GBU Guidance and Laser Designators
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What happen if you trigger 2nd detent just like that? will the gun fire or not?
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Not mine, but I have “triggerseconddetent” as callback, there is a callback “fire guns” too, but that does what you describe iirc.
Cheers
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What happen if you trigger 2nd detent just like that? will the gun fire or not?
For me, I can have Master Arm ON, but if I am in NAV mode then pulling the second trigger detent still does nothing.
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yes, the laser can be used for slant range. The laser IIRC is a higher priority sensor than the FCR for determining slant range.
how is that possible when the laser fires the 7sec before bomb impact.
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how is that possible when the laser fires the 7sec before bomb impact.
Forget about auto lasing… people should get used to lase manually… in RL the lasing is always manual AFAIK. So with 1st trigger detent you can lase whenever you like.
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So, if want to TGP MARK pt, GPS coors or a CCRP cue, in r/l, you need manual lase mode, pull the trigger.
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Auto-lase trigger is only for ownship bomb fall timer. All other functions (buddy lase, range finding, cooking chicken at a distance, etc.) is manual activation.
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So, if want to TGP MARK pt, GPS coors or a CCRP cue, in r/l, you need manual lase mode, pull the trigger.
More exactly : IRL, if you want one of these things accurately, you need to pull the trigger.
Otherwise the systems computes something either based on training laser rangefinding, or if it finds this unreliable (weather, whatever) radar slant range in the TGP direction (if available), or based on your barometric altitude. I dont know if it is able to know target altitude, so that makes the last one kind of ballpark.
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More exactly : IRL, if you want one of these things accurately, you need to pull the trigger.
Otherwise the systems computes something either based on training laser rangefinding, or if it finds this unreliable (weather, whatever) radar slant range in the TGP direction (if available), or based on your barometric altitude. I dont know if it is able to know target altitude, so that makes the last one kind of ballpark.
for targeting, if the system falls back to barometric altitude, then it assumes the target is at the same altitude as the STPT.
how is that possible when the laser fires the 7sec before bomb impact.
IF the laser is active, then it gives the system high accuracy slant range information. When the laser is deactivated again, it reverts back to the next highest priority sensor.
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More exactly : IRL, if you want one of these things accurately, you need to pull the trigger.
Otherwise the systems computes something either based on training laser rangefinding, or if it finds this unreliable (weather, whatever) radar slant range in the TGP direction (if available), or based on your barometric altitude. I dont know if it is able to know target altitude, so that makes the last one kind of ballpark.
Baro get it close. At 6000msl 45* slant angle SPI is off ~1nm. Could be “danger close” issues.
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I made my first flight since January the other day (bought me a cougar and dx’ed it) so my memory might be a bit off.
But I think I used to use auto and 12sec for laser, and it was because the manual laser by first trigger wasn’t bulletproof. I think it had to do with if I pressed and released the trigger and pressed again, the bomb didn’t pick up the laser the second time.
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In RL there is more accuracy to laser ranging than tracking or estimated (L, T and E maybe appear near the range value in TGP MFD) but in the sim, unless TGP inaccuracy is modeled, there is no difference.