El Chapo Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) Hi, After testing GBU-24 with the F-18, I have the feeling that the release range is quite short, comparable to what a Paveway II bomb would do. By design, Paveway III LGBs are much more efficient than the previous generation, gliding a lot more, and thus giving us the ability to shoot for longer distances. The TOF is therefore quite short as well: a 40'' TOF from 20k feet seems quite normal for a Paveway II, but it's very short for a Paveway III at the same altitude. Could we have someone looking at this? For example, FAS.org gives us an idea of these ranges. Thanks! Edited January 9, 2021 by Габихан Grammar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted January 9, 2021 ED Team Share Posted January 9, 2021 Hi, we are working on a new autopilot for the GBU-24, please consider it work in progress at the moment. thank you Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Chapo Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) Nice, thanks! Have you heard of the "left hook" by any chance?? Edited January 9, 2021 by Габихан Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skysurfer Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 28 minutes ago, BIGNEWY said: Hi, we are working on a new autopilot for the GBU-24, please consider it work in progress at the moment. thank you Is this a current high prio for January or something for after "EA" completion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman99 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 (edited) Is the GBU-24 considered “complete” now? After some trials, it seems to be tracking the laser correctly (which was a previous bug), but I’m not impressed with it’s low altitude range. Even when lofting, running in at +550kts with a 3-4g pull-up to ~30° It only has a range of a couple miles. I’d expect much further easily +5nm. Is it still WIP? Also, slightly off topic, how should the aircraft manoeuvre to maintain TGP LOS after release, without presenting a nice easy target? Currently I break right (Hornet with TGP on left chin station) 45° off run in heading, and 5° nose low. This just maintains the laser designation, although I do feel extremely exposed descending slowly at around 2,000ft agl. Any tips? Edited April 17, 2022 by norman99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Team BIGNEWY Posted April 22, 2022 ED Team Share Posted April 22, 2022 On 4/12/2022 at 4:02 AM, norman99 said: Is the GBU-24 considered “complete” now? No not complete yet, we have some more tweaking to do. A reminder to people, please do not post from real world documents here, ref. our 1.16 rule thanks Forum rules - DCS Crashing? Try this first - Cleanup and Repair - Discord BIGNEWY#8703 - Youtube - Patch Status Windows 11, NVIDIA MSI RTX 3090, Intel® i9-10900K 3.70GHz, 5.30GHz Turbo, Corsair Hydro Series H150i Pro, 64GB DDR @3200, ASUS ROG Strix Z490-F Gaming, HP Reverb G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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