B1900.24 Low flying Hornet will not ascend automatically to engage drones with HYDRA rockets

[Nikel]

As described in the title and in the video. You have to manually order it to ascend.

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[Knightpawn]

Is conceivable to engage a drone with rockers? I thought the latter are air to ground weapons only.

[Nikel]

Yes, they may be anti air also.

They are used because they are cheaper than missiles. And each AC can be armed with many of them.

The same can be said of the guns.


Better explained in this page


https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-f ... ddle-east/

[Knightpawn]

Yes, they may be anti air also.

They are used because they are cheaper than missiles. And each AC can be armed with many of them.

The same can be said of the guns.


Better explained in this page


https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-f ... ddle-east/

That's very interesting. I had no idea

[Knightpawn]

Yes, they may be anti air also.

They are used because they are cheaper than missiles. And each AC can be armed with many of them.

The same can be said of the guns.


Better explained in this page


https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-f ... ddle-east/

That's very interesting. I had no idea

The barking message speaks about land targets on Hold. Is this relevant?

[Nikel]

No, it is on hold by blu3s' design.

You are supposed to engage the incoming missiles and drones, not to destroy the launchers.

If you change the WCS, still will not ascend. Set the speed to loiter helps. However the Hornet may ascend too much and then will not descend to engage another one.

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[Knightpawn]

I dont see any issue in your save.
I load the same, run a few secs, select F/A-18D #1-1, manually order it to fire 2 hydras to a drone and it executes without any problem

[Nikel]

It is a good test

However the issue is that the Hornet will not do it if you order to engage automatically.

It will not gain altitude (in this example), or descend if needed.

[Nikel]

Testing scenario trying to reproduce the issue.

You have to wait to launch the automatic attack, so that the drone is at enough altitude, more or less when is declared hostile.

For some reason after many tries and a lot of fuel wasted, the Hornet ascend a bit and is able to launch a rocket, perhaps it is the terrain what saves the situation

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