Steel Jaw Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 In that other sim, the aerial tanker will give a heads up when about to turn. Are we liable to ever see this in DCSW? Thanks. "You see, IronHand is my thing" My specs: W10 Pro, I5/11600K o/c to 4800 @1.32v, 64 GB 3200 XML RAM, Red Dragon 7800XT/16GB, monitor: GIGABYTE M32QC 32" (31.5" Viewable) QHD 2560 x 1440 (2K) 165Hz.
Faelwolf Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 In my experience, the tanker does give you a warning, it tips it's wings a bit before making it's turn. No radio call, you have to watch for the "wing wave".
Rudel_chw Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 In that other sim, the aerial tanker will give a heads up when about to turn. Are we liable to ever see this in DCSW?. The mission designer could easily add such a warning to his mission, with a trigger zone just before each waypoint. For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
RentedAndDented Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 In my experience, the tanker does give you a warning, it tips it's wings a bit before making it's turn. No radio call, you have to watch for the "wing wave". Yep, and I saw that technique in an old tactical formation training video from the vietnam era - the flight lead rolls into the turn direction, rolls out, then turns. I dunno what they do IRL for tanking.
Notso Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 Yep, and I saw that technique in an old tactical formation training video from the vietnam era - the flight lead rolls into the turn direction, rolls out, then turns. I dunno what they do IRL for tanking. IRL, the tanker just slowly rolls into the turn. No warning required or needed. If the pilot is correctly flying formation, he/she simply maintains formation. The key is the rate of the roll by the tanker. If initially very gentle and slow, the pilot might not even know they are turning. Just fly formation. System HW: i9-9900K @5ghz, MSI 11GB RTX-2080-Ti Trio, G-Skill 32GB RAM, Reverb HMD, Steam VR, TM Warthog Hotas Stick & Throttle, TM F/A-18 Stick grip add-on, TM TFRP pedals. SW: 2.5.6 OB
Nealius Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 IRL, the tanker just slowly rolls into the turn. No warning required or needed. If the pilot is correctly flying formation, he/she simply maintains formation. The key is the rate of the roll by the tanker. If initially very gentle and slow, the pilot might not even know they are turning. Just fly formation. This. Formation calls are only done in aerobatic teams. I've never needed warnings to maintain formation with the tanker or a flight lead.
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