kungfoo Posted April 9, 2011 Posted April 9, 2011 Back in the old days (i.e. Falcon 4) I successfully used a technique, where I would take a low ingress, pop up, toss a GBU and then bank hard left (if I remember correctly) to keep the laser on the target until impact. Then get out to some range, repeat. This allowed to stay away far from the target and perform a low ingress. Dropping GBUs precisely from a high altitude is simple, which keeps you away from AAA fire, but still. Has anyone tried this? JDAMs would not even need a lase. If not, I will try it tommorrow and report back. :pilotfly:
luza Posted April 9, 2011 Posted April 9, 2011 This has been discussed many times. Iirc it's possible, but the a10 is too slow for it to work effectively [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
kungfoo Posted April 9, 2011 Author Posted April 9, 2011 Thanks, I did see matts video on YouTube (found it googling around) However, the fact that the a10 is slow might not give the gbus enough energy and thus time to make this work.
robmlufc Posted April 9, 2011 Posted April 9, 2011 It will work, you just wont be able to release at the range you could in F4. If it keeps you in cover and from over flying the target area its still a winner though
Ptroinks Posted April 9, 2011 Posted April 9, 2011 If you start your run by diving to gain speed, and then pitch up to loft the bomb when you're at max speed (indicated by the striped pointer on the airspeed indicator), it would work better. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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