SDB and jsow max range
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I wonder that can we ever reach SDB’s maximum range? At maximum altitude and maximum launch speed its range is approximately 50 miles, but irl and in dlz its range is 70 miles.
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…have you tried lofting one?
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@Stevie yes I tried but still doesn’t change. Also I can’t launch SDBs beyond 25° elevation
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@slient Wind also has effect on range.
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@slient - that sounds reasonable, given that the weapon has to have time to pitch down onto glide path.
What speed are you using for delivery? I should think they want to be delivered high and fast…
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@slient 50nm is about right for the SDB 1 that we have. 70+nm is the SDB2 which is not in BMS AFAIK
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In RL if extreme lofting is possible…
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@obsidianuk said in SDB and jsow max range:
@slient 50nm is about right for the SDB 1 that we have. 70+nm is the SDB2 which is not in BMS AFAIK
SDB II is available, on F-15E, but same behavior (or very similar) to SDB I. AKAIK
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@CheckPoint I wonder if it’s just the same flight model as the SDB 1
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@obsidianuk said in SDB and jsow max range:
@CheckPoint I wonder if it’s just the same flight model as the SDB 1
I haven’t noticed significant difference, if any.
It would need a quick check on both weapons data files…
EDIT :
Just checked.
Appart form the Weight in the SimWeaponData table, everything else is the same for both weapons, for what I found in Falcon BMS Editor.
In addition there is only a GBU-39.dat file, nothing related to GBU-53; so to me it is an additional point to think that both have the same flight model (AFAIK). -
@Stevie Max altitude (~40k feet), max speed (0.95 mach)