0:00 Intro
1:48 How It Works
2:58 Height Error
4:04 Boresight Error
5:12 Settling Time
5:36 Sync Mode & Manual Ranging
7:02 Recap
Hello, this video is to talk about the errors the Mi-24P CCIP system has in creating a perfect solution. By knowing these errors, you will become more accurate, aim better, kill more things, and be more effective in the DCS battlefield. As far as I know, this is exactly how the real system works and thus serves to also educate about the real thing, which used novel solutions for 1970's technology to help ballistic aiming.
It is surprising sometimes how well it can handle minor height differences along the ground but knowing which way slopes will throw you off help immensely. In addition, the boresight error was something I discovered through trial and error, and I hope it helps you use the full 3.5 km range of the sight as it does for me. This “Boresight” error is the main reason for the video and should help you the most to put rounds on target whether you are 1 or 3 km away!
One way to help visualize it if I didn’t explain it well: Aim the nose at the ground with rockets and gun loaded and press active pause. Switch between rockets and gun, you will notice that even though the pipper will be in two very different places, the range is exactly the same because the computer only calculates range based off where boresight points.
Some corrections, the S-13 and S-24 as mentioned use S-8 ballistics for CCIP. However,
1. For S-13, the S-8 ballistics are well within the normal rocket spread of S-13, so you will find the CCIP more then adequate for using the S-13, no manual tables needed!
2. Currently there is a bug where the S-24 has proper ballistics in its CCIP for the first shot. If you set burst length to "LONG" and fire them all at once, you can effectively aim them this way. Enjoy it while the bug lasts
There is a page from the manual here that says it does do ballistics for the 7.62mm Gsh mini guns, but this was later removed. Currently it uses the same ballistic solution as the YakB, and while it will shoot under the YakB, both guns aren't very accurate for the CCIP until within their 1-1.3 km max range.
Let me know if you have any thoughts or suggestions, and happy hunting!