maverick3320 -> RE: Can AA platforms engage aircraft above their weapons' maximum listed altitude? (10/26/2021 7:45:18 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Scorpion86 quote:
ORIGINAL: maverick3320 It is, but isn't that irrelevant? The engagement profile of the stinger says "AGL". So if the Stinger is at 1000 feet ASL it would be a total of 17,000 AGL. My plane, inhabiting the same area, has it's altitude set manually at 16,250 AGL, which would put the plane at 17,250 ASL. "Groud Level" is wherever the weapon system is placed, meaning the engagement envelope's height will be the Stinger's height ASL + 16000 ft. Just think it through: if command sent a mountain climber with a Stinger to the top of a 15999 ft high mountain, do you think the missile would just go up 1 foot and refuse to rise any further? No, but again, irrelevant, because my plane was also ordered to fly above ground level (with the follow the terrain box checked!), not above sea level, and the plane was occupying roughly the same vertical space as the Stinger. if the Stinger was at 15,999 feet then it's engagement envelope in your scenario would be 15,999 + 16,000 = 31,999 feet ASL...but then my plane would be flying at 15,999 + 16,250 = 32,249 ASL, and therefore still outside the weapon's engagement envelope. Make sense?
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