On the Range #31 - LASTE Wind Profile Entry in the DCS: A-10C Warthog

[@iancampbell4924]

Have come to really appreciate you videos, you have a very easy voice to listen to, and the attention to detail is fantastic. Keep it up.

[@ElHyperion]

Thank you for a very understandable explanation! I started to loathe the unguided bombs because even although I was nearly perfectly aligned, no matter the altitude, I usually missed by quite a large margin. It never occured to me that I should input some wind data first, since I don't even remember it from the manual or the tutorials... Now I can finally give them a second try

[@RickInMesa]

Thanks for all the work you put into this video, plus all the extra stuff you created and linked to. This simulator is so much more enjoyable when you're aware of its capabilities! You have a great narration style and I'm impressed; I tried talking while flying and couldn't do either one!

[@4023446]

Thanks a lot Rick!

[@allmhuran]

These are some nice in depth tutorials to refresh my memory as I look to get back into DCS. Cheers!

[@henryredbird888]

Thanks! Very informative.

[@ZaHaDum1984]

A very good video. But I would like to know where the value of -7° for the magnetic variation comes from. I know that it's written in the forum, but it quite inaccurate. The true value for the Georgian area is -6°. This can be confirmed by looking it up in the data of the airbases. For EVERY airbase in this reagion the kneeboards in DCS, as well as real sources, give you a value of 6°E, so -6° would be the right value here. I know the difference is only 1°, but your spreadsheet shows that you were using much more acurate values for all the other variables too, like 1.94 instead of 2 for the conversion from m/s to kts and 3.28 instead of 3 for the conversion from m to ft.

[@daybreaklover2999]

Love your work. I've learned so much from your vids. Thanks a million !!

[@4023446]

Thanks a lot Day, I really appreciate it.

[@daybreaklover2999]

Bunyap Sims Thanks for your reply. Would you happen to know the best glide speed ( after weapon jettison) for the 10c. Cheers.

[@lassaad2306]

This is gonna be great for CBUs!

[@simonnicholson1181]

Brilliant video, has taught me a lot, thankyou.

[@Flight231]

Is this relevant to the Nevada test range and the Red Flag campain? Did you use this when you flew your Red Flag missions? If so, what magnetic variance did you use to correct the true bearing? There were posts saying the Laste wind computations had a bug?

I really appreciate your videos! This is with the excel is excellent :D

[@ElHyperion]

Even after doing all those corrections, my Mk-82s still drop completely off the target. I double checked it's enabled for wind + temp but it acts as if it wasn't. The error is horrible from even well under 10k ft, and doing some corrections by putting my SPI slightly off the target, on the opposite direction of where the bomb fell, seems to have no effect at all as it still hits randomly within a huge circle around the target...

[@bryananderson3422]

Nice, very good information. I do have 1 question is why the conversion spreadsheet when going up to 1000 and 2000 feet the speed is doubled?

[@ViperDriver22]

You are the bomb sir!! Thank you for sharing your videos! Any chance you can share your TrackIR profile? And how did you create the keyboard spreadsheet?

[@Alien9828]

Excellent vids mate, keep it up :)

[@buttonbasher7429]

Great videos man. Keep up the good work. I like the variety. What are your PC specs? You appear to have very high settings enabled and it looks real smooth.

[@4023446]

Thanks Button. I'm not really a hardware guy but I believe it is an i7 4770 processor at 3.5 GHz with 16 GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GTX 770 GPU

[@Beeroshima21]

Bunyap, does the Laste profile aide in dropping CBU's, combining the data for parachute drift, etc?

[@markpartridge9046]

Great vid thanks a mil,

[@reyco1987]

Does the LASTE system compensate using CCIP mode? (Hope I didn't just miss you mentioning it in the video...)

[@ZaHaDum1984]

+reyco1987 Yes, it does. CCIP bombing with general purpose bombs becomes MUCH more accurate, if you have entered and use this data. Before I did know about this I did not use CCIP at all. But now it's real fun to hit small stationary targets with Mk.82s in CCIP mode. :) If fact EVERY weapon of the A-10C becomes more accurate by using this data. That includes CBUs and even the GAU-8A, if you fire it from hitgher altitudes. ;)

[@reyco1987]

Right on, damn that's cool.

[@peterwassmuth4014]

Excellent presentation! Q: What kind of scenario is only (wind) for ? Q: What kind of scenario is only (Temp) for ? I know! Google it! (Im lacy) :) ThX again. Awesome.

[@sophiatheodores7985]

does the temperature really matter doe?

[@geraltofvengerberg3049]

dont think so

[@dirtywaffleiron1]

Colder air is more dense and will increase drag vs warmer thinner air... Colder air bombs fall short vs warm air bombs fall longer.