Follow up on AGM65D boresight alignment

[spidierox]

Hey guys, 

I was wondering if someone could tell me how this is done in RL. I am not talking about the process - that is described well in the manual - but more like where do you align in the mission overall process :

- is there a specific spot on the airbase where you can use object to align ?
- is it done in the arming area when taxiing out ?
- is it done in the hangar ?
- is it often done in the air (difficult to imagine that you boresight in your AO especially in a hot run in to target).

And as a follow up: 

How would you incorporate that in your mission design with the ME? Simply put an abject so you can align (lock) onto ?

If someone has an inside on that please let me know (any link is also appreciated)

Many thanks for the help/exlainations

Spidierox

 

[RyanR]

In the air. A-10 pilots would sometimes use other A-10's, per an article on the internet.... somewhere. While ground boresighting kinda works in DCS, IRL Mavericks drift during takeoff and when pulling G's. 

IRL, I'm sure pilots are briefed on suitable places to boresight (a town, for example). In DCS, this gets tricky since Mavericks may not "grab onto" a static map object, so that would effectively break the mission. In the ME, it would be best to build a little area near a town to boresight on the way to the AO.

-Ryan

[Furiz]

Much easier to boresight in the air, 

you can lock Maverick onto something first then slew your TGP on the same target and hit boresight.