FA-18C: Using JSOW/JDAM With A-10C Litening TGP/TPOD Tutorial | DCS WORLD

[@jemand8462]

8:49 this is militairy professionalism at its max.

[@alexanderbeck5998]

Challenge cap: Try to land the Hornet obviously, with so many random failiures(mission editor) turned on as possible 😋

[@grimreapers]

accepted!

[@manizaeim]

I think u did the brilliant job, this is what i think, wow, well done Capt

[@grimreapers]

thx!

[@thedinoman7828]

As a small Note here. You have to type in coordinates per station. They changed that, but now you have the ability to launch with one triggerpull more jams or JSOWs with different targets. And if you want to launch more than one JSOW or JDAM to one target it makes more sense to use the TOO mode. Because then you have to Programm the point only one time.

[@grimreapers]

Roger noted

[@One_Piloty_Boy]

Cap that’s unfair, I thought I missed something and the TPOD....sad face

[@oppotato5440]

Same

[@grimreapers]

Read the bloody title Riddler!

[@One_Piloty_Boy]

Grim Reapers lol still at a quick glance it got my hopes up XD I didn’t actually see the “A-10C” part

[@0010eldar]

@@One_Piloty_Boy Lol I think he actually changed the title there, I don't remember it having A-10C in the title, but it's all good, we still love the Grim Reaper

[@duracelsus]

You are still in wide mode. You can zoom in lot better with narow view

[@Proximax9]

also adjusting the curves for the crosshair makes aiming a lot easier.

[@theFM78]

Hornet... TGP... Looks like a clickbate at the first sight))

[@Vampiresquid007]

When the hornet gets the TGP , thats going to be overpowered with that kind of stand off range.

[@piston_77]

the lat long of the a10c with 3 decimal minutes gives you a precision of less than 1 meter

[@Aus1Happy]

You can convert lat long to decimal seconds.. it's quicker to multiply the last decimal digits * 60

[@grimreapers]

Yes but you go down to 3 meter accuracy??

[@sj1461]

Grim Reapers Yep! Generally less than 2m. 1 minute of latitude is essentially 1 nautical mile. 0.001 minutes is 0.001 nautical miles. 0.001 nm is 0.001852 km. 0.001852 km is 1.852 meters. Accuracy WRT longitude gets better the closer to the poles.

[@bmbpdk]

You always! Lase at the bottom of every target, if there is any chance at all that the laser can go/see through it. And never lase at glass/highly reflective materials, a laser is after all just focused light

[@Proximax9]

depends on laser. some lasers have ability to read first echo/last echo depending on situation where you need it. for example a leopard 2 range finder can do this... not sure if litening pod has this function, probably not :D

[@bmbpdk]

@@Proximax9 agree, the Leo 2 crew told us to always lase at the roadwheel and middle of the vehicle, and at the foot of masts and such. And if the vehicle had any LWS, then at a object at the same depth but a vehicle length or two away from the intended target And yes, they have the option or choosing echo one or two

[@tjger0164]

If this is an indication(removing targets from the F-10 map) of future Reaper missions. Can't wait to watch your pilots tackle the TRUE objectives of the mission like our real life air warriors. Go Reapers....challenge them to be the best they can be.

[@MrEfoefi]

Try to lase the target. It will give you a precise range and a more accurate coordinates

[@grimreapers]

Is there a range limit for laser?

[@dominikwagner5544]

@@grimreapers IRL it should be around 30NM depending on atmospharic conditions, in game i don't know if its modeled, maybe you should test it out? P.S.: IRL there is aproximately a 10% margin of error in a laser rangefinder, but this is NOT MODELED(tested it myself)

[@ravagetalon]

@@grimreapers in DCS, the consensus is the LITENING's Laser has a useful range of 10nm.

[@MrEfoefi]

@@grimreapers You’ve actually made me do an experiment :) I've put a target on a known location and tried to pull it's coordinates using the TGP. Interestingly, from distance of 9.2, 17.4, 34.8 it gave no difference in it's coordinate reading NOR in distance. I've done the experiment in the SoH while the target is on a flat surface. Perhaps a mountain terrain will give different results. I'll check that out.

[@MarcTNL]

Is that t-pod the same as we now have in the F/A-18?

[@Darthybuddy]

Yes. You can self designate with the t-pod, then fire the jsow in too mode and it’ll have the same effect.

[@MrKotasuperhero]

This video is in the a-10c2 training playlist

[@Conan_Obrien]

Hey Cap, question about your camera work at 10:20 - what keybind are you using to stop following the JSOW in flight, or was that automated? What keybind do you use to zoom in to the target area to watch the explosion? Cheers.

[@grimreapers]

I have a vid somewhere explaining all of the views. From memory F6 to follow the missile. LCtrl+F11 to free cam.

[@BouncingDock933]

Cant you do this now with the litening pod on the f18 now? I dont remember how but i know my friend showed me how

[@grimreapers]

Yup, this was pre-F-18-TPOD vid.

[@BouncingDock933]

@@grimreapers oh gotcha, thanks for the help

[@jimboland1730]

I wonder what the problem is with a targeting pod is for the FA 18C? Can't be a manpower thing as DCS has released 2 more planes since they started and already developed it for the A-10.

[@grimreapers]

Priorities I imagine. Hornet will be too good when it gets TPOD anyway and I'll just have to ban it from the servers.

[@knox721]

It would of been amazing if you put these tactics together with a wingman. Hope to see a organized sortie like that on your channel soon! Keep it up

[@leejingjiang5591]

Morning cap , I am sorry to ask this here, but i cant find a solution to fix my problem anywhere on the net. My A10c cockpit were inverted upside down after i press rightalt+0. I try reinstalled but it still remain inverted. Any solution to fix this? Thanks

[@grimreapers]

Good Lord. You'll have to contact ED for this one through their website. Also try the Repair function, this has an amazing way of fixing things. Good luck.

[@leejingjiang5591]

@@grimreapers Thx for the respone anyway. Finally found a solution for that. Have a great day cap.

[@jonhayes9223]

Could you post a link to that coordinates converter?

[@grimreapers]

www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong-utm-mgrs.html

[@jonhayes9223]

Thank you! Now if we could only datalink these coordinates between aircraft. That would be spectacular

[@arvadawelder]

Harrier is 8 digits on tpod read out

[@Sayider]

Can you get accurate enough coordinates from ELINT pod? Is the Viggen only one that has the ELINT thing?

[@grimreapers]

No ELINT is +-2-5 miles

[@Proximax9]

elint is very inaccurate, it only gives a rough estimate of the sam. and yes, at the moment viggen has the only automated elint data collector. you can however do this manually in any plane that has rwr. I once did this in hornet, flying around a sam and taking bearings with my rwr while also tracking my position in relation to bullseye. I got a pretty decent results, just by taking 3 measuring points I could narrow the sam to a 10x20nm area.

[@komkom3425]

when will the hornet get the targeting pod?

[@grimreapers]

probably some months

[@TealJosh]

Now!

[@mariobosnar4535]

Well I think you can't "sit down" a guy in A-10C 50 nm away from the AO because, the LoD of DCS, engine doesn't load the units untill you get to about 10 - 15 nm from the actual units (at least that's the case for me) ... So you can see the units via TGP only when about 10nm away, and that sucks

[@grimreapers]

Strange. Units pre-load at 60 miles for me?

[@mariobosnar4535]

@@grimreapers well it looks like I have a problem

[@Darthybuddy]

In settings you can increase the pre-load distance. That may help.

[@codyi5232]

Pretty sure you can make the pod read out lay and long irl

[@grimreapers]

yeh but it's in decimal seconds which the Hornet doesn;t accept.

[@jemand8462]

4:18 that's what she said.

[@satchking6861]

this is great but the conversion kinda kill it for me

[@nickdequevedo8724]

How much for one of these setups?

[@firemedicjm911]

Perhaps the JSOWs will come to the A-10 since it is a platform for them. :)

[@grimreapers]

Maybe?

[@Proximax9]

a-10 has no speed to really use that weapon effectively tho

[@crashmaster26]

you SON OF A BITCH... made me think the F18 TPOD was released... lol

[@mustezdcs6329]

Thx cap

[@DarthVapor151]

Calling this a tutorial.... Meanwhile... I Think this... I think that.... Lets hope........Maybe This should be named Learning together with Cap

[@0010eldar]

damn man that's hella clickbait, but you gotta make some money that's understandable

[@schweizerluchs7146]

U need some money for the wedding? 😂

[@ClintThrust-e8r]

DEAR WAGS GIVE ME TGP SO I CAM BOMB BOMB LUV U LONG TIME

[@jacklowe7479]

Click bait...

[@DessertUnicorn]

:’(

[@The_Wildfish_]

:(