AI aircraft inaccurate with the CBU-99 / Mk 20 Rockeye II

[Northstar98]

Hi everyone,

I'm encountering an issue with the AI - they appear unable to accurately deliver either the CBU-99 or Mk 20 Rockeye II.

In the track below there is no wind or turbulence and apart the absence of clouds uses default weather conditions.

With the Mk 339 fuse (set to default settings), the AI always seems to drop the bomb long. A similar thing can be seen with the FMU-140 (again, using default settings).

With the exception of the BLG 66, all other cluster bombs (including unguided ones) do not seem to suffer from the same issue and the AI is able to employ them with far better accuracy.

AI_Mk20_Mk339_350kts_min.trk AI_CBU-99_Mk339_350kts_1kft.trk AI_CBU-99_FMU-140_350kts_2kft.trk AI_CBU-99_FMU-140_450kts_2kft.trk AI_Mk20_Mk339_450kts_min.trk

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I can't speak to the AI accuracy, but I've noticed the accuracy both in CCIP and AUTO with these weapons is quite poor with the F/A-18C when I'm flying it.  And that assumes I've put the thing on the thing,  and.  The results are often off by more than a few hundred feet.  I've brought this to ED's attention elsewhere - I thought perhaps it was related to the new fuses but that appears not to be the case.