Gewehr 43 Posted July 3, 2006 Posted July 3, 2006 When refueling from the IL-78M, can you refuel from the wing drogues or only the center drogue? The wing drogues just clip thru my airplane, but the center one seems to work normally. A fella from another forum says he routinely uses the wing drogues like normal. Whenever I try to use them, they just clip through my airplane. What does one have to do to use the wing drogues? To be sure, I can connect and hold with the center drogue 100% of the time, so its not a pilot error. Does it maybe correspond to what number you are in your flight? i.e. flight leader takes center station, wingmen take wing positions? Thanks for your help.
Guest Cali Posted July 3, 2006 Posted July 3, 2006 Yes you can refuel from the wing stations also, your problem is a weird one. Got any screenshots?
Gewehr 43 Posted July 3, 2006 Author Posted July 3, 2006 Yes you can refuel from the wing stations also, your problem is a weird one. Got any screenshots? I don't but I will. Give me a few hours and I should be able to get some up and running. Chances are its just something stupid that I'm doing.
S77th-GOYA Posted July 3, 2006 Posted July 3, 2006 Someone with more experience in Russian planes can clarify, but you need to set which drogue you're going to fuel from. Center drogue is probably the default, so it works without changing anything.
Shaman Posted July 3, 2006 Posted July 3, 2006 If you are talking about multiplayer refueling that all of that draws incorrectly for all clients and even the steering circle is incorrect. All you need to do is just to aim for the refueling pod and hold your position steady that's it. Always remember to select [~] which probe you are actually going for. 51PVO Founding member (DEC2007-) 100KIAP Founding member (DEC2018-) :: Shaman aka [100☭] Shamansky tail# 44 or 444 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] 100KIAP Regiment Early Warning & Control officer
britgliderpilot Posted July 3, 2006 Posted July 3, 2006 Someone with more experience in Russian planes can clarify, but you need to set which drogue you're going to fuel from. Center drogue is probably the default, so it works without changing anything. Bingo. There is no other problem here - all you have to do is make sure that you've selected the right drogue. There should be a number in your HUD in refuelling mode that denotes which drogue you're set up to refuel from - by default it's 2 (the centre drogue), but by using the cycle waypoints key you can cycle it through all three of them. 1 is the left wing, 2 is the centre, and 3 is the right wing. Select the one you want to refuel from, and you're away . . . . http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v121/britgliderpilot/BS2Britgliderpilot-1.jpg
Gewehr 43 Posted July 3, 2006 Author Posted July 3, 2006 Thanks, guys. That got it. These forums have been absolutely invaluable. I appreciate it!
Guest Cali Posted July 3, 2006 Posted July 3, 2006 So did you have to switch which 1 you were refueling from, if that wasn't the fix what was?
Gewehr 43 Posted July 3, 2006 Author Posted July 3, 2006 That was the fix. I didn't know that the "2" next to the "RF" in the lower left of the HUD designated which refueling station you would be using. It defaults to "2" which is the center drogue. Like the others have said, I had to use the "~" key to cycle thru which one I wanted to use.
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