Bombing Improvement

My bombing is starting to get better. Following the manuals weapons and delivery parameters is paying off.

Good job :)

And the FAB-250 is a clear favourite of mine.

BOOM!

what is your resolution? mine is 10 meters according to tacview (one pass haul ass)

to get resolution, download tacview (unless you already have it)

then do the bombing and in the log where it says hit by ...

you double click on that, then you have a blue FAB-250 and the hit unit. Just see the distance in meters or feet in the swap (hot/cold/degrees) button.

I did not know Tacview could tell me that.

Keep in mind, I'm using Erpe's warhead mod. Tacview is showing lethality to 200 ft. They are exposed infantry not in vehicles and with no buildings or terrain features.

yes it could. just double click the hit by (weapon) to see the range from weapon impact point to target.

The farthest is 209 ft.

the closest?

Right under the bomb I guess.

I dunno, really didn't look for that spec. Offhand, I think it was on the order of 30 ft? I'm at work and can't check right now.

What depression angle were you inputting on the ASP? What other parameters have you been going by as far as entry spped, dive angle etc?

What the manual says. A dive angle of 20 deg with a the ASP set at 13 and trying to ingress at 1200 m at 400 kmh and releasing about 700 m. That's where I started.

Those specs are a good starting point. It will start you knowing about where and when to hit the release. I laid two FAB-250s dead center on my target last night and had very little left to mop-up with the rockets. And I missed the parameters on the "book" approach attack.

I zipped a Tacview file for reference. You'll note I came in shallow. I changed from FaceTrackNoir to OpenTrack and I've noticed that in OpenTrack, I can't lean over and look over the side so to speak. I'm still working on my visual cues for starting an attack run.

I'm also using the warhead mod.

Tacview-20150327-195625-DCS.txt.zip

What the manual says. A dive angle of 20 deg with a the ASP set at 13 and trying to ingress at 1200 m at 400 kmh and releasing about 700 m. That's where I started.

 

Those specs are a good starting point. It will start you knowing about where and when to hit the release. I laid two FAB-250s dead center on my target last night and had very little left to mop-up with the rockets. And I missed the parameters on the "book" approach attack.

 

I zipped a Tacview file for reference. You'll note I came in shallow. I changed from FaceTrackNoir to OpenTrack and I've noticed that in OpenTrack, I can't lean over and look over the side so to speak. I'm still working on my visual cues for starting an attack run.

 

I'm also using the warhead mod.

I think ingress should be at 470 km/h according to the table, which is achieved with roughly 97% RPM.

When starting the roll in I bring the throttle to idle.

Yeah, it does say 440 km/h, doesn't it? Been missing that parameter. Nonetheless, results are still there.

Well I've been divebombing with the L-39 lately. Works a treat if you've got enough altitude.

What the manual says. A dive angle of 20 deg with a the ASP set at 13 and trying to ingress at 1200 m at 400 kmh and releasing about 700 m. That's where I started.

 

Those specs are a good starting point. It will start you knowing about where and when to hit the release. I laid two FAB-250s dead center on my target last night and had very little left to mop-up with the rockets. And I missed the parameters on the "book" approach attack.

 

I zipped a Tacview file for reference. You'll note I came in shallow. I changed from FaceTrackNoir to OpenTrack and I've noticed that in OpenTrack, I can't lean over and look over the side so to speak. I'm still working on my visual cues for starting an attack run.

 

I'm also using the warhead mod.

Are you sure that´s the correct TacView? I see an F-15 sortie where you down an IL76...

Are you sure that´s the correct TacView? I see an F-15 sortie where you down an IL76...

Holy crap! I picked the wrong file. That's from a year ago. When I get home I'll try it again.

Here's the correct Tacview file in zip format.

Tacview-20160308-200512-DCS.txt.zip

I did not know Tacview could tell me that.

 

Keep in mind, I'm using Erpe's warhead mod. Tacview is showing lethality to 200 ft. They are exposed infantry not in vehicles and with no buildings or terrain features.

Not to trail thread away, but just as a footnote that a 250kg bomb should do something more than just that.

[ame]http://sill-www.army.mil/firesbulletin/archives/2002/NOV_DEC_2002/NOV_DEC_2002_FULL_EDITION.pdf[/ame]

(and if it doesn't work)

http://imgur.com/gallery/gIjCo

And some other:

http://tanks.mod16.org/2014/03/10/report-on-protection-from-fragments-from-he-ammunition/

So maybe one day we can get the simulation more accurate to ease our bombing runs and effectiveness to do ground attacks ;)