Lavochkin La-17 target drone

[Volator]

I plead for introducing the Lavochkin La-17 target drone into DCS as an AI aircraft to make weapon training missions more realistic.

 

[ET22RULZ]

+1, adding target drone versions of normal aircraft with special drone AI (no pilot model) would also be cool.

[Stratos]

Agree on the LA-17.

[Silver_Dragon]

good to "Sam Simulator" training ;) Missing great quantity to target drones for training.

Edited February 12, 2017 by Silver_Dragon

[cichlidfan]

I can't see a logical reason for expending the resources. Most players do not do 'realistic' training, for one. Also, drones exist because of the cost of actual combat aircraft. In the sim, such costs do not exist.

 

I won't deny that it would be cool, and this is a wishlist, but given that there are so very many more necessary things to be worked on, I would put this at the very bottom of the priority list.

[Spades_Neil]

I can't see a logical reason for expending the resources. Most players do not do 'realistic' training, for one. Also, drones exist because of the cost of actual combat aircraft. In the sim, such costs do not exist.

 

I won't deny that it would be cool, and this is a wishlist, but given that there are so very many more necessary things to be worked on, I would put this at the very bottom of the priority list.

 

I strongly disagree. I consistently use drone killing as a means of easing new players into DCS, and drone fights are always the first mission I run in my multiplayer COOP campaigns with friends, just so they can get a feel for how the radar works.

 

In my case I used a USAF Aggressor Squadron and just claimed the Hawk jets we were shooting at were unmanned. I even got them to take off from a friendly airfield without issue, too!

 

As for the resources for such a mod, it really won't be hard. A 3D model, a simple flight model, a little LUA code, and it's already done. We're not asking for something super complicated; just target practice.

[Northstar98]

+9000 I'd love to see target drones and other exercise like stuff implemented at some point. I'd love to for example do this

 

Target drones have lots of potential for new players, it's also much more realistic. They also allow for much more realistic exercises (kind of like a simulator within a simulator) type stuff.

 

It would also go nicely with this https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=161289 but as well as having separate coalitions for training purposes have an option to use a unit as a target practice unit via the mission editor which would allow BLUFOR players to shoot down BLUFOR drones for instance without having problems with friendly fire for instance.

 

I do however agree with cichlidfan that this is probably low priority as there is so many necessary, top priority stuff that needs doing (DCS 2.5 etc etc etc).