SFL // PRECISION Trial SPINS · OTS-2

Course

43 NM

Clockwise circuit

Ceiling

100'

AGL max altitude

Target Sets

3

GP / Rocket / Strafe

Gates

1a–3b

+ 3 Pull-Up Points

Start

03R

KLSV / Nellis AFB

Timing

WOW

to Finish gate

Mission Overview
Gates
Competitors must fly through every gate. A 60-second penalty is added for missing or crashing into a gate. Crashing into a gate also stops the clock.
Route
Single clockwise low-altitude circuit, flown below 100′ AGL as fast as possible, funneling to three target sets
Targets
Target Area 1 — Mk-82 general-purpose (GP) bombs
Target Area 2 — 2.75″ rockets
Target Area 3 — 20MM strafe
Target Sort Comm
Specific target is dynamically tasked at the commencement of the pop-attack
Hornet 1: “Hornet 1, popping.”
Controller: “Hornet 1, hit the SW Vic.”
Timing
Starts: weight off wheels (WOW)
Stops: aircraft flies through the finish gate (or crashes into terrain/gate)

Attack Route & Target Sets

Start

WOW — KLSV 03R takeoff; right turn toward Gate 1a around Frenchman Mountain

Target Set 1 — Lake Las Vegas Flotilla

Mk-82 GP attack

Target Set 2 — Desert Wash Motor Pool

2.75″ rocket attack

Target Set 3 — Flex Strafe Complex

20MM strafe attack

Finish Gate

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Target Set Overview

Target Set 1 — Lake Las Vegas Flotilla | Mk-82 GP attack

Target Set 2 — Desert Wash Motor Pool | 2.75″ rocket attack

Target Set 3 — Flex Strafe Complex | 20MM strafe attack

Admin — Overview
Map Study
Required
Line Up
Eligible aircraft: F/A-18C Hornet  |  F-16C Fighting Falcon
Environmentals
Ceiling and visibility unrestricted (CAVU), winds light, sun setting
Fuel — Optimum Performance
F/A-18 starts with 8,000 lb
F-16 starts with 4,500 lb
Comm
Per TechAdmin SOP

Admin — Start & Finish

Marshal / Taxi / Takeoff

Cleared for taxi and takeoff by CLASSIC

Departure

From KLSV 03R execute a right turn to Gate 1a; auto-cleared for the SFL Precision Course after takeoff

Recovery

Finish gate overhead Las Vegas Motor Speedway

TacAdmin

Fires

20MM F/A-18: 254 rds | F-16: 250 rds
Mk-82 2 × | parent mounted | BSU-86 fin assembly | FMU-139 electronic fuse
Rockets 14 × 2.75″ | 1 × LAU-68 pod per wing (inboard station)

Expendables

All buckets filled with flares. Flare usage encouraged but not scored.

Threats

None

Navigation

Primarily visual navigation

Comm

PRI VHF Black 01 (123.4) — Live Broadcast & Control
AUX UHF Yellow 02 (246.8) — internal Admin/TacAdmin only
Control SFL Control callsign “CLASSIC”

Target Areas

Target Set 1

Lake Las Vegas Flotilla — Mk-82 GP bomb delivery — 8× boats. AMD 25m.

Target Set 2

Desert Wash Motor Pool — 2.75″ rocket delivery — 8× military vehicles. Direct impact required.

Target Set 3

Flex Strafe Complex — 20MM strafe — 4× military vehicles. Direct impact required.

PuP — Pull-Up Point

PuP gate orientations give a 20° offset from the target centroid; ranges provide enough run-to-target for standard attack profiles

Acceptable Miss Distance (AMD)

The miss distance from the target where the weapon is still scored as a hit

Mk-8225m

2.75″Direct impact required

20MMDirect impact required

MissOutside AMD for employed weapon

Target Attack Comm Example

At the PuP

Pilot: “Hornet 1, popping.”

Controller: “Hornet 1, hit the N/S/E/W Boat/Vic/Aircraft.”

Sans Comm

If the Competitor does not make the “popping” call, no target tasking will be given

TechAdmin

Authoritative source: SFL Charter Appendix B — TechAdmin SOP v1.1.
Required reading: all Competitors must read Appendix B in its entirety prior to competition.

TechAdmin SOP Sections

§ B.2 Qualification submission (file types, token, submission window)
§ B.3 Live OTS execution flow, Competition Control (CLASSIC), comms standards
§ B.4 Competition environment: DCS server, MIZ files, MODs, terrain, aircraft
§ B.5 Client requirements and prohibited assistance
§ B.6 Authoritative record, run validity, technical dispositions
§ B.7 Trials execution standards
§ B.8 Dogfight execution standards
§ B.9 Timing, reporting, troubleshooting
§ B.10 Acronyms and definitions

Op Area — Course Overlay

Start — KLSV 03R

Initialization

In the marshal area of KLSV 03R

Timer

Timing starts at WOW

Course — Gates, Pull-Ups & Target Sets

Clockwise circuit below 100′ AGL. Run-in gates funnel to each pull-up point (PuP); pop-attack onto the tasked target; egress to the next set; finish overhead Las Vegas Motor Speedway. All centroids are gate-center; gate radius 167′.

RUN-IN

Gate 1a

HDG 096° True1954' MSL100' AGL

N 36 14.7355W 114 58.9806

RUN-IN

Gate 1b

HDG 110° True2063' MSL100' AGL

N 36 14.5170W 114 55.9731

RUN-IN

Gate 1c

HDG 170° True1899' MSL100' AGL

N 36 13.9906W 114 54.2366

RUN-IN

Gate 1d

HDG 185° True1646' MSL100' AGL

N 36 11.9152W 114 53.8038

PULL-UP

PuP 1

HDG 165° True1685' MSL100' AGL

N 36 10.1804W 114 53.9916

TGT SET 1

Lake Las Vegas Flotilla

Mk-82 GP attack

TRANSITION

TgtSet 1 → TgtSet 2

Egress + transitioning leg

RUN-IN

Gate 2a

HDG 156° True1873' MSL100' AGL

N 36 05.1874W 114 54.5443

PULL-UP

PuP 2

HDG 320° True1536' MSL100' AGL

N 36 05.4192W 114 58.3416

TGT SET 2

Desert Wash Motor Pool

2.75″ rocket attack

TRANSITION

TgtSet 2 → TgtSet 3

Egress + transitioning leg

RUN-IN

Gate 3a

HDG 328° True2072' MSL100' AGL

N 36 10.0709W 115 00.7448

RUN-IN

Gate 3b

HDG 328° True1863' MSL100' AGL

N 36 13.7571W 115 03.6824

PULL-UP

PuP 3

HDG 328° True1968' MSL100' AGL

N 36 15.6223W 115 05.0820

TGT SET 3

Flex Aerial Gunnery School

Historical codeword “Flex”

FINISH

Finish Gate

HDG 165° True1969' MSL100' AGL

N 36 16.3134W 115 00.6021

Scoring — Precision Raw Time

Precision Raw Time (sec) = RT + 60(MG) + TAMaxALT + UOP + MRP + URP + (k · TMD)

RTRaw run time (WOW → finish)

MGMissed gates (60s each)

TAMaxALTTime-above-max-altitude penalty

UOPUnexpended ordnance penalty

MRPMiss Rate Penalty (gun) — (% of 20MM rounds outside AMD) × 100

URPUnexpended Round Penalty (gun) — (% of 20MM rounds remaining) × 100

k · TMDWeighted total miss distance

Cleared Gate & Penalties

Cleared Gate Definition

A gate is cleared only when the aircraft passes fully through the gate without contacting any part of it. A gate that is contacted (crashed), skipped, or remaining after a CFIT is counted as a Missed Gate (MG).

Missed Gate Penalty

Each missed gate adds a 60-second penalty to the Competitor’s Total Score Time.

Winchester Incentive

Putting every piece of ordnance on a valid target maximizes your score — that’s the Winchester run. Each piece of ordnance remaining at finish adds to UOP; any piece jettisoned mid-run is scored as a maximum miss-distance penalty for that ordnance.