About JDAM

About JDAM, the latest F/A18C video. JDAM has many settings. It's totally different from A10C. JDAM used by A10C has few options to set up. There is no doubt that the JDAM used by F/A18C is more real and complex! So my question is: Will ED redevelop A10C? Major modifications have been made to its functions and weapon systems.

About JDAM, the latest F/A18C video. JDAM has many settings. It's totally different from A10C. JDAM used by A10C has few options to set up. There is no doubt that the JDAM used by F/A18C is more real and complex! So my question is: Will ED redevelop A10C? Major modifications have been made to its functions and weapon systems.

The A10C JDAM capabilities are still better than the hornet. You can do the same as in the hornet (albeit with other procedures)

I mean, I can ripple fire several JDAMS over the objective with a proper use of markpoints and the avionics. I can set MGRS coordinates with 1 m precision and drop JDAMs in any way possible.

The only difference is that you don't have the fancy names as in the Hornet, but the capabilities are there.

I think all dcs pilots think of their plane as being a super bomber.

But in reality when it come to the a10c that is slow and not a high level bomber then I find it kind of limited to dropping many jdams at once due to the slow speed and "limited" height.

The faster your fly and the highter, the greater the distance your bombs can "fly" and hit targets.

So regarding the a10 the targets need to be rather close together such as 3-4 buildings in a village in afghanistan before ground forces goes in to cleanup.

I think its only in "rare" cases that the a10 have to drop example 2-3-4 jdams.

Ofcourse it would be cool if you could preprogram every bomb and then drop everything with one press of a button.

But the a10 pilot can rather easy change inbetween his target points and then cycle though them while pressing the release button .. he should be able to drop a jdam every 1-2 seconds that way and i guess that is good enough.

But yes would be cool to be able to drop everything at once with "pre programmed" bombs".

The A10C JDAM capabilities are still better than the hornet. You can do the same as in the hornet (albeit with other procedures)

 

I mean, I can ripple fire several JDAMS over the objective with a proper use of markpoints and the avionics. I can set MGRS coordinates with 1 m precision and drop JDAMs in any way possible.

 

The only difference is that you don't have the fancy names as in the Hornet, but the capabilities are there.

Then how do you tell the JDAM at what angle it should impact the target, when flying the A-10C? :huh:

Then how do you tell the JDAM at what angle it should impact the target, when flying the A-10C? :huh:

You can't, but you can play with the weapon release window to increase or decrease the impact angle.

If you ever find a reason in this sim to ever do so.

I just wanted to point out, that the JDAM implementation in the Hornet does offer a a few more options than it doesn in the A-10C ;)

The A10C JDAM capabilities are still better than the hornet. You can do the same as in the hornet (albeit with other procedures)

Well, no.

The A-10C JDAM can't be programmed to impact at a certain angle, we have no air burst or delayed fuse settings and we can't pre-program it to anything, so with the new JDAM settings for the Hornet, the Hog is definitely lagging behind in capabilities. I believe SMEs have already stated in the past that the JDAM is the most simplified of weapons in the DCS A-10C as compared to its RL counterpart.

Now the interesting question is, will the A-10C JDAM see upgrades? The answer is, most likely not. The module has been feature complete for many years. ED have announced a graphical overhaul of the cockpit and the exterior model, but there's never been any talk of upgraded systems.

On a personal note, if ED offered a newer avionics suite with HMCS, more modern JDAM and so on, I wouldn't mind paying full price again. But looking at it from a business point of view, it's probably not gonna happen.

Remember that the A-10C doesn’t feature JDAM PB functionality in real life either, TOO only.

Remember that the A-10C doesn’t feature JDAM PB functionality in real life either, TOO only.

So it has a whole bunch less capabilities than the Hornet in this regard @Eviscerador.

The limitation of JDAMs on A-10C coming about the Suite 3 and the "limitations" imposed by the ANG contract. Has very improbable see a better Suite without a renegotiation contract and a "clearance" about new A-10C capabilities on a Suite 7-8.

Does anybody know whether we will see FM updates on the A-10C's JDAM when fully implemented in the Hornet? The FM is pretty unrealistic right now

The limitation of JDAMs on A-10C coming about the Suite 3 and the "limitations" imposed by the ANG contract. Has very improbable see a better Suite without a renegotiation contract and a "clearance" about new A-10C capabilities on a Suite 7-8.

Is anyone possibly looking into widening the scope of the original contract?

An update of the DCS A10C to a later suite would have as much hype as the release of the Hornet/Tomcat...

Wishful thinking though

Seems like an easy way to reenergize a great product and bring in some more revenue. Most of their work is done, all they'd have to do is freshen it up a bit. I'd pay for a suite upgrade.

I never flew the A-10 until recently... but I hopped in and now the F-14, F/A-18 and the Harrier are all collecting dust on the flight line because the Hawg is a BEAST.

Is anyone possibly looking into widening the scope of the original contract?

That would be awesome, but as Snoopy says, that ain't happening any time soon I guess.

Seems like an easy way to reenergize a great product and bring in some more revenue. Most of their work is done, all they'd have to do is freshen it up a bit. I'd pay for a suite upgrade.

I think it would be a major undertaking. Definitely worthwhile if they sold it as a new module, but just as an upgrade to the existing module, hoping for some people who haven't already bought it to buy it? Not likely. Remember that the way these things are modeled, it's not just bolting on another system. Just adding in the HMIT would probably take a couple of months of bug quashing, let alone the entire PE upgrade.

That said, I'm all for it. The A-10C was my first module, and I'd love another one. I have more hours in the Hawg than any other DCS aircraft, and I still routinely take it out for a spin. I'm one of those clowns that loads it down with every weapon possible, light on fuel, and goes to shack an entire airfield complex in one sortie.