Why is this important?
All Alpha Space Technologies' guided bombs and gravity bombs rely on this system for accurate "bomb tosses" in order to have a good chance of hitting their target. This guide will help make sure you can consistently hit those targets.
What you need:
our guided bombs or gravity bombs (in development)
the CCIP computer, either in its basic mathematical form (that only contains the formula and is more customizable), or coupled with a Fire Control System, such as the one found on the B-44 Grizzly Block 2 Mid-Life Overhaul (which is more user friendly, but offers less customization).
a basic understanding of math, physics, logic, or at least the willingness to learn.
Light Guidance and CCIP concept (with guided bombs)
Light Guidance refers to the bombs capable of performing small corrections to its Flight Path with its small, but highly stable canards to help it reach the target without overcorrection or instability (jittering). Treating bombs like maneuverable agile missiles, such as to build them with the same design philosophy, was a fatal mistake with the previous iterations, one that ended up in the destruction of several fighter jets and even 2 bombers, costing Ali Base (Alpha Space Technologies' area for testing and operating) upwards of 200 million dollars.
How you may ask?
The bombs would literally roll out of control and often times slammed into the launching jet, destroying it by sheer impact and detonating. A.K.A a VERY expensive return to sender feature
Now these bombs are meant to maneuver very gently to ensure that they do not become unstable. In addition, in order to prevent impact with the launching jet, the lofting feature (maintaining a higher altitude than the target to improve efficiency and reduce drag loss) was removed. This means that the bomb's trajectory is purely in the shape an "opens-downward parabola" with an intercept to the ground that represents the x intercept in a 2D coordinate plane. This x intercept can be moved mid flight by the light guidance to make sure it hits the targets.
Due to light guidance restricting the use of these bombs, however, there came a requirement to help ensure pilots could know exactly when to launch, and when they would have the highest chances of hitting their target.
This is where CCIP comes in! CCIP stands for Continuously Computed Impact Point computer, which calculates the approximate horizontal distance that your bombs will travel given your speed, altitude, and the angle between your direction of travel relative to the horizon (Flight Path Angle).
Now, just finding your bombs horizontal range isnt enough. To ensure your bombs will hit the target, you also need to make sure that you line up their horizontal range with your horizontal distance to target.
For this, we devised the Alpha Space Technologies made CCIP computer module (sold separately, of course). It calculates the bomb horizontal range and horizontal distance to target, and compares the values, as well as a few other parameters.
IF:
✅️Bomb Horizontal Range/ Horizontal Distance to Target = [1 < x <1.25]
✅️Speed: Greater than Mach 1; 343m/s
✅️A target is selected
✅️A bomb is selected
If these conditions are met, a status light will shine from red to green shown below, saying it is "Ready!" to drop the bombs.
If not, the status will tell you what conditions are not being met, as seen below.
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You can see with a successful launch, the guided bomb successfully hits its target.
IMPORTANT: Just because the status shows that you are too far or too close to the target doesn't mean you cant drop your guided bombs. You are still able to, and you can still successfully hit the target, but the odds of a successful impacts are now MUCH lower.
Light Guidance and CCIP (with gravity bombs)
Same tips apply, except the bombs are unguided. Unguided bombs are best used for base bombing, as they have a wide area to fall on, increasing the odds that they will hit the base. For a singular target, however, multiple may be needed to be launched in rapid succession in order to hit the target.