Can anyone point me towards a decent tutorial on DL with CBUs.

[Indianajon]

Hi all, as the title suggests,  can anyone recommend a good tutorial on using the DL bombing option, or alternatively give me some pointers. I have been through the manual but think I'm missing something?

I get that you go through the options for speed, height etc on the bombing calculator and tell Jester. That you laze just like DT and you keep the pickle depressed while you fly the profile, but my results seem more miss than hit, especially with CBUs. Is there a min/optimum alt? Speed etc 

Thanks 

[Czechnology]

I don't think anyone has really been doing Dive-Laydown tutorials - But I can agree that cluster bombing in dive-laydown seems to be a lot more miss than hit. I can get accurate hits with slicks and high drags, but clusters always seem to land short.

[Zabuzard]

Im a bit out of the loop on this topic specifically but you should note that the Bombing Tool (due to engine limitations) currently assumes CBU would never open in-air and fly all the way to the ground - and that is the solution the tool spits you out.

You can counter that by artifically telling the tool that the target would be higher than it actually is, namely at the altitude above the real target where the container would open. That should then give you better values for the WRCS.

[Indianajon]

That's ace @Zabuzardalthough would that not negate the pluses of using DL over Laydown generally? I have been using DL in those situations where the targets are pop up and not known before hand. Would this work if you assumed the target is at 0 and so you add say 500ft to the target height? I might have missed it but my understanding was that the clusters on the F4 open after x seconds (4 I think) rather than  a set height such as the A10/F18 etc. So I guess its a guess on top of a guess but I will give it a shot and see what happens.

Thank you