F/A-18C Weapon Basic Course (DCS)

There are two more options that can be set for unguided missiles:

Fire Modes

There are two types of Fire Mode. Pod Mode and and Pilot Controlled Mode.  

Pod Mode

This mode is setup by the engineers on the ground before manning up. So in the Game it is setup during mission creation and it not alterable one the game is running.  The selected mode is shown in the Weapon Selection Code. 

• For the 2.75" rockets in a LAU-68 Pod the Weapon Code is 68, however the mode of firing this pod is either:
  • 68S - Single - Single rocket from a pod with each press of the Weapon Release
  • 68R - Ripple - All the rockets  from a pod with each press of the Weapon Release
• Similarly for the 5" ZUNI rockets in the LAU-10 Pod (10S or 10R) and the 2.75" rockets in the LAU-61 Pod (61S or 61R).

Pilot Controlled Mode

The pilot has control over how each pod is fired.  The options are:

• SGL (PB02) - SINGLE - On pressing the Weapon Release, the rockets in one pod (of the selected type) are launched in single (68S) or ripple (68R).
• SAL (PB01) - SALVO - On pressing the Weapon Release, all rockets (of the same type) are launched in single (68S) or ripple (68R).
  
  In SGL mode you can switch between the weapon stations by pressing the STEP key on the right side and thus determine from which station you want to fire next.

Rocket Motor

This option is documented here for the sake of completeness as we have little quality information.

The 2.75" rockets (LAU-68 and LAU-61) have two motor (MTR) options:

• M4 - Maybe Mk66 Mod4 - 1415 lb Thrust / Less smoke
• M66 - Maybe Standard Navy Mk66 Mod 2/3 - 1335 lb Thrust

Reference: Wikipedia

But you can ignore it for now as we believe that all the Navy rockets for the F/A-18C use the M66 Motor.