FLIGHT TRAINING INSTRUCTION T-45 WEAPONS/STRIKE - Cnatra
FLIGHT TRAINING INSTRUCTION T-45 WEAPONS/STRIKE - Cnatra
FLIGHT TRAINING INSTRUCTION T-45 WEAPONS/STRIKE - Cnatra
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T-<strong>45</strong> <strong>WEAPONS</strong>/<strong>STRIKE</strong> CHAPTER ONE<br />
1. Mil Depression Setting (Manual mode). Indicates the mil depression setting of the DSL<br />
reticle on the HUD and is shown in the MAN mode only. The setting is adjusted by using the<br />
SET DEP rocker switch on the DEP. The system initializes at 12 for GUN, 140 mils for BOMB,<br />
and 30 for RKT. The sight can be adjusted from 0 to 270 mils, with 0 being coincident with the<br />
top of the altitude and airspeed boxes (waterline or Armament Data Line (ADL)) and 270 being<br />
toward the bottom of the HUD.<br />
2. Weapon Release Indicator. This cue appears as a small X to the right of the selected<br />
weapon. It is displayed for 2 seconds when the pickle button or trigger is actuated.<br />
3. Weapon Type / Master Arm Indication. The selectable weapons are: GUN, RKTS, and<br />
BOMB. Master arm SAFE status is indicated with an X through the weapon legend. Armed<br />
status is indicated by the absence of the X.<br />
4. Depressed Sight Line (DSL) Aiming Reticle. This cue is a non-computing reticle which<br />
overlays the point a weapon would impact in a no-wind condition, given the weapon type,<br />
airspeed, altitude, optimum G and AOA. This reticle can be adjusted up/down on the HUD<br />
using the SET DEP rocker switch on the DEP. The reticle inner ring is 25 mils, and outer ring is<br />
50 mils. Outside the rings are two (2) additional mil marks along the pitch ladder centerline: 75<br />
and 100 mils (Figure 1-3).<br />
T-<strong>45</strong>C Manual Delivery Mode - Objective<br />
The objective of the manual delivery is to fly the aircraft in a manner as to arrive at or close to<br />
the planned release parameters (altitude, airspeed and dive angle) with the DSL aiming reticle<br />
close to the intended aiming point. When the aiming reticle is about to overlay the target /<br />
aimpoint, the pickle button / trigger should be actuated to initiate weapons release / firing. In the<br />
Manual delivery mode, the pilot needs to manually compute error corrections required if<br />
deviations occur from the planned release parameters as well as adjust for release wind direction<br />
and velocity. Detailed instruction on techniques of Manual weapons delivery will be discussed<br />
in later chapters.<br />
T-<strong>45</strong>C A/G HUD CCIP Delivery Mode Symbology<br />
In the CCIP mode, the HUD displays the same flight parameters as in MAN mode (compare<br />
Figures 1-3 and 1-4) with the exception of the aiming sight. CCIP compensates a weapon release<br />
solution based on current aircraft dive angle, bank angle, airspeed, altitude, and release altitude<br />
wind to display a continuously computed impact point for a selected weapon.<br />
In CCIP mode the HUD displays a continuously predicted impact point under the pipper, a<br />
cruciform symbol. A Displayed Impact Line (DIL) is drawn from velocity vector to the pipper,<br />
sometimes called a Bomb Fall Line (BFL). It is only available in A/G BOMB mode, not in<br />
RKTS or GUN. The bomb fall line is an azimuth reference between the pipper and the velocity<br />
vector that indicates wind and speed effects on the weapon. When the target and CCIP pipper are<br />
coincident, you will command bomb release.<br />
T-<strong>45</strong> ARMAMENT CONTROLS AND INDICATORS 1-7