I love dumb bombing in the MIrage, it is so much fun but quite tricky at times, but you can carry so so so soooo many of those fun french bombs.
Recently been working on my rocket lofting skills with the Hind, the S-24 is the best bang for the buck but hardest to get on target, the S-8 allows you to blow up a grid from 10 clicks but is less fun. The S-24 lofts to 13000ft when released on the deck for maximum range!
Anyway, working with tables and flying the numbers is a lot of fun, I would recommend putting on active pause as soon as you release the bomb, bind it to the same button even, that way you can spectate the bomb impact. Turn on unlimited weapons, fuel and map visibility so track and map your impacts. Note down the release parameters and find a comfortable middle ground that allows YOU to be accurate, not the mathematical manual
this is more of a addendum to what Jenrick is saying, I think he is probably better at this then I am!
There are three kinds of people in this world.
The ones that have problems and ignore them,
The ones that have problems and face them head on.
The ones that whine and cry then face thiers problems.
So i am going to move from the third tier into the second tier.
Did I tell you how good I am at math? My target is 3041 ASL I need to be 250 ft above that. So I keep coming in at 3500 and missing the target. I dont know what kind of Ouija board playing, Crystal Ball watching or Pipe Smoking I was doing… Perhaps 3041 plus 250 is 3291 and I will just cal 3300 ASL good…
So by the time I figured this out, I was done for the day. But I did manage to scratch the paint on some BTRs and AAA vehicles. The drop in their crew’s morale was enough for me to claim victory, (Ok Now I sound like Trump) Too Soon? In all seriousness, I am getting closer. I have been dropping Ripple Pairs. I was afraid to use a stick of bombs until my aim improved. But I am getting closer.
So tonight I will go for unlimited weapons and fuel load. 3300ft and 500kn. Perhaps this will get me closer to the target. Soon as i drop the bombs I hit View to Hostile ground. I have it bound and I see where the bombs hit as I pull away.
I will accept that this is hard and that I will not be Hans Rudel overnight.
Thank you all for the encouragement and wisdom. The Show Must go on.
You do not want to know the number of times I’ve screwed up my release altitude via bad math. Being able to set the needle on the sight altimeter on the F-86 has made me crave a virtual grease pencil in other modules to mark my release parameters on my gauges.
Oh that’s backwards, string those suckers out while you’re learning. In DCS with it’s, umm “interesting” damage modeling, on soft targets 2 bombs rarely does any more damage than 1 bomb. It’s either already dead or not, dropping pairs, rarely biases that calculation to dead. Putting a longer string of bombs down increases your chances of hits, so set it to Ripple-Single!
As an aside I need to do some testing against hard targets and see if pairs increase lethality versus singles.
Thanks man, I am starting to see the errors of my ways. They are not Lazer guided munitions so the chance of hitting a target dead on is chance really. As you described it, area munitions. I should really use a string. Im so hard headed. LOL
Your grease pencil refrence reminds me of a story. I read that when Gabriesky was learning about the electrical sight on the F-86 he was not impressed and put a piece of gum on the windshield. They really marched to a different drum…
Ok. 3300ft and 500kn and a string of bombs. I am in Pacific time so you guys are getting my responses like the next day. Bear with me.
Advice was taken, patience were maintaned, mission was accomplished!
Althou I have to work a lot more on getting the windage right, the elevation is finnally coming in.
The string was not on top of their heads but it was close enough to destroy a few and damage a few. Thank you all for putting up with my whining. I promise to take my medications from now on. WHAT A RELEIF!
That’s a DCS’ism that the entire convoy isn’t a flaming wreck. The crater from a Mk-82 is about 25’ across, the blast wave alone would have done in the trucks. Add in the thousands of fragments at supersonic speed and none of the soft stuff was surviving. Depending on where in the convoy that armored and BTR where there is a very small possibility that at least a few crew man survived.
The fact that it does not take you very long to get bombs on target is testament to the fighter and its designers’ abilities. This really is the best manual bomber you could ask for in a fighter-bomber.
Oh, Right. There is that. You can drop on their heads and only one or two trucks flame.
I encountered the other DCS’ism… i got sniped by the BMP. My Hun started to bleed a dark smoke. Was actually pretty cool.
I am ok w bombs(need practice) satusfied now. I had a go at rockets and they are weak. The Canister pods were very adictive. Of course yo are very close to use them.
A2A refueling was pretty easy. Good thing i found it easy to stay w the Marine C-130 tanker because it takes forever to fill up.
What a blast.
My kryptonite that I am slowly getting better at. Managed to stay hooked up for a bit the other night, maybe I need to adjust the my curves a bit to settle her down.
You can make it easier by coming in at a small angle instead of precisely flying along the road.
Make your bomb stick and the road look more X than ||. That way, if your bombs land slightly left or right, they still cross the road and are closer to a large part of the convoy
Yes the F1 is better at manual bombing, but historically it was “too good” for that task.
It served as an advanced interceptor throughout the 70s and early 80s.
The older and far less sophisticated F-100D is what the Armeé de l’Air was actually using for deep strike during the F1’s service life, until it was replaced by the Jaguar.
I remember reading about a Mirage F1 accompanying Jaguars on a strike in Desert Storm, purely to help them navigate at low level, because it had INS while the Jaguars didn’t.
The Mirage F1CT strike version is from the early 90s, well past the apex of manual bombing.
EDIT: the South Africans had a bomber version in the late 70s but that one did have some sort of rangefinder
But, its so 2022. Joking, sorry. I love the Mirage.
@jenrick I would say, concentrate on flying formation. Forget the hose for a bit. Just form that sight pic and keep at ut till you no longer need a muscle relaxer afterwards.
@Freak Sorry to disagree, i see your point, but its Death or Victory. LOL. With the DCS’ism, i guess either way you only kill one vehicle. You make a good point
