Originally Posted by
Tex
And I disagree about the leg time and DTOT. It absolutely matters how fast you get there for a few reasons
1) You plan your route to minimize time in the threat area. You should be flying at or close to 750 ITT during ingress. Any slower and you are just extending the time in a WEZ.
2) Energy management. Its not obvious in the sim but the A-10 does not have excess thrust. In mountainous terrain, you don't want to get slow/behind on energy. With a combat load out, losing an engine in 14,000' mountains is not a good place to be at any speed. Starting at 200 KIAS gives you much less time and options.
3) Deconfliction/synchronization. If you have a DTOT it is generally to deconflict from other flights or to synchronize your flight with a support asset. That relies on you being predictable.