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ORIGINAL: Coiler12

-LDGP means "low-drag general purpose"-normal unguided bombs.
-Profile means attack profile. A Hi-lo-high profile means the plane flies most of way high for fuel efficiency, attacks at a low altitude, then returns to the fuel-efficient high flight. Similarly, a hi-hi-hi means it's high altitude the whole time.
-Optional weapons means just that. They can be excluded for reasons like there not being enough in the base.

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ORIGINAL: Chris H


What about 'Cruise at 36K ft 50nm (25nm+25nm) dash on target at SL and Mil. Weapon release at Max range.'

I think. Cruise at 36K until 50nm then drop low go to full speed and release the weapon at max range, in this case 1nm. No idea what (25nm+25nm), SL or Mil mean.

I don't see the point about optional weapons?

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ORIGINAL: Chris H


What about 'Cruise at 36K ft 50nm (25nm+25nm) dash on target at SL and Mil. Weapon release at Max range.'

I think. Cruise at 36K until 50nm then drop low go to full speed and release the weapon at max range, in this case 1nm. No idea what (25nm+25nm), SL or Mil mean.

I don't see the point about optional weapons?

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The "Cruise at 36K ft...." refers to the standard mission parameters that the aircraft should follow, for that particular weapon/loadout. At this time, I don't believe those mission profiles are fully implemented in CMANO. I think that will be activated with the TOT Planner. "SL" is Sea Level. "Mil" in this context is an abbreviation of Military Power, which is the highest throttle setting a military aircraft can utilize, without lighting off the afterburners. (If they have them.)

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ORIGINAL: mikkey

Chris, you will find many appropriate information in the Command Manual Addendum and especially in Mega-FAQ.

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ORIGINAL: ExNusquam

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ORIGINAL: Chris H


What about 'Cruise at 36K ft 50nm (25nm+25nm) dash on target at SL and Mil. Weapon release at Max range.'

I think. Cruise at 36K until 50nm then drop low go to full speed and release the weapon at max range, in this case 1nm. No idea what (25nm+25nm), SL or Mil mean.

I don't see the point about optional weapons?

What (25+25)is saying is that it will fly a 25nm attack run at low level, then fly a 25nm egress, also at low level. (25+25) is simply indicating that the low altitude portion of the flight is both before and after weapons release. Some loadouts/aircraft may climb back to altitude immediately after weapons release.

The point of optional weapons would be if say, you are trying to conserve AMRAAMS for fighters. Most F/A-18 strike loadouts will include AMRAAMs as well, but if you chose not to load the optional weapons (Usually the extra AAMs) those AMRAAMS would be available to the escorts instead.

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The "Cruise at 36K ft...." refers to the standard mission parameters that the aircraft should follow, for that particular weapon/loadout. At this time, I don't believe those mission profiles are fully implemented in CMANO. I think that will be activated with the TOT Planner. "SL" is Sea Level. "Mil" in this context is an abbreviation of Military Power, which is the highest throttle setting a military aircraft can utilize, without lighting off the afterburners. (If they have them.)

Mission parameters are followed if you use the strike planner.

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ORIGINAL: Chris H

After an email from Matrix informing me of a new patch I downloaded, installed and ran the game. Having opened the first tutorial it suddenly dawned on me why I never played the game when it originally came out. Lack of info.

Following the instructions to look at the load out of the aircraft I realised most of what was displayed meant squat. What is a LDGP? I could look it up in Wiki (if wiki is correct that is) but I shouldn't have too, you have produced the game, supply the info.

Not being a compete numpty I'm familiar with 60-70% of what is shown below but not profile or how in affects things. Nor am I familiar with all the stuff after cruise at...

Also in the loadouts available what does 'excl. optional weapons' mean?

If all this is already available, please point me in the right direction and I apologise beforehand.

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Could it be possible to add a little "Description" field to the databases? So a newbie can say, with a quick glance, "Ok, so these Eurofighter Typhoons are basically air-to-air jets with a secondary strike capability, I can use them as backup or reinforcements for these Tornado GR.4". Perhaps it is not worth the effort having Wikipedia a few clicks away, but well...How many database entrances are there?

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ORIGINAL: dagvl

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Could it be possible to add a little "Description" field to the databases? So a newbie can say, with a quick glance, "Ok, so these Eurofighter Typhoons are basically air-to-air jets with a secondary strike capability, I can use them as backup or reinforcements for these Tornado GR.4". Perhaps it is not worth the effort having Wikipedia a few clicks away, but well...How many database entrances are there?

http://www.warfaresims.com/?page_id=1876 has the "Database Images & Descriptions Add-ons" which is a community effort that includes writing such a descriptions. I don't know what the coverage is though, the database is huge :)

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quote:Could it be possible to add a little "Description" field to the databases? So a newbie can say, with a quick glance, "Ok, so these Eurofighter Typhoons are basically air-to-air jets with a secondary strike capability, I can use them as backup or reinforcements for these Tornado GR.4". Perhaps it is not worth the effort having Wikipedia a few clicks away, but well...How many database entrances are there? http://www.warfaresims.com/?page_id=1876 has the "Database Images & Descriptions Add-ons" which is a community effort that includes writing such a descriptions. I don't know what the coverage is though, the database is huge :)

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ORIGINAL: kondor999
This is what I use: http://www.harpoondatabases.com/encyclopedia/List_bycountry.aspx