Glamdring Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Is that really true? The rockets still fly a parallel path and would - ideally - impact at the same distance of each other as their launchers/pylons are located apart on the aircraft. So the horizontal spacing should be identical. The vertical spacing on the other hand should theoretically be better for ripple pairs as the whole volley is relased in a shorter time. To be fair I'v never really understood how it works myself. From the manual, it states when firing single rockets the rocket will impact where the piper is aiming, but when firing pairs they land centred around the piper. How? Does the position of the piper change depending on which wing the rocket is launched from?
Eddie Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 There is no particular real world TTP when it comes to ripple settings for rockets. The reason for this is simple, you can't set a ripple setting for rocket in reality. IRL you have a choice, either one rocket per press of the pickle button, or the whole pod. And that is set on the ground. The only thing you'd do in the jet is set the prior to match the physical pod settings. If you were carrying two pods you could decide if you want to fire one or both pods by using single/pairs, but that's it.
JayPee Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 IRL, do you have to hold down the pickle button until all 7 (or 14 in case of pairs) have been released and can you therefore end the salvo prematurely firing less than 7 (or 14) rockets? Or does a short push of the pickle button immediately start firing the full salvo? i7 4790K: 4.8GHz, 1.328V (manual) MSI GTX 970: 1,504MHz core, 1.250V, 8GHz memory
kontiuka Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 IRL, do you have to hold down the pickle button until all 7 (or 14 in case of pairs) have been released and can you therefore end the salvo prematurely firing less than 7 (or 14) rockets? Or does a short push of the pickle button immediately start firing the full salvo?In the game, it's only 7, not 14. Doesn't matter if it's single ripple or pairs ripple. Single ripple or pairs ripple just determines how the rockets are released, not how many. I don't know about IRL.
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