Zephyr Net

here it is:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/andygagnon



i just found out that in FA credits he was the game designer and campaign creator.

Also CAG have you created a TV guided bomb or missile? I think it would be cool if that was possible. i mean with the laser/optical guidance you can switch targets but you cant really steer.

Walleye was to provide the pilots of strike aircraft with a fire-and-forget high-precision air-to-ground weapon, i.e. the aircraft should be able to turn away as soon as the weapon was launched.
The Walleye was a glide bomb controlled by four large wings with trailing-edge control surfaces. In the nose it had a TV camera, which transmitted its image to a screen in the launching aircraft. When the pilot had acquired a target on this image, he "locked" the image and released the weapon. The guidance system then continually matched the current TV image with the locked one, and corrected the course of the missile to compensate any deviations.

The next major step in the evolution of Walleye was the ERDL (Extended Range Data Link) modification. One drawback of the Walleye's guidance system was the requirement to lock the seeker onto the target before launch, meaning that the attack aircraft had to come relatively close to a potentially heavily defended target. The ERDL system equipped the Walleye with a two-way datalink, and the launch aircraft were equipped with an AN/AWW-9 (later AN/AWW-13) underwing data-link pod. The pilot could now launch the Walleye out of visual range of the target, turn away, watch the bomb's TV camera image, which was transmitted via the data-link, and lock-on to the target at any convenient moment. It was even possible to control the weapon from a different aircraft than that which launched the Walleye, and because of the limited number of data-link pods available, it was actually standard practice for one pod-equipped aircraft to guide Walleyes dropped by several attack aircraft (not simultaneously, though).

The next major step in the evolution of Walleye was the ERDL (Extended Range Data Link) modification. One drawback of the Walleye's guidance system was the requirement to lock the seeker onto the target before launch, meaning that the attack aircraft had to come relatively close to a potentially heavily defended target. The ERDL system equipped the Walleye with a two-way datalink, and the launch aircraft were equipped with an AN/AWW-9 (later AN/AWW-13) underwing data-link pod. The pilot could now launch the Walleye out of visual range of the target, turn away, watch the bomb's TV camera image, which was transmitted via the data-link, and lock-on to the target at any convenient moment. It was even possible to control the weapon from a different aircraft than that which launched the Walleye, and because of the limited number of data-link pods available, it was actually standard practice for one pod-equipped aircraft to guide Walleyes dropped by several attack aircraft (not simultaneously, though). To use the beyond-visual-range capability to full effect, ERDL Walleyes were usually dropped from high altitude which led to glide ranges of up to 60000 m (65000 yd) for the Walleye II. The Walleye II ERDL also had slightly larger wings than the standard Walleye II. The initial production variants in 1975 were the MK 21 Walleye I ERDL and MK 23 Walleye II ERDL. These versions used a MK 46 guidance section and a MK 159 control section. The MK 22 was a Walleye I ERDL variant, which replaced these components with MK 53 and MK 165 guidance and control sections, respectively. I haven't found any reference to a Walleye MK 24, but it seems plausible that this nomenclature was reserved for a Walleye II ERDL variant with the MK 22's components. Production of the ERDL Walleyes ended in 1976, but in the late 1970s, around 1400 Walleye Is and 2400 Walleye IIs were converted to ERDL variants. The Walleye ERDL Trainer MK 27 was an inert training missile for both ERDL variants (MODs 3,4,5 were of Walleye II configuration) and was used for ground handling and captive-carry flight training.

The small warhead of the original Walleye was useless against many hardened or large high value targets, like bridges and powerplants. Therefore the NWC developed a significantly enlarged version, initially known as "Fat Albert", but officially designated Guided Weapon MK 5 Walleye II (the small-warhead versions were renamed Walleye I). The Walleye II had a larger body with a 900 kg (2000 lb) MK 87 linear shaped-charge warhead, and much larger fins for further extended glide range.

AGM-62
—— NWC/Martin Marietta Walleye I Mk 1 An electro-optical glide weapon, passive homing
—— NWC/Martin Marietta Walleye II Mk 5/Fat Albert Similar to Walleye I, with larger warhead
—— NWC/Martin Marietta Walleye I Mk 22 Similar to Walleye I, with RF data link
—— NWC/Martin Marietta Walleye II Mk 13 Similar to Walleye II, with RF data link

Sure Kap, whatever you say...

(psssssssst... AGM-62A was Walleye I ER/DL, AGM-62B was Walleye II ER/DL, and all had sub MKs designating guidance and warhead and other changes...)

US Navy's own mil history site - weapons...

http://www.history.navy.mil/download/history/app21.pdf

Walleye II Mk 5/Fat Albert Similar to Walleye I, with larger warhead

Yes and yes... But only the Walleye 1 early training missiles and the Walleye 2 ER/DL live weapon (much heavier and larger weapon with longer range and larger warhead), but I only dropped it, I didnt control it after drop as I never carried the data pod. The problem with the Walleye was the same with LGBs, namely weather and obscuring smoke(usually lit as a countermeasure by the enemy defending their target), but also the original Walleye had no real datalink and thus suffered accuracy issues if the missile lost lockon.

The Walleye 1 (improved) and Walleye 2 ER/DL required the second pilot with the guidance pod to stay in the area to 'fly' the bomb into target if it lost lock or there was a last minute target change. Any defensive action taken against the controlling aircraft would have consequences on the accuracy of the strike. The extended range of these later weapons improved the survival of the pilot with the guidance pod as it gave him a standoff capability...

It was a good weapon for the 1960s and 70s, but by the time I came along it was dated. There were more effective weapons in the arsenal...

LGBs were superior if you had a designator on your own aircraft, which would stay locked on the target automatically, or even better, a designator on the ground in the hands of friendly toops...

Mavericks also were superior with their full fire and forget capabilities...

CAG out...

The missile is guided to the target by means of a small joystick (9S415), which requires profound training of the operator.