the WCS which type of unguided weapon is hanging on your pylons, to allow the computer to accurately calculate the ballistic trajectory and provide you with an accurate pipper for that specific weapon. Changing this setting alters the calculation for the computer and effectively screws your aim, because the calculations will now be done for a different weapons than is in your payload. Unless you manually change your payload in the mission (rearm), you should not change this setting. Either way, this helped me understand what I shouldn't do ... :D So thanx ... . - - - - - - - - TO FLY IS HEAVEN. TO HOVER IS DIVINE - - - - - - [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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