[Door gunners dissapear if you refuel in mission]

I dug around some and this appears to be caused by an inconsistency between the mission load out and the static load outs for the UH-1H.

 

The payload file is missing the door gunners.

DCS World\MissionEditor\data\scripts\UnitPayloads\UH-1H.lua

 

You can fix it by copying the file to your user profile directory:

\Saved Games\DCS\MissionEditor\UnitPayloads

 

And change the content to the below. Note you can also create a second load out if you want to be able to select a load out without door gunners.

 

local unitPayloads = {

["name"] = "UH-1H",

["payloads"] = {

[1] = {

["name"] = "M134 Minigun*2, XM158*2",

["pylons"] = {

[1] = {

["CLSID"] = "M134_L",

["num"] = 1,

},

[2] = {

["CLSID"] = "XM158_MK5",

["num"] = 2,

},

[3] = {

["CLSID"] = "M134_SIDE_L",

["num"] = 3,

},

[4] = {

["CLSID"] = "M134_SIDE_R",

["num"] = 4,

},

[5] = {

["CLSID"] = "XM158_MK5",

["num"] = 5,

},

[6] = {

["CLSID"] = "M134_R",

["num"] = 6,

},

},

["tasks"] = {

[1] = 32,

[2] = 31,

[3] = 35,

[4] = 16,

},

},

},

["unitType"] = "UH-1H",

}

return unitPayloads

 

 

 

There is a second inconsistency that I still haven't figured out yet. The default loadout has 19 missiles per pod. The reload has 7 because that is the number specified in db_weapons_data.lua. I'm still looking for where the 19 is defined.

[Door gunners dissapear if you refuel in mission]

You can repro with Instance Action -> Target Practice. Go kill off some targets and return to landing pad. Refuel and the door gunners disappear.