Quick Training Missions

[corvinus]

While learning the Viggen module I have been creating small and simple missions. I thought I would organize them a bit and share them with the community. The 70+ missions can be found at:

 

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3302241/

 

These missions are especially useful for people who do not like to use the mission editor. Feel free to use/edit/improve these missions.

 

Description

The missions in this mission pack are used to train aspects of the Viggen. They are not tutorials, but more like drill exercises.

The idea is to spend as little time as possible on aspects not related to the training objective. For this reason most missions start in mid air.

Since weapon employment in the Viggen usually requires some kind of preparation you will be put at a convenient distance from the target area.

 

1. Take-off and Landing (11 missions)

Take-off and landing in clear sky and cross wind conditions. Includes landing on a short runway, a highway and a road.

For the latter the surrounding have been cleared for you, so you are not bothered by trees or electricity poles. Also, a ground crew is awaiting you.

 

2. Navigation (4 missions)

A few missions to help practice data input, visual and radar fixes and terrain avoidance.

 

3. Formation Flying (5 missions)

Try to follow your lead in missions of increasing difficulty. The distance between you and your lead is recorded and reported to you.

The measurements are used to provide feedback and to assess mission succes or failure.

 

4. Air to Ground (26 missions)

Weapon practice of all air to ground and anti-shipping weapons. For each weapon and weapon employment mode a simple mission is present.

 

5. Air to Air (7 missions)

Weapon practice of all air to air weapons. For each weapon (except the RB-05) you can choose between engaging IL-76MD or MiG-21bis targets.

 

6. Reconnaissance (4 missions)

Practice the SPA and ELINT over sea and land.

 

7. Countermeasures (15 missions)

Get familiar with the KB countermeasures pod and the U22 or U22/A ECM pods. There are escort jamming and self protection jamming missions.

For each REDFOR air-defence system there is a mission where you can practice missile evasion.

 

 

Changelog

1.1.0

2.M05 : New navigation mission for practicing setting time-on-target and ingress speed.

2.M06 : " " " " " " waypoint boundaries (GRANS).

3.M06 : Added targets of opportunity (fuel truck column and a tank column).

7.M09 : Change ROE of SAM site so that they actually engage.

 

1.0.1

1.M04 : Wind is blowing from South, corrected description.

1.M07 : Corrected wind direction.

1.M09-M11: Fixed ground crew units names in order to make re-arming work again.

Added reference points to make coordinate input easier.

2.M02 : Re-added the waypoints that mysteriously disappeared.

4.M10b: Changed description (bomb factory instead of airbase).

7.M01-M04 : Fixed succes criteria./

Edited December 13, 2018 by corvinus
Added changelog for versin 1.1.0.

[TOViper]

Hm, this sounds like I will spend a weekend in front of my screen having a stick and throttle in my hands ... :joystick: Yes, that sounds like a plan.

[Rudel_chw]

Thanks a lot for sharing them .. I'm right now practicing and re-learning the MiG-29, but saved them anyway and will practice them soon :)

[TOViper]

Takeoff & Landing, M04: Wind is coming from south, not north!

[rainyday]

Brilliant! Thanks a lot for sharing these.

[corvinus]

Hm, this sounds like I will spend a weekend in front of my screen having a stick and throttle in my hands ... :joystick: Yes, that sounds like a plan.

 

Let me know how that works out. :pilotfly:

For clarity, the missions are very simple: configure the weapon systems, fly to the target waypoint and deliver the weapon. But there are a lot, so it can keep you busy.

[corvinus]

Takeoff & Landing, M04: Wind is coming from south, not north!

Thanks for pointing that out! I changed the description (not uploaded yet).

 

Edit: Btw, in mission M07 (Cross Wind landing), the wind was not blowing in the right direction (I had configured the wind at 26 kft to be cross, instead of the wind at the surface :doh:).

Edited October 15, 2018 by corvinus

[metzgerov]

Wow just what I needed. Excited to look through these.

 

Thanks Corvinus

[Leviathan667]

thank you

[Rudel_chw]

For clarity, the missions are very simple: configure the weapon systems, fly to the target waypoint and deliver the weapon. But there are a lot, so it can keep you busy.

 

 

They are good for practice .. here I used your Rb15f mission to try it out the mode 800003 :)

 

 

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I'm kind of rusty on the Viggen, as these last few months I've flown the Hornet and the MiG-29 almost exclusively .. and unfortunately, it show on the video :( ... still managed to sink two transports :)

 

 

Thanks

[Woolfe]

Just downloaded thank you very much. I love flying the modules but have low attention span and battle to work my way around the cockpit and systems so these are great for me!

[corvinus]

Just downloaded thank you very much. I love flying the modules but have low attention span and battle to work my way around the cockpit and systems so these are great for me!

 

 

Thanks! That was exactly the purpose I had in mind when creating them.

[mdee]

Thank you!

[splash]

Many thanks, great job!

[sc_neo]

looks promising, thank you! Time to get back into the Viggen :)

[Palten]

OOOO, nice! I'm getting a bit bored with the usual missions so I'll definitely check these out (although I'm busy learning the Hornet atm) :D

[Woolfe]

Just got to figure out how to land on the road between cars!

[Mags]

Very generous of you.

 

Here is a lot to do for everybody.

 

Thank you!

[corvinus]

Just got to figure out how to land on the road between cars!

 

It's all about the timing ;)

 

However for the highway and road landing missions I disabled civilian traffic in the mission editor. Also I removed any obstacles surrounding the landing strip, so you should be fine!

[corvinus]

Very generous of you.

 

Here is a lot to do for everybody.

 

Thank you!

You're welcome!

[Holton181]

Thanks for this corvinus!

Just had a go on some of them and they seem to be really helpful.

Now, regarding level bombing, do you consider updating these missions with the "Weapon safety height" set to "Low"?

I ask not because I've tried it yet, but you acknowledged you didn't know about the problems that could be present if not "Low", here:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3656625

It have been reported that it might also have an effect on other weapons as well, what do you think about that? Edit: post #6 by TLTeo https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=3665045

No biggie to edit the missions ourselves, but I just thought I'll ask.

Edited October 23, 2018 by Holton181

[corvinus]

No biggie to edit the missions ourselves, but I just thought I'll ask.

Thanks for the feedback, you bring up a valid point. What I have learned since then is the following.

 

Before the post you referrred to I would fly at what I thought was the safetely altitude (about 200 m). What I should have done is try to keep the reticle on the target after unsafe. The computer will adjust the reticle such that I reach the safety altitude. So this works with the medium safety altitude setting as well as for the low setting. At least, this is how I understand it now.

 

On the other hand, setting it to low is probably easier if you are learning the Viggen, as you are less like to be denied a weapon release due to safety height violations. I'm not sure what to do as I expect the manual to reflect the procedures corresponding to the default settings, which is the medium setting. I'm leaning towards changing the setting to "low", but I'm not entirely sure I do not create collateral damage in doing so. :helpsmilie:

 

Btw, I just checked, but in the mission planner you can change the safety setting. I realize that changing it everytime is a pain, so having a good default is still desired.

[Holton181]

Before the post you referrred to I would fly at what I thought was the safetely altitude (about 200 m). What I should have done is try to keep the reticle on the target after unsafe. The computer will adjust the reticle such that I reach the safety altitude. So this works with the medium safety altitude setting as well as for the low setting. At least, this is how I understand it now.

Thanks for this, I didn't understood it when reading mentioned thread.

 

I'm not sure what to do as I expect the manual to reflect the procedures corresponding to the default settings, which is the medium setting.

Let's hope they refine the weapons delivery procedure descriptions in the manual and include safety heights (numbers) and their effects on delivery for each weapon.

No need for you to make this change in my opinion, now that I have a better idea how it's supposed to work.

Thanks again!

[corvinus]

I've released version 1.1.0 of the quick training missions. It contains a few new missions (time on target practice and waypoint boundaries practice) and several bug fixes.

[Rudel_chw]

I've released version 1.1.0 of the quick training missions. It contains a few new missions (time on target practice and waypoint boundaries practice) and several bug fixes.

 

 

Thanks a lot :) .. I've been busy with the MiG-29 and the Hornet, but intend to return to the Viggen once Heatblur finishes the pending updates .. I intend to use your missions as a refreshment course :D

 

 

Cheers