R-77 Lofting and Home On Jam (HOJ)

[pappavis]

I have noticed both in the 1.1 demo and now in the released FC that one can loft-launch a AIM-120 AMRAAM to increase its maxmimum range.

 

Today i have watched the Su-27 Radar/BVR training track. There was no mention in it about how to do lofting of R-27's or an R-77. To loft an AIM-102 i only point the nose of my F15 into a high positve pitch then launch the missile.

I tried to loft launch a R-77 at a target but it went in a near-straight line to its target. After having launched a R-77 in HOJ-mode and changing the range-scale it did seem to loft. That was possibly the target was about 30km away and i had its range inputted at 45km.

 

Regarding this, and HOJ in RF-planes.

1. What is the purpose of the range-scale (ctrl-+ / ctrl--) indicator when you're not in HOJ-mode? Its not told in the training track.

2. Can russian planes loft the R-27's?

[GGTharos]

There is no lofting in HoJ mode, AFAIK, and ther is no lofting for short-range shots (say inside 10nm/20km)

 

Lofting is automatic - you don't have to do anything to trigger it, it triggers on range.

 

The range caret you're speaking of has to do with your radar elevation which is now measure in +/- relative altitude (1000m by default if I recall correctly)

 

So, if you are expecting yoru target to be 3000m lower than you and 50km away, you set the caret to 50 and the elevatoin to -3.

 

If you do it on the 10km setting there is a possibility that your target will end up right between your coverage zones as the angle change will be quite sharp.