Su-25A - KMGU-MER ripple order sequence issue

[Schismatrix]

There is a problem with the pylon release order when using the FAB-100's in the KMGU multiple ejection rack.

Expected behaviour should be:

pylon 10 + pylon 2 -> pylon 9 + pylon 3 -> pylon 8 + pylon 4 -> pylon 7 + pylon 5

however testing shows:

pylon 10 + pylon 3 -> pylon 9 + pylon 4 -> pylon 8 + pylon 5 -> pylon 7 + pylon 2

It seems that pylon numbering is wrong somewhere in the underlying code, causing the order to be shifted by 1 on the left side of the airplane and leading to gross imbalance during bombing runs.

Replays attached are run with different settings in the weapons control (single,pair,four,all) and a final replay in CCRP mode. All show same behaviour.

su25_rippleTest01.trk su25_rippleTest02.trk su25_rippleTest03.trk su25_rippleTest04.trk su25_rippleTest05.trk su25_rippleTest.miz

[Jascha]

Are you using the СЕРИЯ КМГУ-МБД release mode? I think it's a go-to mode for MERs.

 

[Schismatrix]

Yes. That is the only way to get the MER to not release all 4 FAB's simultaneously. It's also stated in the manual to be the mode designed for handling KMGU pylons properly.

[Schismatrix]

Just did further testing. It seems there are two bugs.

One is the wrong sequencing of pylon release when rippling, and the other is that ripple settings don't even work when loading the MER's via ground crew (see attached replay).

su25_rippleTest06.trk