F-14 Instant Action IFR NTTR mid-air collision with AI

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

Hi,

 

Apologies if this has been reported before: a search I did turned up nothing.

 

When starting the IA in-flight refuelling NTTR mission, the Harriers escorting the KC-130 immediately start doing violent manoeuvres, colliding with the player.

The only way I have seen to avoid this, is to immediately after hitting the Fly-button, going to idle power and to apply the airbrakes.

 

I think I also noticed the source of this problem: in the mission editor, the KC-130's speed got lowered over these past few months (I haven't done this particular IA mission in a while) to 220 KIAS (300 knots GS). The player and the other F-14 are also set at 300 knots, but the Harriers are set to 270 knots. This causes them to have to do an instant catch-up, resulting in the collision.

When I set the Harriers to 300 knots GS and re-save the mission, the Harriers still do some jerking manoeuvres, but no longer collide with the player's aircraft.

 

According to GlobalSecurity.org, the high-speed drogue of a KC-130 is limited to 200-250 KIAS, so I think the speed of the tanker and escorting aircraft can safely be increased a bit (and/or the altitude lowered), making the refuelling process a bit easier as well ;-)

 

Thanks!

[eracer1111]

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