norman99 Posted December 6, 2023 Posted December 6, 2023 I've been practicing lofting Mk82s, but only sort of successfully. I have a precise waypoint with accurate elevation designated, run in at 100' agl at 550kts, at exactly 5nm I start a 3.5-4g pullup, releasing between 30°-35°. Releasing in auto, all my bombs land long by 200'-300'. This error is very repeatable. Does anyone have a more accurate procedure for lofting dumb bombs from low level? Secondly, is the hornet supposed to have a dedicated loft delivery mode which calculates the pull up point? I know the Viper does. If so, is it anywhere on ED's to do list?
MTrenda Posted December 6, 2023 Posted December 6, 2023 i normally use the GBU 38, and typically loft from behind a hill. running the same profile you are running and it is a pretty good sa-10 measure if you are at 50'. you can PPM or too with weapon designate if you have a waypoint or mk point. MSI Creator X299 - INTEL i9 - 10900X 3.7 GHZ - 32 GB Corsair Dominator DDR4 - EVGA GTX 1080 FTW AC2
Hobel Posted December 6, 2023 Posted December 6, 2023 vor 7 Stunden schrieb norman99: I've been practicing lofting Mk82s, but only sort of successfully. I have a precise waypoint with accurate elevation designated, run in at 100' agl at 550kts, at exactly 5nm I start a 3.5-4g pullup, releasing between 30°-35°. Releasing in auto, all my bombs land long by 200'-300'. This error is very repeatable. Does anyone have a more accurate procedure for lofting dumb bombs from low level? Secondly, is the hornet supposed to have a dedicated loft delivery mode which calculates the pull up point? I know the Viper does. If so, is it anywhere on ED's to do list? do you have a track, even with stupid bombs the result should not be so bad 200-300m is way too much everything should be done right
norman99 Posted December 7, 2023 Author Posted December 7, 2023 4 hours ago, Hobel said: even with stupid bombs the result should not be so bad 200-300m is way too much everything should be done right Sorry if I wasn't clear, I'm consistently long by 200ft-300ft, not meters.
Fresh Posted December 9, 2023 Posted December 9, 2023 (edited) do you have wind in your mission? If yes, try a run in from the opposite direction and see if the result changes much.. Edited December 9, 2023 by Fresh
Rolds Posted December 14, 2023 Posted December 14, 2023 I did a few lofting runs last weekend and also found them landing long, I'll do a few more tonight to provide a track.
Rolds Posted December 26, 2023 Posted December 26, 2023 OP I have a thought, I was finding my bombs were long by about 300' similar to yours but I was still pulling when I released them, which apparently isn't the correct procedure. Try unloading the plane so it is at 1g at weapon release. To put it another way, pull up to your desired release angle then wait for the release cue to come down to the velocity vector rather than continuing to pull up to meet it. The miss long may be because the firing solution doesn't recompute fast enough if you are still pulling up.
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