Ven Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 (edited) It's a beautiful evening and there's nothing better than an escorting a few A10's on SEAD duty. Hope they blast that SA-11 for us. Okay, there goes the Warthogs. Approaching WP3. That river will be important to keep track of as I will be in range of SA-11 across that river. My wingmen usually don't survive the encounter and even if they do, they usually dump all their ordnance making themselves useless. There's that "SD" symbol for SA-11 and a Fulcrum is saying hello too. It seems like the Flankers have their jammers on. I lock onto the jamming signal and tell number 3 to "engage my target". Just as I give the order, they sent a present my way. I launch too. It's low percentage shot and it wont make the kill but the purpose is to put them in defensive position at least so my wing have better chance of survival. I turn while my 3 and 4 move in. I keep number 2 on my wing for now. Just about when I made a complete 360 turn, my wing started to report in the kills. One Two Three Four None of the kills belong to me but at least we got them all and all 3 of my wings still in tact. Now AWACS telling me there are two more Fulcrums coming for me. Alrighty. Because I don't want to get in range of that SA-11, I fall back behind that river to give me some more room to engage the MIG-29's. Did they say 5 minutes? A10's are doing their jobs I see. Just two Fulcrums? I think I can deal with them myself. Couple of brand new AIM-120C's on their way. Just basic tactics. Beaming. There's one And two Rejoin formation. Glad to have everyone safe. RTB Mission Complete I have lost only one wingman since I started using this tactic. But then again, I'm just a rookie and I'd take any advice. Thanks for reading. Mission 3 AAR Mission 4 AAR Mission 5 AAR Mission 6 AAR Mission 7 AAR Mission 8 AAR Mission 9 AAR Mission 10 AAR Edited April 24, 2010 by Ven 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouddha Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 I am not an expert but your way of managing the wingman seems to work well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwpenney Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Nice! Great AAR! Fridge ---------- Things which do you no good in aviation: 1) Altitude above you; 2) Runway behind you; 3) Fuel in the truck; 4) The airspeed you don't have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeroscout Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Very nice! Aero DCS Wishlist: 1) FIX THE DAMN RIVERS!!! 2) Spherical or cylindrical panorama view projection. 3) Enhanced input options (action upon button release, etc). 4) Aircraft flight parameter dump upon exit (stick posn, attitude, rates, accel, control volume, control-surface positions, SAS bias, etc). 5) ADS-33 maneuver courses as static objects. 6) Exposed API or exports of trim position and stick force for custom controllers. 7) Select auto multiple audio devices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilBivol-1 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 One thing I noticed in your AARs is that you're keeping to about 20K altitude in your engagements. I assume this is because you want to be closer to the ground for evasive purposes. If you have not tried it yet, one option to experiment with is to take the fight up to 30K and see what kind of benefits/drawbacks that might entail. - EB [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Nothing is easy. Everything takes much longer. The Parable of Jane's A-10 Forum Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ven Posted April 15, 2010 Author Share Posted April 15, 2010 One thing I noticed in your AARs is that you're keeping to about 20K altitude in your engagements. I assume this is because you want to be closer to the ground for evasive purposes. If you have not tried it yet, one option to experiment with is to take the fight up to 30K and see what kind of benefits/drawbacks that might entail. Good thing you brought that up. Actually the reason I stay below 25K is because above that, it always creates a trail. I figured that would give away my position too easily. This may be reason for staying low if I'm facing an human opponent but I wasn't sure if AI opponents would recognize the trail. If not, I may venture up higher next time. By the way, would you mind editing the subject of this thread to Mission 5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilBivol-1 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 (edited) Ah, good thinking. Off the top of my head, I don't think fighter aircraft are programmed to detect contrails. We have a variety of visibility factors modeled for ground attack aircraft against ground targets though. Regardless, there is a Russian AWACS in the missions anyway, so the enemy will know your position with relative accuracy. Changed the thread title. Edited April 15, 2010 by EvilBivol-1 - EB [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Nothing is easy. Everything takes much longer. The Parable of Jane's A-10 Forum Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ven Posted April 15, 2010 Author Share Posted April 15, 2010 Ah, does that mean keeping the radar off until last minute doesn't help much either? Thanks for the edit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilBivol-1 Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Yes, if the enemy AWACS can see you, so can the fighters. - EB [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Nothing is easy. Everything takes much longer. The Parable of Jane's A-10 Forum Rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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