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Thanks Fisherman et al... I tried it last night. When I approached from the west but heading a little toward the southeast, he did clear me in. I dropped and the bomb hit. I was cleared for re-attack. Came back, this time I was pointed at them so he called abort, so I came around and went back. I called in and he said cleared hot. So I drop. The bomb missed. I tried again in the same way. It missed again. So my next question is, is when they tell you to abort, but when you come back and they clear you hot, are they still lasing? I never see a laser on call available when that happens so I'm assuming so, but the bombs never seem to hit. v6, boNes

PM sent. v6, boNes

Hm, ok, I thought that that was where they wanted you to exit regardless of where you came in from. Also, is this something that was just updated? Because I had flown this mission before (it is stock) a few times and they've never told me to abort like that before. Thanks all! v6, boNes

I don't understand this. If he is south, don't run in from south or between east and west...but then you say only between south and east and west? v6, boNes

I had a similar experience, not in this campaign, but in a mission where I killed the bandits but took a minor hit plus I wasn't paying attention to my fuel state. It left me over Iran with a low fuel situation and no navigation instruments except for my magnetic compass. AS I headed generally west toward the Gulf, I realized my AI wingman hadn't been hit and so I told him RTB. He did, and I just followed him home--poof navigation problem solved. We got to the boat and I dropped my gear. No indicator lights. External view showed the gear wasn't coming down. I had to blow them down with the emergency override. I put the hook down--same thing. Had to blow that down too. Went for a straight in and got really low but was down to a few hundred pounds of gas. Somehow made it aboard with a real dirty threewire. Sat there trying to catch my breath in the trap area, shaking a little. Then the engines sputtered out as the fuel burned out. What a tough day at the office! v6, boNes

They didn't. After that nine line I say ready to copy remarks, they tell me what weapon they want, and to call IP inbound. I call IP inbound, he says continue.I say laser on he responds laser on, lasing I say spot I say in then he tells me abort v6 boNes

ACtually I just did the mission again and they didn't give me an approach direction. All they said was 1,2,3 n/a 4 elevation 1000 ft msl target atillery coordinates KNB20055 Makrked by aser 1688 friendlies south 500 meters, troops in contact egress east. That's all. Why do they tell me to abort then? v6, boNes

Oh, that's right. Sorry been flying the Tomcat for so long have been forgetting my Bug fundamentals. v6, boNes

The direction is when they say "Troops in contact"? as in "South, troops in contact"? v6, boNes

What do the red, green, blue, and yellow signify on the flight path on the trap sheet? v6, boNes

I've flown this mission before without problem but now all of a sudden JTAC always tells me to abort What triggers that? I check in I tell him ready for 9 line I tell him ready to copy remarks I select the weapon he requests and set it up properly I 9 line readback I report IP inbound He says continue.I say laser on He responds laser on, lasing I say spot I say in then he tells me abort Why? Am I too close? I gotten clearance to go in hot at 5 mi before with no problem. Also, when he calls abort and you respond IP inbound and then he says continue when you come back, then I say in and he says cleared hot, is his laser back on? Seems like the bombs fall short then. v6, boNes

I did this by not lining up on the catapult shuttle very well. The catstroke torqued me over and PLINK! in the drink I went. v6, boNes

Just this morning while practicing traps. I caught the wire and was waiting for Jester's assessment. "Three wire!" he yelled. I was like, "Yes!" and fist pumped. "Haha, just kidding, 4 wire." Jerk. v6, boNes

Some bad days at the office... v6, boNes

Agreed! I have to remember in the carrier pattern to only put small miniscule amounts of power in otherwise she's gonna take off like a banshee. And yes, level turns with burner at high G and she wants to just turn and turn and burn! The Hornet has no soul there. v6, boNes

Will they be, as part of a patch, adding more Jester lines so that he stays fresh and new? v6, boNes

Yeah, I know Phoenix has been out of service for so long, but there is still an air force that still use it and have been trying to reverse engineer it. But you are right, that doesn't really apply for the sim and flying with it. Bummer about TWS-A and AIM-54 on this evolution...but hey, watch pot no boil! v6, boNes v6, boNes

I'm happy to have it in the sim...What I meant is scary is that there is access to information about how it works, which one would think should be classified or at least not available. v6, boNes

I'm not sure if I should be happy or scared that they got access to the code, heh. v6, boNes

Oh, so that would explain when I get annoyed that Jester has targets in TWS-A, but then eventually after Phoenix launch, I start seeing the X superimposed on the target icon in the TID and then they disappear. Since I'm not maneuvering, I imagine those targets flew out of the fixed TWS-A radar cone. OK, I imagine this is what they did to compensate for TWS-A not working. So my hitting the MSL OPT switch to PH ACTIVE was moot then, huh? v6, boNes

OK, I ask because when I'm in TWS-A it appears to be working fine...but maybe it's because I'm not maneuvering when I fire Phoenix? Also I noticed that the countdown numbers aren't blinking to show pitbull. Or is that because I'm already relatively close to the target and so they are already pitbull and thus not blinking? I'm pretty sure I saw the countdown numbers blink recently, but I could be wrong. When you say the radar automatically switches to TWS-A after launch, you mean if you were in TWS-M before that? I'm trying to understand because if you launch in TWS-A, well, it's already in TWS-A. Thanks! v6, boNes

Can you refresh my memory as to what is not working about TWS-A? Is it the automatic numbering of targets? Is it the Phoenix going active at the right time and showing the blinking countdown numbers when it does? So TWS-M is operational then? Thanks! v6, boNes

Dziękuję! v6, boNes

Does anyone else experience this? The RIO rear view mirror is blocked out by a white mirror-shaped band. When you raise the canopy, it remains there in the sky. v6, boNes

I believe Victory on the forums said that yes it is badass, but also that the delta wing configuration makes you a high drag surface to slow you down...but the badass part is a much better explanation. I recently had a harrowing landing myself, where after a hop and bagging 6 bandits (the AAR says 5 but I hit the one bandit with a missile and he was going down when my AI wingman's missile hit him so he got the credit for it) I was careless with monitoring my fuel. I had about 4000 lbs of gas left and I was 170 miles from the boat, and flying at low altitude NOE to avoid enemy radar until I got the the Gulf. By the time I got back to the Gulf, I was able to get altitude up to 30000 ft, but I was very low on fuel. I went for a straight-in on the boat since this was a fuel emergency. I started to get really really low in the groove and I doubted I would make it and didn't want to increase power lest I burn the gas I had left. I somehow was able to put it down on the boat and catch the three-wire with only about 400 lbs of gas left. My engines flamed out as I taxied out of the landing area. Whoa. So not quite a dead stick landing but a really messy successful landing. Winning ugly, baby...! v6, boNes