KC-135 with basket

[AnnaNass]

KC-135 Tanker with basket adapter for the ability to refuel aircrafts with fuelprobes (f.e. M-2000)

[razo+r]

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=167480

[AnnaNass]

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=167480

 

? That is a modification

[MikeMikeJuliet]

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=167480

 

Its nice such mods exist, razo+r, but that doesn't remove the need for an official nato tanker with baskets. You can't rely on MP servers to have every single mod installed.

 

A greater interest on the subject is bound to rise after the F-18 gets released since so many will apparently be focusing on it... and not being able to do AAR with it without Russian tankers will probably cause the current situation to change.

 

I hope.

[SkateZilla]

Its nice such mods exist, razo+r, but that doesn't remove the need for an official nato tanker with baskets. You can't rely on MP servers to have every single mod installed.

 

A greater interest on the subject is bound to rise after the F-18 gets released since so many will apparently be focusing on it... and not being able to do AAR with it without Russian tankers will probably cause the current situation to change.

 

I hope.

 

There's an S-3B Tanker

[VTJS17_Fire]

Yeah. The S-3B has enough fuel for one or two aircraft with external fuel tanks.

 

+1 for an KC-135 with basket or any other NATO tanker with p&d system.

[AnnaNass]

There's an S-3B Tanker

 

Go on servers and you'll see there are sometimes M-2000 but only a KC-135 tanker.

 

And DCS will become a realistic simulator one day and KC-135 have basket adapters in RL.

[probad]

should ask for kc-135 with basket pods instead, basket adapter would require a second aircraft for the boom fuelers.

[WHOGX5]

should ask for kc-135 with basket pods instead, basket adapter would require a second aircraft for the boom fuelers.

 

+1 This!

[AnnaNass]

should ask for kc-135 with basket pods instead, basket adapter would require a second aircraft for the boom fuelers.

 

My idea: If an aircraft requests to refuel, the KC-135 checks the kind of aircraft and f.e. if it's a M-2000 the boom has the basket adapter and if it's an A-10C the boom doesn't have the adapter.

[MikeMikeJuliet]

My idea: If an aircraft requests to refuel, the KC-135 checks the kind of aircraft and f.e. if it's a M-2000 the boom has the basket adapter and if it's an A-10C the boom doesn't have the adapter.

 

If we are to keep with the realism here, that wouldn't really be viable. We either need a refueler with both capabilities simultaneously, or have two separate tankers. It's the mission builder job to make sure all required assets are placed in the mission.

[probad]

My idea: If an aircraft requests to refuel, the KC-135 checks the kind of aircraft and f.e. if it's a M-2000 the boom has the basket adapter and if it's an A-10C the boom doesn't have the adapter.

 

while we're at it my a-10 should transform into a f-15 when i switch to a2a mode

 

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::doh:

[AnnaNass]

If we are to keep with the realism here, that wouldn't really be viable. We either need a refueler with both capabilities simultaneously, or have two separate tankers. It's the mission builder job to make sure all required assets are placed in the mission.

 

We can't count on the mission builders. Every third mission I am unable to refuel with my M-2000 because there is only a KC-135 which is only useable for A-10c. So we have to found another solution, independend of mission builders.

I'm pilot but not for tankers - can they add and remove the adapter in flight?

[probad]

can they add and remove the adapter in flight?

yes i have found documentation here :)

 

 

seriously, no. its a modification made on the ground, they go up as designated tanker for basketfuelers.

like i said earlier, the basket pods are the real one size fits all solution https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Boeing_KC-135R_Multipoint_Refueling.JPEG

Edited September 28, 2016 by probad

[MikeMikeJuliet]

Well, I bet mission makers start realizing this problem as aircraft with basket-refueling increase.

[probad]

yes, nothing technical preventing mission makers from putting up il-78s

[drPhibes]

We can't count on the mission builders. Every third mission I am unable to refuel with my M-2000 because there is only a KC-135 which is only useable for A-10c.

 

R3bTHzmuOTY

[AnnaNass]

yes, nothing technical preventing mission makers from putting up il-78s

 

You are rightbut they don't too often

 

R3bTHzmuOTY

 

Nice air combat skin. Loved that game. Good old PS times.

 

 

This multi refueling capabilities KC-135 would be the best solution for DCS

[MikeMikeJuliet]

You could always go to the mission makers subforum and ask mission makers to take this point with them to provide.

[AnnaNass]

You could always go to the mission makers subforum and ask mission makers to take this point with them to provide.

 

Every time I join a server and see this issue? 1 time ok, 2 times hmmm but 5 times? No :joystick:

[myHelljumper]

Probe to probe works in dcs, not realistic but might be a temporary solution.

[MikeMikeJuliet]

Every time I join a server and see this issue? 1 time ok, 2 times hmmm but 5 times? No :joystick:

 

Which one do you think is an easier fix? A mapmaker adds one existing aircraft to a map, or ED implementing a completely new one, or even change the current one to be even more unrealistic than it currently is?

 

Besides, you don't know how long it takes to get the maps fixed... could be a matter of minutes if you're lucky. Try it at the very least. If you have time to post 3 nev threads here, I don't think you would't have time for a fourth.

 

No hard feelings intended.

[drPhibes]

(...)or even change the current one to be even more unrealistic than it currently is?

 

Which part of KC-135s carrying mk32B pods do you find unrealistic?

[MikeMikeJuliet]

Which part of KC-135s carrying mk32B pods do you find unrealistic?

 

I meant the suggestion that the 135 would change it's capabilities midflight due to a different aircraft asking for fuel.

 

If it can carry both the boom and the baskets at the same time, then that should be implemented.

[USSInchon]

Or, they could bring back the KC-10 which has both boom and drogue on the centerline.