Maintain Air Group Speed

[Captain Orso]

I'm trying to create a WWII ground strike mission; 3x FW-190's approaching a Normandy Airfield low-level (100 feet AGL).

 

Firstly, I set the Group to start at 280 kn, but never starts at that speed (always somewhat below it) and the Group never accelerate up to 280 kn; I want the group to have a good speed for when they near the target airfield, they have enough speed to climb up quickly to start their attack.

 

All Waypoints after the initial (Waypoint 0), have ONLY GS checked, and all Waypoints have speed set to 280. The first Waypoint after the initial, is a turning waypoint, and before the group reaches it (about a mile out) the group drops speed to about 237 kn(!!) and never attempts to regain airspeed.

 

Again, only the initial waypoint has the ETA box checked, all others have GS ONLY.

 

Secondly, the 2 other aircraft in the flight never fly at the designated 100 feet. they are always about 100 feet higher than the flight leaders. Why?

 

Can anyone tell me what's going on here?