TE mission: Korea Tour Ferry mission for BMS 4.37
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(031823 update)
The 4.36 missions are compatible with 4.37. You can use it without conversion.
I added new mission on air to ground strafing, the following mission no.5Mission
- Korea tour ferry mission
- Landing on 3 H condition, high GW, elevation, temperature
- High Altitude Dive Bomb (HADB) training at Chikdo
- Maximum Range Descent (MRD) training
- Air to Ground Strafing.
Dear all,
I made Korea tour ferry mission a few years ago. Someone asked to update the mission for this version.
I failed when I used Mission Commander (MC) to convert the mission. The old mission has Mandumi airbase that have been removed in this version.
So I remade the mission. You can download the mission via Google drive, link textDuring the ferry mission on Korea, we can train many things like fuel management, optimal cruise with altitude and speed, military climb, maximum distance descent etc.
We take off at Gimpo via Ongjin -> Uiju -> Mt. Baekdu -> Kilchu -> East sea -> Dokdo -> Gimhae -> Gwangju -> Yellow sea -> Chikdo -> Seosan and return to Gimpo.Total mission distance is 1330 nautical miles (nm), estimated mission time is ~200 minutes (mins) including ramp start, taxi, and landing procedure.
The F16 Block52 storage is 2xA120B, 2xA9X, 6xMk82LG, and two types of fuel tanks, 2xT370, T300, and total gross weight (GW) is ~41k lbs and drag is 258.The limit conditions you must keep are:
- follow 11 waypoints and do not deviate from the way out of 10 nm.
- you can use hot pit refuel just before rolling on the runway on Gimpo.
- do not drop the weapons except empty fuel tanks.
- return Gimpo not too late, within 250 mins.
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I am sharing my fuel usage, optimal speed and altitude to make this mission success.
There are bunch of ways to do the mission, my profile (the below table) could be one of them.
The important things are- do not use afterburner (AB) for climb, cruise and at any situations.
- must know the optimal cruse altitude and speed (Mach) which are dependent on current GW and drag ; to get this info, see the real life manual, HAF-F16-Supple page 70.
FYI, in BMS, optimal cruise altitude (CRUS HOME DED) seems to be calculated slightly wrong, in particular when GW and drag become heavier and higher. Instead of the info in DED, refer the graph in the upper manual. You could see the values in the below table (Mach and Altitude). - As the F16 is getting to lose weight by consuming its fuel, its GW decrease so the optimal altitude gradually is getting higher.
- When passing a waypoint, make a smooth line. For this, you must know a lead distance which are function of speed and bank angle (LDR* in the table).
- The starting temperature in this mission is ~24 degree Celsius. So true altitude is higher than barometric altitude you read because of higher temperature and pressure. Cruise altitudes which you measure should be calibrated. If you have E6B, you could get the true altitude from temperature and 29.92 inHg of pressure setting over transition altitude (BA in table). Another way is that when you fly on the sea, the radar altitude is true altitude.
- To keep a current altitude, use autopilot with steerpoint and attitude hold instead of altitude hold. Altitude hold is based on barometric alt, sometimes the atmosphere change makes the plane fluctuates and it is not fuel efficient.
- Maximum range descent keeps throttle IDLE and optimal descent speed which is dependent on the current drag, the gold rule: 215 (drag: 0) ~ 230 KIAS (drag: 230) . By controlling pitch angle, try to keep the speed with throttle IDLE. It explains in HAF-F16-Supple page 140.
Enjoy this mission, I hope you arrive at Gimpo safely.
# T(m) X(nm)) Alt(') TAS CAS TuFue GW DI Status Mach SpeR BA(') LDR* 0 21.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 41644 258 Hfuel 0.00 0.000 0 0.0 -> Hot pit refuel just before rolling 1 21.6 1.0 0 198 195 122 41521 258 TO 0.30 0.008 0 0.0 2 33.5 87.6 29000 372 235 2099 39544 258 Climb 0.62 0.048 27966 0.0 3 51.4 229.7 29000 479 309 3945 37306 241 Cru 0.79 0.088 27966 5.0 -> Center fueltank drop 4 82.0 466.4 34000 473 279 6695 34556 241 Cru 0.80 0.096 32816 3.8 5 94.5 564.7 34000 473 279 7652 32537 201 Cru 0.80 0.104 32816 0.9 -> Wing fueltank drop 6 129.2 838.7 34000 473 279 10072 30117 201 Cru 0.80 0.113 32816 5.2 7 154.0 1032.9 35000 468 271 11682 28507 201 Cru 0.80 0.122 33816 1.7 8 170.0 1157.1 39000 469 248 12778 27411 201 Cru 0.80 0.127 37716 2.2 9 178.6 1224.3 39000 469 248 13293 26896 201 Cru 0.80 0.130 37716 4.7 10 185.2 1275.9 39000 469 248 13684 26505 201 Cru 0.80 0.132 37716 0.9 11 195.6 1332.0 0 168 166 14049 26140 201 Land 0.25 0.091 0 0.0 -> Maximum descent range 12 206.2 1332.6 0 0 0 14308 25881 201 Taxi 0.00 0.000 0 0.0
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#: waypoint ; T(m): Time (min) ; X(nm): Distance(nm) ;
Alt(‘): optimal cruise altitude (’ ; feet)
TuFue: total used fuel (lbs) ; GW and DI: gross weight/drag_index
Status: what we are doing in the waypoint ; Mach: optimal Mach number
SpeR: specific distance per 1 pound of fuel (nm/lbs)
BA('): corrected barometic altitude (feet) considering temperature (~24 degrees) and pressure (30.12 inHg). Above a transition altitude, BA is set by the pressure, 29.92 inHg. -
thank you, mack!
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@mack97 Thanks again!!!
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Thank you a lot, dear mate, I was missing them.
Please tell me only one thing: are those clear instructions above reported in some separate briefing papers, by chance?With best compliments and regards.
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@Jackal said in TE mission: Korea Tour Ferry mission for BMS 4.36:
Thank you a lot, dear mate, I was missing them.
Please tell me only one thing: are those clear instructions above reported in some separate briefing papers, by chance?
With best compliments and regards.Thanks,
I made it and uploaded. Links here txt and pdf fileIn case of txt file, to see the map and table properly by text viewers (notepad recommended), you must choose one of the following mono-space fonts, such as Lucida console, Consolas, Courier New, and etc, with no word wrap.
Thanks for your interesting on the mission.
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Hello,
I prepared another mission. This existed in the old mission bundle. But I failed to convert. I remade it. One by one, I will remake and upload these old missions.This mission is for a landing. The factors influencing on landing are various, such as crosswind, weather (rain/snow), visibility, and etc. Many ready missions are existing on the default TE mission. I consider the others, three ‘High’ condition, high gross weight (GW), temperature, and elevation. These influences the approach speed, landing distance, and braking energy. In this situation, the landing requires longer runway length and you must calculate the landing distance. The airfield is Samjiyon near Chunji lake at Mt. Baekdu. It is highest located in Koera, 4,478 feet. Because season is hot summer, the temperature at surface set on 45 degree Celsius. The F16 carries full weapons and fuel, reaching 37k lbs of GW. The mission file is here (link). The gross weight is 37.7k lbs carrying 4A120B, 12Mk82LG, and ALG184 ECM pod, and drag index (DI) is 312. The F16 is on the final approach 15 nm off from the runway. Request the approach to land. This is harder than the normal landing mission because of heavier gross weight. The plane is lighter because it consumes fuel during a training, ~2500 lbs. The high gross weight of 35k lbs, high temperature at 45 degrees, and high elevation of 4478 ft makes the F16 to require the longer runway. The whole landing distance including the aero-braking and wheel-braking estimates 7,400 ft that is enough to land the longer Samjiyon runway, 7,900 ft. The approach speed estimates ~180 KCAS. However, do properly the landing procedure or F16 will overrun the runway or the braking system will destroy. Although the tower guides you to land on 5L, shorter (6,000 ft), ignore the tower and land 5R, the longer one, because it cannot change the runway in the current BMS.
+----------------------------------------+ | | | Three Hs Landing Distance | | | | GW: 35000 DI: 312 | | Temp: 45 Pres: 29.92 | | RCR: dry Elev: 4478' | | | | Vapp: | | 181 KCAS | |** | | *** | | *** | | *** EnB: 11.2 (Normal) | | *** LD: 7357 + a' | | *** = AE: 5275' + AR: 2082' | | **=========================| | Vtd: Vaw: | | 172 KCAS 98 KCAS | | | +----------------------------------------+
where, GW: gross weight ; DI: drag index ; Temp(erature) ; Pres(sure) ; RCR : runway condition reading ; Elev(ation) ; Vapp: approach speed ; Vtd: touchdown speed ; Vaw: transition speed from aero- to wheel-braking ; LD: whole landing distance ; AE: aero-braking distance ; AR: wheel-braking distance ; EnB: accumulated braking energy
I tested the mission, recorded acmi and filmed Tacview.
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Dear all,
Another mission is ready. This mission is for a bomb training on the Chikdo field. The mission is similar to the default BMS TE mission on Kotar. I tweaked something and changed to Chikdo. There are two targets and the real target in this mission is a circular target on the left side (see the falcon-bms map).
F16 carries 2xA9 2xA120 12xBDU33DB 2xT370 ALG184. The mission starts just before waypoint to Chikdo. The initial gross weight is 35k lbs and DI of 168. It starts in the middle of the mission, when you starts the mission, the amount of fuel was consumed around 4000 lbs. The mission file can download in here . The circular target is assigned on W11. Change the waypoint and fly to the target. You can test various bombing techniques, level, dive bomb, loft bomb, , manual bomb, and etc. Here, the following youtube shows high altitude dive bomb (HADB).
HADB stands for high altitude dive bomb. It is defined for dive angle over 30 degrees and release altitude is medium or high (over 10k’ ASL, above surface level). This has some advantages compared to low altitude loft bombing (LALB) or level bombing. It is designed for in a high threat environment and performs a bomb release above enemy ground defence system, such as AAA, MANPAD and SHORAD etc. If target is surrounded by static SAMs, the approach is not good. Another advantage is better for target recognition and bomb efficiency. Higher dive angles give a better accuracy and higher impact angle which is effective on the flat targets, such as a harden ‘flat’ bunker, etc. Downside is that high angle loses altitude quickly so that it’s hard to align target. Thus this is for better fixed target not moving targets.
To perform properly, you understand Z-diagram (Navy style) that is presentations of pattern and weaponeering information. The following is an example for HADB Z-diagram. It consists of various parameters, A/S: airspeed at approach (top: 400 KCAS) and release (bottom: 534 KCAS), ALT: altitude at approach (top: 20k ft) and release (bottom: 13k ft), ACD: attack cone distance (roll in toward target: 3.4) in nm, FPA: flight path angle (dive angle: 45 degree), SA: sight angle (140 mil-radian: 8 degree) in mil-radian (mr) summing of SD (sight depression) and AOA, TOF: time of bomb flight, RPM: engine round per minute in %, AOD: aim off distance in feet and angle in degree (same as SD), and Zmin: minimum release firing altitude.
+----------------------------------------+ | | | 45 degree dive bomb | | A/S ALT | | 400 KCAS 20000' | | ******************************** 3.4| | FPA 45° **** ACD| | **** | | **** | | *** | | *** | | **** | | **** | | **** | | *** | | *** 140 SA/TOF 14.5 | | ******************************** | | A/S 534 KCAS ALT 12985' | | RPM 100% Zmin 10905' | | AOD 3032'/7.5° LAW | +----------------------------------------+
The following table shows the release parameters (TAS, Alt, and Alpha), TbF (Time of bomb fall), miss distance (Err), and MR (milradian for miss distance at the release) in the youtube. The CEP which represents 50% of hit is ~82 ft.
#B Bomb TAS Alt Alpha Tbf Err(') RelT RelA MR 1 BDU-33D/B 714 13234 43.2 14.2 107.0 dive high 10 2 BDU-33D/B 714 13234 43.2 14.2 127.5 dive high 12 3 BDU-33D/B 528 13070 45.7 13.5 148.3 dive high 15 4 BDU-33D/B 528 13070 45.7 13.5 166.4 dive high 17 5 BDU-33D/B 726 14650 45.2 14.9 51.3 dive high 4 6 BDU-33D/B 726 14650 45.2 14.9 61.2 dive high 5 7 BDU-33D/B 536 13769 40.6 15.1 50.8 dive high 4 8 BDU-33D/B 536 13769 40.6 15.1 68.8 dive high 6 9 BDU-33D/B 535 13980 41.5 15.1 94.2 dive high 8 10 BDU-33D/B 535 13980 41.5 15.1 113.2 dive high 10 11 BDU-33D/B 590 13704 42.4 14.6 28.8 dive high 2 12 BDU-33D/B 590 13704 42.4 14.6 46.7 dive high 4
The following is my CEP diagram including the upper. The impact positions are marked with the bomb numbers.
CEP (Total DB) +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | N CEP (50%): = 77.75' | | | CEP (Pilot): 68.70' | | | Target: · (center) | | | All hits in DB: +|x | | | Pilot in DB: x | | | Rel bomb hits: #num | | | Box dim: ± 200' | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +| | | + | | | + + | + | | ++ +=+ + + | | + ================== + + | | + +++=== +|+ + == | | + + + + + === + + | === + | | + + +==+ ++ ++| == + | | == + + ++++ | == | | + + =++ + ++ + ++ | + + + = | | + = ++ + ++ ++++ +++ = | | W = + + + + + + ++++ + = E | |-----------------------++-+-=---+-+-----++++--·---------+------==-------------+----+---------| | ++ = + 7+ + + ++ |+ + + + = + + | | + =+8 ++ + 11+ |+ = | | +=+ ++ 12+ + + | + + = + + + + | | 2 1 + +=+ + | + ++ = | | + == | ++++ == | | ++ == 5++ == | | + + === 6 | + === | | 9 == | == | | 4 3 +10 ================== | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | + | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | S | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
If you send your acmi file saving the training mission to me, I can calculate these parameters, in particular CEP for you and you can check your exact CEP and error.
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Hello, all
I prepared another training mission for MRD (maximum range descent).Maximum range descent (MRD) is a technique for a pilot to fly as far as possible under limited fuel. For pilot to arrive the maximum distance, a pilot keeps lift-to-drag ratio to max, (L/D)max by consuming altitude and getting speed. The (L/D)max is obtained by controlling the plane’s AOA (angle of attack) and airspeed. F16 has the (L/D)max at ranging from 6 to 8 degree of AOA and from 230 to 190 CAS.
F16 was on the duty on East sea and he is on the way of returning to Gangneung airbase. The current gross weight (GW) is 21k lbs including 2xA9 and 2xA120 and Drag Index (DI) is 27. The weather condition is 20 degree C and 29.74 inHg on the surface. The wind blows from North, i.e. mostly cross wind. The mission starts in the situation of F16 with 300 KCAS of speed and 31k feet of altitude. The bad situation is that he has low fuel state of 260 lbs, and the remaining distance to Gangneung airbase is around 75 nm. The fuel quantity is enough to arrive if you perform MRD properly. When you enter into the cockpit, it reads incorrectly because the measurement of fuel state is inaccurate. The mission is downloadable here: Falcon BMS 436 TE mission. Enjoy mission.
Optimal condition for maximum range descent happens at AOA~8 degs, speed~191 KCAS and (Cl/Cd)max~10 which has a plateau value from 6 to 8 degree of AOA. The total estimated MRD flying time is ~17mins and the required fuel quantity is 240 lbs. The remaining 25 lbs fuel is able to used to keep the altitude. The flying distance per 1000 feet of altitude loss is ~2.3 nm/ft in the condition of 20k lbs of GW and 27 of DI.
The next YouTube shows me playing the above mission. Just when I arrived at runway threshold, the fuel became empty, engine shutdown, and EPU operated.
The following graphs are the various parameter change during the mission, such as Dist vs Alt, Dist vs CAS/AOA, AOA vs Alt, and KCAS vs (Cl/Cd)max.35000 +--------Dist(nm) vs Alt(ft)--------+ 320 +---------Dist(nm) vs KCAS----------+ 8 +----------Dist(nm) vs AOA----------+ | : : : : : : : | | : : : : : : : | | : ++++++ : : : ++++++ | |+++++ : : : : : : | | : : : : : : : | | ++++ : : : : : : | 30000 |-+..++..:....:...:....:...:....:...| 300 |-+..:...:....:...:....:...:....:...| | +: : : : : : : | | :+++: : : : : : | | : : : : : : : | | ++: : : : : : : | | : +++ : : : : : | |+ : : : : : : : | | + : : : : : : : | 25000 |-+..:...:++..:...:....:...:....:...| 280 |++..:...:....:...:....:...:....:...| | ++ : : : : : : : | | : : +++: : : : : | |+ : : : : : : : | 6 |-+..:...:....:...:....:...:....:...| | : : ++ : : : : | |+ : : : : : : : | | + : : : : : : : | 20000 |-+..:...:....+++.:....:...:....:...| 260 |++..:...:....:...:....:...:....:...| | + : : : : : : : | | : : : ++: : : : | |+ : : : : : : : | |++ : : : : : : : | 15000 |-+..:...:....:..+++...:...:....:...| 240 |++..:...:....:...:....:...:....:...| |+ : : : : : : : | | : : : :++ : : : | | + : : : : : : : | |+ : : : : : : : | | : : : : +++: : : | | + : : : : : : : | 4 |++..:...:....:...:....:...:....:...| 10000 |-+..:...:....:...:...++...:....:...| 220 |-++.:...:....:...:....:...:....:...| |+ : : : : : : : | | : : : : +++ : : | | + : : : : : : : | |+ : : : : : : : | | : : : : : ++: : | | ++: : : : : : : | | : : : : : : : | 5000 |-+..:...:....:...:....:..+++...:...| 200 |-+.+++++:....:...:....:...:....:...| | : : : : : : : | | : : : : : :++ : | | : +++++++++++++++++++++++++ | | : : : : : : : | | + + + + + + ++++ | | + + + + + + + | | + + + + + + + | 0 +-----------------------------------+ 180 +-----------------------------------+ 2 +-----------------------------------+ 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 35000 +----------AOA vs Alt(ft)-----------+ 10 +---KCAS vs (Cl/Cd)max at 31000'----+ 12 +-----KCAS vs (Cl/Cd)max at 0'------+ | : : | | : : : +++++ : : : | | : : : : : : | | +++++++++++++++++++++++++ | | : : :++++ ++: : : | | : : : : : : | 30000 |-+.........:...........:......+++..| | : : ++ : ++++ : : | | : : : : : : | | : : ++ | | : : ++ : :+++++ : | 10 |-+..:....:.++++++...:....:....:....| | : : ++| 8 |-+..:...:..++:...:....:...++++.:...| | : :++ ++ ++ : : : | 25000 |-+.........:...........:..........+| | : : + : : : : +++ | | : +++ : +++ : : | | : : +| | : : ++ : : : : + | | : ++: : ++++ : : | | : : +| | : :++ : : : : : | 8 |-+..:..+.:....:.....:..+++....:....| 20000 |-+.........:...........:..........+| | : :+ : : : : : | | : + : : : +++ : | | : : | 6 |-+..:...+....:...:....:...:....:...| | :++ : : : : +++ | | : : | | : ++ : : : : : | | ++ : : : : + | 15000 |-+.........:...........:...........| | : ++: : : : : : | | +: : : : : : | | : : | | : + : : : : : : | 6 |-++.:....:....:.....:....:....:....| | : : | | :++ : : : : : : | | + : : : : : : | 10000 |-+.........:...........:...........| | :+ : : : : : : | | + : : : : : : | | : : | 4 |-+..:+..:....:...:....:...:....:...| |+ : : : : : : | | : : +| | + : : : : : : | 4 |++..:....:....:.....:....:....:....| 5000 |-+.........:...........:..........+| | + : : : : : : | |: : : : : : : | | : : +| | +: : : : : : : | | : : : : : : | | + + ++| | + + + + + + + | | + + + + + + | 0 +-----------------------------------+ 2 +-----------------------------------+ 2 +-----------------------------------+ 2 4 6 8 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330
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Air-to-ground strafing is a military tactic in which an aircraft, usually a fighter or attack aircraft, flies low over a ground target and fires its guns or rockets at the target while moving at high speed. The term “strafing” comes from the German word “strafe,” which means “punishment” or “penalty.”
Strafing is typically used against ground targets that are either stationary or moving slowly, such as enemy troops, vehicles, or buildings. The goal of strafing is to quickly deliver a high volume of accurate fire on the target to destroy or neutralize it.
During strafing, the aircraft usually approaches the target at a low altitude and high speed, often in a shallow dive. The pilot aims the aircraft’s guns or rockets at the target and fires in short bursts, using the aircraft’s speed and maneuverability to evade enemy defenses and avoid ground fire.
Strafing can be an effective tactic in modern warfare, but it also carries significant risks. The low altitude and high speed of the aircraft make it vulnerable to ground fire, and the pilot must maintain a high level of situational awareness to avoid collisions with other aircraft or obstacles on the ground. Additionally, strafing can cause collateral damage to nearby civilian populations or structures, so it must be used with care and precision.Armament: 2x9M and M61 gun
GW: 28753 DI: 46
Targets: 4 Tu-160s and 2 Mig-29 preparing takeoff at Haeju AB (1000 points)
Air defense: light/heavy AAA with radar guided (KS-19, KS-12, S-60, Zu-23, ZPU-2) and no MANPADMission file u can get here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wJRjsQj-SbS1RPQZtXEV4OizaTdZ6unF/view?usp=sharing)
Three profiles ; here i tried 30 degree dive angle strafing five times. They have up and downs
Type Dive BaseAlt CAS Thrust Base/IP TT rel_alt rel_CAS %BFL SA(degs/mr) TOF 30G 30 8000 350 MIL 2.5/27.8 10.3 3k 555 0 1.1/18 3.9 20G 20 6000 400 MIL 2.8/18.9 12 2k 580 0 1.1/19 3.6 10G 10 2500 450 MIL 2.3/9.6 9 1k 549 0 1.3/22 3.5
where, DA: dive_angle(degs) ; Base: base distance to start dive(nm) ; IP: pitch angle at the base(degs) TT: tracking time(sec) ; %BFL: % of (fpm~target)/(fpm~pipper) just after finishing rollin ; SA(degs/mil): sight angle in degs/miliradians ; TOF: time of flight of gun(sec)
Considerations:
- AG strafing is vulnerable to ground fire (small/large caliber)
- high alt/fast speed is safe against ground fires, such as light/heavy AAA
- no reference for distance in strafing mode ; in the case that the target is moving, the visual reference using canopy code is useful
- strafing bullets have initial velocity and it flies directly in the effective range (less 1nm) so the sight angle (SA: sight depression + AOA) is getting smaller (or negative) compared to bombs ; it means the speed is not largely influenced to the SA which affects the tracking time.
- In the movie, i did not care the approach speed ; the release speed and tracking time is faster than one in the profile
- In the profile, the slant range to the target at the release is from 5k~6k’ ; the trigger in the effective range (dot in the pipper ~4k’) makes the release altitude lower than one in the profile
- high angle strafing from high altitude can easily see the target compared to low angle strafing
- holding wings level while tracking a target for more than 10secs is considered too predictable for enemy fire