Drone

[joojoo]

hey to all. I would like to ask if there is any possibility of using Drones instead of aircrafts in mission editor.

 

Thanx

[feefifofum]

Not exactly (with the exception of the MQ-9) but you can cause an aircraft to act like a drone by adjusting some options. At WP0 (or SP for Eastern aircraft) click "Advanced Waypoint Actions" then delete any existing items such as the default CAP or CAS tasking.

 

Click "Add"

 

Select set option -> reaction to threat -> no reaction

 

Click "Add" again

 

Select set option -> ROE -> weapon hold

 

Now the aircraft will not take any offensive or defensive action, it will simply fly its assigned route.

[Zayets]

I think he means modern usage of a drone this days, like instruct them to bomb stuff and things like that.

[joojoo]

Yes Zayets, right!

[joojoo]

I also like to ask of the MQ 9 mod is available for DCS 2.5 version

[Zayets]

Yes Zayets, right!

This is not really hard to simulate as basically any AI plane carrying bombs can be thought as a drone. I see what you mean and I agree hat visually is not what you expect. Nevertheless, you can use a trigger in ME so that when a Predator reaches an area then a bomb explodes at the given coordinates. I think that's a good compromise.

[SUNTSAG]

Hi joojoo,

 

Both the MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1A Predator can be setup in the Mission Editor to carry out ground attacks.

 

The MQ-1A can use its x2 AGM-114Ks and the MQ-9 its GBU 38s. The flight path to target is a little weird and long winded but that goes for all AI airframes to be fair.

 

I tested both in a mission build this morning (Sunday 24/03/19). Cheers.