How to: firing rockets with the K-14C Gyro sight

[LukeFF]

A new feature of the K-14C gyro sight, which can be found on the F-80 and as a mod on the F-51, is the ability to accurately aim and fire rockets with the sight set to gyro mode. This is made possible by a new command, whereby you can manually cage and uncage the sight. The basic steps are as follows:

• Set the sight to gyro mode
• Set the sight to the minimum range
• Tilt the sight according to your dive angle and the aircraft you are flying
• Begin a stable approach to the target, with your sight on the target
• Uncage the sight
• Cage the sight after about 4 seconds
• Press the rocket firing button

[Avimimus]

Is the procedure similar for the "A-1" gunsight on the F-84E? I gather it had a ground attack mode... I just haven't figured out how to use it yet!

[LukeFF]

I'm not totally up to speed on the F-84, so maybe some experimentation is needed. 😄

[Huetz]

Here's the section from the flight manual of the F84G. Do we know if this is modeled (there is also a very interesting auto-bombing mode mentioned in the section before that)? 

 

Edited 9 hours ago by Huetz

[Plurp]

27 minutes ago, Leifr said:

Unfortunately this isn't modelled yet.

In the meantime I am using speed brakes in the dive which will alow you to use the bottom ring on the gunsight.  If firing the inboard rockets, either side it is at about 6 o'clock.  Use 7 to 8 and 4 to 5 o'clock for outboard rockts. 

Edited 4 hours ago by Plurp

[LukeFF]

1 hour ago, Plurp said:

In the meantime I am using speed brakes in the dive which will alow you to use the bottom ring on the gunsight.  If firing the inboard rockets, either side it is at about 6 o'clock.  Use 7 to 8 and 4 to 5 o'clock for outboard rockts. 

The response given above by Leifr is not entirely correct - there is a cage/unage feature with the F-84 that can be used when firing rockets, and the sight is set to "rocket-gun" by default. The auto-bombing features are not yet modeled.

EDIT: I just flew the F-84 with the rocket firing methods described in the right-hand column, and they work pretty much the same as described here. Thanks for sharing that. 👍

[LukeFF]

Also, I've updated the information above in the first post - I missed a critical point. 😬