HUD Symbology

I have been looking in the NATOPS manual but have not been able to find anything.

The image I have attached shows a circled element which I have tried as best I can on my phone to recreate in green. Can someone tell me what it is indicating please as no matter how many videos I watch I cannot fathom it.

Thanks

Iirc it's the bomb frag line, keep the fpm, or velocity vector it's called in the Hornet, above this for a successful drop out of the ordnance fragmentation area. And/or the bomb fusing arm marker to stay above.

How do I know this? From flying Jane's F18 and the VRS Rhino.

The pull up line?

@noisy_lightning Whatever job you're doing now you should quit. With Paint skills like that you really should be a graphic designer. :D

Yeah it's called the Pull-Up Cue (PUC).

You set it for your attack run on the UFC/ODU and it will slowly rise up to the VV to indicate when you should begin pulling up from your dive and depending on how you have it set, flash to indicate that you're behind on your pull-up maneuver.

Useful so that you don't frag yourself with shrapnel or ricochets.

Thanks for the answers folks, greatly appreciated.

@mule, think I best stick to my day job ;-)

2.4.12.1.7 Pull-Up Cue. (U) The Pull-Up cue indicates the difference between the computed TOF and the fuze arm

time for the JDAM weapon at the priority station. The Pull-Up cue, which normally appears below the velocity

vector, is displayed within 3 of the velocity vector and within a 9.5 radius of the HUD optical center. Full

deflection of the Pull-Up cue below the velocity vector signifies a JDAM TOF of 10 seconds or more than the

selected fuze arm time. When the Pull-Up cue rises to meet the velocity vector, the weapon TOF is calculated to be

equal to the selected fuze arm time, and when the cue is above the velocity vector, the “DUD” cue is displayed. This

cue is intended to provide the aircrew with a comprehensible head-up indication of the fuze arm time margin.

That was in the JDAM Tactical Manual & User Guide - FA-18C&D.pdf

Download the manuals here in RED's thread NATOPS Question Bank

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but do we currently have the means to adjust the altitude for the pull up cue?

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