Pyro posted the following about the new Bomb Sight Calibration.
(I know the post said that the system was not complete)
...you bring up your clipboard map and click on your target. That will enter the target altitude. Target and drop altitudes are displayed in your bombsight. The next step is the actual calibration of the bombsight for the current drop conditions. This is done by picking a spot on the ground, marking it through the bombsight and then slewing your bombsight(with your joystick) to track that spot until you end your mark.
Most of the potential bomb targets in the current terrains are surrounded by land that is higher or lower in altitude than the target itself.
Calibrating off a ground object that is higher or lower than the target ground will (should) skew the calibration.
Example: If I start my cal on a point that is 1,000 ft above Sea Level and then drop on a target that is at SL, my bombs will overshoot because their ground speed will be greater at the point of impact than the sight was at the point of calibration.
OK, so I'm thinking I'll just have to start and end my cal at the same ground level as the target. Problem here is that there doesn't seem to be enough distance/time for such a thing in our current arenas.
Now unless you add an automatic terrain following formula, I don't see how we will be able to calibrate.
Viper
