Cacique Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 When a ordinance selected and pickled the TGP will display on the lower right side the time until impact. It typically looks like this "RYYY / XX" where XX counts down to 0 as the bomb falls to the ground. What is RYYY value mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cacique Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 Screenshot See the arrow. I suspect the R000 would be the minutes maybe? I've yet to see an ordinance take more than a minute dropping where the R means "Remaining"? I'll have to test this theory out later and see if i can drop an ordinance that will take more than a minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasyEB Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I would like to know this aswell. But tbh it sounds a little weird if it was minutes. I mean, there are three zeros. What falls for over 99 minutes? Maybe you can get a Mk-82 Air to fall for over a minute? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyboPops Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Isn't it slant range? I'm not particularly familiar with the Litening yet, just a guess based on what I know of the Sniper XR/ATP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cacique Posted February 24, 2017 Author Share Posted February 24, 2017 Isn't it slant range? I'm not particularly familiar with the Litening yet, just a guess based on what I know of the Sniper XR/ATP. The slant range is the value above that is in white and it's in nautical miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyboPops Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Oh sorry, I misread the OP and I can't view the picture at work. No clue what that other number is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cthulhu68 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 When the R is showing it shows you seconds until impact for your aircraft. R is probably radar as in radar altitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor18 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 When the R is showing it shows you seconds until impact for your aircraft. R is probably radar as in radar altitude. Or "Remaining" as time? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cthulhu68 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Or "Remaining" as time? ;) I'll buy that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvgWhiteGuy Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I can't see this being minutes as a 30,000 ft drop takes about 42 seconds! Depending on cross sectional calcs for drag, a B-52 dropping from 50,000 ft won't take much more than a minute. Asus B85 Pro Gamer - 32GB - Intel® Core i5-4460 CPU - SanDisk SDSSDXPS480G -Windows 10 Pro 64-bit - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 TrackIR5 - TM Warthog HOTAS Stick & Throttle - TM Cougar MFCDs - TM TPR Rudder Pedals - Razer Orbweaver - SoundBlasterX G5 DAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cacique Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 It seems to be minutes I tested it this weekend. I use mk-82 air and i flew above 20,000 ft. When i selected my mk-82 air it displayed something along like R001:15 Meaning that the bomb would take 1:15 seconds to fall and the value changes with altitude or changing fuzing which makes sense. When i pickled, it changed to I001:15 and started counting down. I'm guessing the I means "Impact" or time remaining till impact. Its weird that it shows 3 digits for minutes, but apparently that's what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scaley Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Yep, it's minutes. It's so long probably (my assumption) because the pod isn't only hung on the A-10. Other aircraft that use other weapon systems use it, including things that can release long range glide or powered ordnance like Walleye, Small Diameter Bomb, SLAM, etc. You won't be needing the extra digits in the A-10C but the Hornet drivers might be! That's always been my assumption anyway. 476th vFighter Group Main Page -- YouTube -- Discord Scaley AV YouTube - More videos from the 476th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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