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Thanks for the answers guys, I'll check that out.

In Mission 2 since I was out of ammo and low on fuel I landed and rearmed before contacting JTACs for the new targets. When I took off I had a CDU failure, don't know why, didn't get shot at or take damage. When I exited the mission the campaign made me go back to mission 1.

I just tried Jars curves and Bingo, it works great. I gave up trying to use the toe-brakes last year, now I'm all set! Thanks!

Ok, I'm not trying ATF 02 again unless I can get the darn ILS to work. 3 times now and all three times the ATC sends me to runway 25 and not 07. ILS won't turn on for 07 so it's nearly impossible to land in the conditions. Tried landing at 25 with just TACAN and I cannot pick up a visual on the runway in time to land safely. In real life the pilots would divert to a different base, I tried that but was given a fail. Heck I thought it was the right thing to do and was a test in our judgement. Oh well, I'd really like to finish this....

If you've started the campaign already is there a way to play the 1.2 version and not go back and restart?

Just finished my first attempt at AFT 02. Tanked well and then headed home. Problem landing at Kobuleti. ILS landing only at runway 07 but ATC sends you to land at runway 25. Even trying to set up for an ILS landing on 07 I couldn't get the bars to work. Everything was tuned in to where it should be too. So after an hour, yes and hour, I went to Batumi instead. No problem landing there but I failed for leaving the training zone. My question, is there an ILS route at Kobuleti? Can't figure out what I did wrong, if anything.

http://www.youtube.com/user/gerryabbott?feature=watch Check these out!! His Nav 1-4 vids are excellent.

Wow, this is so much better!!

Thanks for the page info, I was reading up on it in the CDU section which was around page 233 in the manual I printed out a year ago. I did find out what I did wrong. I was cycling through the WPs using my HOTAS and looking at the number listed on the very top of the CDU, but that isn't the WP info on that page. In order to enter/view the WP info you want you have to enter the WP number in the scratch pad and then click on the top Left LSK where you see a number preceded by a +_. Then whatever number you entered will be the info for that WP. At least that is how I got it to work for me now. On to AFT 2!

Just finished up ATF 01 and passed on my first try. One thing I was wondering and something I didn't know before was where to enter WP TOT info. I did this for each WP but it only showed the last number I entered, and it showed it for each WP. I was wondering how this is done since I must have done something wrong. Here is what I did. First I went to the WP page in the CDU. I cycled to the WP by advancing the WP to the number I wanted. Then I entered the TOT info on line R5 (where it says - DTOT[] ). I did this for each WP and when I got back to 1 it just showed the time I entered for the last WP. Also, besides doing addition in your head by looking at the numbers in the HUD, is there a better/easier way to do this? I know in F4 it showed the speed you needed to use, I think in the HUD.

Passed BTF11! Couple of things you may want to change though, it isn't clear at the start that you don't have to wait for the instructor to show up on the runway. The first time I waited for 10 minutes after taxing out and then just said what the heck. You may want to change the wording at the start, cause it says, 'meet me on the runway.' Also at the end, I wasn't sure if we were going to land together, I thought so, but after awhile I just went for it myself. Could be more clear. Amazing that the mission works so well, great job, it had to be a lot of work putting it together, thanks!! Something I did to get better at formation flying with the AI was to set up a practice mission with a lot of turns. At first I stayed right on the AI's rear, as close as I could get and then just followed as close as I could. The more I got used to that, the more I moved off his wing. Made it easier for me to get better at it, may work for someone else too.

If you're still interested in A10c pilots, I'd like to join up.

I'd say, HIT that thing! :) I would also highly recommend the pro clip too. I've used TrackIR since the beginning and just got the pro clip this year, what a difference it makes. Simply fantastic!

Yea, I was able to do this from the mission editor, before for some reason I was trying to do this from the mission planer. Doh! I added a FRAPS Ammo, and Fuel depot. Think I added a tent and command too, not sure. Got shot at the first time and something took out and engine. Knocked out a bunch of soft vehicles. Looks like a cool mission, just wish it had JTACs too, although don't need them.

Is this the mission called "Weapons training mission" in the Single Missions folder? I was looking for a mission called '60 inch punch'. How do you add a FARP to the mission, it seems to be locked. Going to give it a try. Gotta blow some stuff up.

Been flying the BTF campaign and ran into a hurdle with the Formation Flying mission. I set up a practice mission and although I'm getting better I feel I must be missing something. What advice would you guys give to stay with your wingman in a turn, left or right, starting on the inside or outside the turn?

Is there a way to go back and fly the previous mission. I had to quit BTF 10 early and now it took me right to BTF 11. I'd really like to finish BTF 10 first.

Passed, finally. I never did set the QFE in this mission until reading the reply's. Funny thing is, that used to be part of my start up check list, but recently I've been ignoring it since it wasn't part of the BTF 1 start up. No problems once I set the QFE to the right number. Also stopped getting the 'maintain angles eight' from wp2 to wp3. hehe. One thing I noticed is I never did get the ILS bars to activate, even though I unstowed them and selected ILS in the nav panel in front of the joystick. Also, it would be nice to get a visibility report from the ATC. On to BTF 10.

I've never touched it in this mission. both indicators (HUD and altitude instrument) show the same.

Yes, that is what I thought too. But sometime you have to start to ride the glide slope down and you'll go below 2500. My question is when to go below in 'this' mission. I've been starting down at 10 miles out.

Can someone tell me what the 'Pattern Altitude' in BTF 9 is supposed to be. If I get one more 'Terminate' message because I'm to low, I'm going to scream. After reading through these forums it's my understanding that it is between 2000 and 2500. Even tried starting at 3000 at 10 miles and then riding it down, but I always get a 'terminate' message.

Ok, BTF 9 works fine, I was looking at the wrong WP, bit different then the other missions. Sorry for the confusion.

It said I failed to properly start the engine. I did get it to work the last time I ran the mission, I just left the throttle at idle until the engine was up and I received a pass on that then. Only lost 1000 ft too, so it was ok.

Yes, I have the latest campaign. I flew all the way to wp 4. I'll try again. If it doesn't work, I'll send a trk file or something if you like. All the other missions have worked well.

Has anyone else been able to fly BTF 9 and get any further instruction after take off?