[REL] Mk82 newbie tutorial

[WildBillKelsoe]

For all newbies like me, and as a reference to senior pilots, I've made this commentary tutorial to help with those 'dumb' bombs release. Rate and comment. If you have any questions or suggestions for the next video (Ballute AIR variant), leave feedback and I'll take into account. Good luck to y'all!

 

Very important! Tune down the volume or risk getting an eardrum infection. Sorry.

 

 

[kylania]

Very important! Tune down the volume or risk getting an eardrum infection. Sorry.

 

I had to turn it all the way up to hear you. :huh:

 

A few comments:

 

For tutorials you should prepare what you're going to say before recording. It cuts down on the ums and lost trains of thought and helps the viewer focus on the steps of the process.

 

Try to avoid extraneous actions. For example mute your wingmen (or design a demo mission without any) before recording as that step isn't part of the process to drop a Mk82.

 

The X in the middle of the CCIP reticule doesn't mean your bombs will drop there, the dot in the middle of the pipper does. The X means you're below the set Minimum Range altitude. :)

 

Push your microphone away from your mouth a bit more. There was a lot of blowback static from it being too close to your month.

 

You might have placed the targets on the target runway to make them easier to see. I knew to look at your SPI for the targets, but it wasn't really clear where they were. If they were in the open on a tarmac it would be easier to spot and follow the actions. Perhaps even go into some detail about how to find a target in the first place?

 

The flight plan changes you were talking about is a bit confusing. You probably should be attacking a SPI and not just a waypoint though so changing the flight plan is an extra step that could be removed from this demo.

 

You kept saying three or four hundred for the attack altitude, but I think you meant three or four thousand? Really should be higher to give you time to find the target and egress without getting too close.

 

Showing how to set ripple pairs and why you'd want to would be a good intro to the video. Perhaps even start in Active Pause while you set that up.

 

You might want to include some information about the differences between Manual Release (this video) and the 3/9 and 5 mil Consent To Release methods of CCIP bombing as well.

 

Editing the video might be nice too rather than one long take. This way you can ensure you have good footage of each step of the process and if you miss a step and go back and reshoot and edit it in before upload. This also gives you time to fully explain each step and UI the viewer should be following. You can end the video with a real time walkthrough of everything they learned so they can see it all at once after seeing each step.

Edited September 14, 2011 by kylania
Comments added.

[Laurius]

Very appreciated. You are talented for explaining and describing what you're doing :thumbup:. I also had to turn up the volume after I followed your advice ;)

[KaspeR32]

Doesn't the x in the pipper mean unsafe to drop? It's a dot before you get too low.

[WildBillKelsoe]

Doesn't the x in the pipper mean unsafe to drop? It's a dot before you get too low.

 

No the Red X I drew on the image is the target location as you drop. And yes, the HUD X means solution invalid (like you said, don't drop).

[WildBillKelsoe]

I had to turn it all the way up to hear you. :huh:

 

A few comments:

 

For tutorials you should prepare what you're going to say before recording. It cuts down on the ums and lost trains of thought and helps the viewer focus on the steps of the process.

 

Try to avoid extraneous actions. For example mute your wingmen (or design a demo mission without any) before recording as that step isn't part of the process to drop a Mk82.

 

The X in the middle of the CCIP reticule doesn't mean your bombs will drop there, the dot in the middle of the pipper does. The X means you're below the set Minimum Range altitude. :)

 

Push your microphone away from your mouth a bit more. There was a lot of blowback static from it being too close to your month.

 

You might have placed the targets on the target runway to make them easier to see. I knew to look at your SPI for the targets, but it wasn't really clear where they were. If they were in the open on a tarmac it would be easier to spot and follow the actions. Perhaps even go into some detail about how to find a target in the first place?

 

The flight plan changes you were talking about is a bit confusing. You probably should be attacking a SPI and not just a waypoint though so changing the flight plan is an extra step that could be removed from this demo.

 

You kept saying three or four hundred for the attack altitude, but I think you meant three or four thousand? Really should be higher to give you time to find the target and egress without getting too close.

 

Showing how to set ripple pairs and why you'd want to would be a good intro to the video. Perhaps even start in Active Pause while you set that up.

 

You might want to include some information about the differences between Manual Release (this video) and the 3/9 and 5 mil Consent To Release methods of CCIP bombing as well.

 

Editing the video might be nice too rather than one long take. This way you can ensure you have good footage of each step of the process and if you miss a step and go back and reshoot and edit it in before upload. This also gives you time to fully explain each step and UI the viewer should be following. You can end the video with a real time walkthrough of everything they learned so they can see it all at once after seeing each step.

 

kylania, your advice is indeed sincere, and I'm going to demonstrate as you requested ( CCIP/3/9 5mils, Rip/Sgl/Prs/RipPrs, no flight elements, mic away and blowback adjustment). I'll do it in the AIR demo in a couple of days. Again thank you for feedback. If anybody wants to add something (instructions or how-tos', etc..), be my guest and I'll incorporate in the upcoming vid.

[kylania]

No the Red X I drew on the image is the target location as you drop.

 

What red x? In the video you mentioned a diagram as well, but I didn't see any pictures or diagrams and the video didn't have any annotations.

[WildBillKelsoe]

What red x? In the video you mentioned a diagram as well, but I didn't see any pictures or diagrams and the video didn't have any annotations.

its in the end of it, you cant miss it. a pic of the hud.