Ripple bombing ccrp vs ccip

[didimos]

I know that when you ripple bomb in ccip you have to aim at tge center of the stick(lock the middle vehicle of abattalion). What about ccrp ripple. Di you have to lock the first vehicle of the column? What are the differences between the ballistic profiles of the two methods?

Thanks in advance!

[Frederf]

Everything (CCRP, DTOS, LADD, CCIP) is always middle of bomb pattern equals middle of aimpoint. Half of the bomb pattern will land before aimpoint and half after regardless of 1 or 2 or 3 or …12. The only time you have to worry about the length of bomb pattern is in manual (MAN) mode.

The ballistic calculation is the same. With CCIP because it’s showing you the projected impact point the longer the bomb pattern the farther the CCIP pipper will be. With CCRP countdown is to first release so larger patterns will reach 0:00 sooner all else the same. You can make two profiles PROF1 and PROF2 which are the same except that one is 1 bomb and the other is a larger pattern. Then get on approach to a target, use the freeze command to halt the airplane in the sky, then switch between the PROF1/PROF2 profiles to what what change happens to the calculations.

[airtex2019]

@Frederf was this changed/fixed in U1? pretty sure (in 4.35 and maybe 4.36.0) CCRP the aim point is the first bomb.

[didimos]

@Frederf

Thanks for the info!

[airtex2019]

@airtex2019 @Frederf @didimos

4.36.1 => here’s a CCRP ripple of 4 smoke bombs, targetting the center of the 5 bullseyes

[jayb]

@airtex2019

This is how it has been and according to the training manual still is: CCRP is first bomb of a ripple (“bomb stick”), while CCIP is the middle of the stick.

[didimos]

@airtex2019

I was under the same impression as well!

[jayb]

@airtex2019 Yes, good illustration of CCRP

[Frederf]

@jayb said in Ripple bombing ccrp vs ccip:

@airtex2019

This is how it has been and according to the training manual still is: CCRP is first bomb of a ripple (“bomb stick”), while CCIP is the middle of the stick.

That is not correct behavior in relation to the real airplane.

[jayb]

@Frederf That may be true, I have no idea. But BMS has been wrong for years then:

[Frederf]

Looks like. CCRP doesn’t even have a pipper.

[jayb]

@Frederf You’re right, they probably mean the TD box in the case of CCRP