Ian Boys Posted August 10, 2014 Posted August 10, 2014 I made a simple mission 4 hours ago to practice IL-78 refuelling and that has been 4 hours of tough work! Needs even more concentration than a dogfight. At least in a dogfight you know that you win some, you lose some. If I mess up refuelling it's all down to me. Well, 4 hours in and a couple of (minor!!) collisions with the tanker and I've basically got the hang of it. It's hard though. I bet there's some automated way I'm missing.
JulienBlanc Posted August 11, 2014 Posted August 11, 2014 Indeed nice screenshot! There's no real automated way to do it ^^ if not the only tips I can give you is adjust curves to have smoother input, which won't send you off completely as soon as you touch the joystick, instead make small adjustments thus more precision... And never chase the boom, fly in formation with the tanker; eyes on tanker, glance at boom. Last thing is to put altitude hold when matching tanker speed & height for a brief second to achieve perfect trim ( not easy to do manually as it's not very precise.) You can always try to put in an autopilot but it won't change anything to the concentration needed as drifting off happens really quickly! Good job :) Good luck and enjoy that ol'33 ! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Intel i7-4790K 4GHz H100i 256 GB SSD + 1TB HDD Crucial+ WD Blue 16 Gb Ram DDR3-1866-C9R Mhz Veng. Pro. GA-Z97X-G5 SuperNova 750 G2
SkateZilla Posted August 11, 2014 Posted August 11, 2014 After Pre-Contact, it's all small adjustments. TBH, Last time I refueled in the A-10C I was being funny and decided to use only the trim hat and small throttle inputs to see if I could do it, and it worked fine, Dunno if SFM Trimming in FC3 would be the same, (never felt the same to me). Windows 10 Pro, Ryzen 2700X @ 4.6Ghz, 32GB DDR4-3200 GSkill (F4-3200C16D-16GTZR x2), ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate, XFX RX6800XT Merc 310 (RX-68XTALFD9) 3x ASUS VS248HP + Oculus HMD, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS + MFDs
Mobius_cz Posted August 11, 2014 Posted August 11, 2014 In Su-33 after you extend the refueling probe there is noticeable change in control sensitivity so refueling SU-33 with SFM is not that hard. Also higher speed of the tanker helps you a lot, basic 500 km/h is not that ideal for this fighter imho. Still good job :-) not everyone is capable to refuel a plane in DCS :thumbup: [sIGPIC]http://dcs-uvp.cz/images/userbars/uvp_bars_mic.gif[/sIGPIC]
Serp Supreme Posted August 11, 2014 Posted August 11, 2014 I personally find the Su-33's drogue and probe style of airborne refueling to be muuuuch easier than the boom, like for the F-15 or the A-10. Just the amount of play you have with the cord thingy there that feeds the fuel, there's much more room for error than with the KC-135. This post is protected by a pilot who has a serious lack of negotiating skills, but is absolute hell in a dogfight. If you do not belong here, please leave. You have now been properly negotiated with. MiG-29S Instant Action Mission Fix Come check out and add to my list of all landmarks in DCS World! ^that works now
skouras Posted August 11, 2014 Posted August 11, 2014 After Pre-Contact, it's all small adjustments. TBH, Last time I refueled in the A-10C I was being funny and decided to use only the trim hat and small throttle inputs to see if I could do it, and it worked fine, Dunno if SFM Trimming in FC3 would be the same, (never felt the same to me). its not! you trimmed in FC3 and the movement is bigger.. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]W10(64bit)Asus Rog Strix Z370-F - i7 8700K - Dark Rock Pro 4 - 16 giga ram Corsair vengeance 3000 - MSI RTX 2070 Super - Asus Rog Phobeus soundcard - Z906 Surround speaker - Track ir5 - HOTAS Warthog
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