What's the usage of CMPTR/IP Deliver mode

[herobie]

I found it is really hard to put the designator on the target in CMPTR/TGT mode, and I found there is an option in CAP called "IP TO TGT". So if I input the offset data into "IP TO TGT", will the designator automatically locate in the right position? If it can't , what's the difference between CMPTR/TGT and IP? 

[DSplayer]

IP to TGT is used in Computer IP mode only iirc. Computer IP is similar to Computer TGT, but instead of designating the target, you're designating an initial point and then you have an offset from that IP to your target.

Here's a nice vid by Jabbers that details how to use it: 

 

 

And here's the manual link at the Computer IP section:
https://www.heatblur.se/F-14Manual/weapons.html#computer-initial-point

Edited March 10 by DSplayer

[The_Tau]

Awesome for toss bombing

[Karon]

Quick old tip of mine:

CPTR PILOT → CCIP

CPTR TARGET → CCRP

 

CCIP is a very unsafe delivery method. As Tau mentioned, tossing prevents you from flying too close to the target (and it is also a lot of fun - self lasing especially).
CPTR IP is something different, and it can help you find the correct target if the area is cluttered.

[Dragon1-1]

Computer Pilot is classic CCIP, used for dive bombing. It's accurate, but it exposes you to enemy fire. It also requires you to acquire your target visually before you start to roll in on it. This is not always easy. If you're attempting to bomb something like a tank, it's the best mode to use.

Computer Target is safer and less accurate. It has the same disadvantage as CCIP of requiring your to designate the target visually, but it allows you to come off earlier. You can move the designator box around the HUD to enable this to be done in level flight, but it works best on buildings or entire troop formations. For point targets, you can try diving on them, designating, then immediately pulling out. Designation from long distance and a level release will only be good for bombing buildings. Loft bombing works with LGBs and CBUs (which our Tomcat doesn't have). Doing that with dumb bombs will not be terribly accurate.

Computer IP is useful when you know where the target is in relation to some landmark, but even less accurate than Computer Target. This would be particularly useful at a time before detailed satellite maps, when charts could have coordinate deviations on order of hundreds of meters. But if you know something like "the target is 1km east from a funny looking rock" (which is relatively easy to figure out with geometry), you can pass this information to the aircrew. Since the IP is a distinctive object that can be designated, and you don't need to see the thing you're bombing, this mode can be quite useful for dropping a stick of bombs on a target which would otherwise be hard to spot directly.

[draconus]

35 minutes ago, Dragon1-1 said:

CBUs (which our Tomcat doesn't have)

We do have CBU-99 and Mk20.

[Dragon1-1]

I guess we do, I forget about those because they never seem to do a whole lot in DCS.