SDB A10 Employment
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I haven’t been able to find anything on using the SDBs with the A10, or any bug reports on my issue, so if there is something I missed in the forums please let me know–but I haven’t been able to use the SDBs with the A10. I have no problems with the F16, and use the exact same profile and engagement sequence in both aircraft, but the bombs never leave the rails in the A10.
I have tried it both using mark points and straight from the TGP with no luck. There is no JIZ on the HUD, I’m not sure if that’s because I’m doing something wrong or it’s not part of the A10 HUD. As I said, I have no problems using them in the F16, so I know I am doing the normal engagement sequence correct, and to make sure I flew with the manual open and followed it step by step (With no FCR). Is there something different in the A10 sequence or procedure? Has anyone successfully employed them from the A10?
Sequence I’m using:
Make sure SDBs are on and aligned (RDY)
Locate target on TGP and create a mark point from TGP
Make sure nothing targeted with TGP
CZ
switch to STP 26
Wait until in range and pickleBombs never drop…
I’m wondering if the speed or altitude is too low? There is no Mach number on the A10 hud so I can’t tell if I’m below .6 and you can’t really get up to 20k so I’m trying it at 16k. Anyone have any ideas or see something I’m doing wrong in my engagement sequence?Is there any type of count down on the HUD? And are you hold the pickle button down until release?
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I guess your speed might be too low, depending on the A-10’s loadout… have you tried picking up some kts from a short dive maybe? Overgeed the loadout? Station stuck / hung or displaying “RDY”?
Sorry I’m not an A-10 expert, just guessing here.
Uwe
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I guess your speed might be too low, depending on the A-10’s loadout… have you tried picking up some kts from a short dive maybe? Overgeed the loadout? Station stuck / hung or displaying “RDY”?
My bet would be on too low release speed aswell (been there too!). I just tried the SDB’s with A-10C, and they work nicely when the release conditions given by TO-BMS1F-16CM-34-1-1 (p. 203) are met.
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My bet would be on too low release speed aswell (been there too!). I just tried the SDB’s with A-10C, and they work nicely when the release conditions given by TO-BMS1F-16CM-34-1-1 (p. 203) are met.
Even on the F-16 you won’t get the JIZ cue if your airspeed is too low. Since the A-10 is much slower than the F-16 I would bet that this is the problem.
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Are operational A-10s even capable of using these things in real life?
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Are operational A-10s even capable of using these things in real life?
I’m thinking not. Has anyone tried loading a HARM and an HTS pod on the A-10? That would be interesting…