Oilfield Campaign Mission 3

[shake307]

Oh boy, this mission is cursed.  First a disclaimer; I am no magnificent helo pilot.  However, I am not terrible.  And I sure suck at sling loading.  So, I have been faffing around with this mission off and on for a few months with some success puncuated with abysmal failure.  I learned tonight that patience is crucial to sling loading.  It must be done slowly and deliberately.  I picked up the load and got it to the destination.  Finally, I did the mission and all I had to do is get back to base.  I set the doppler system up and got my autopilot tuned for an easy cruise home.  Got close to home and called for a landing.  Clearance was granted to land on the runway.  I figured, "I am in a Hip, I don't need to land on the runway."  So, I decided to land on a parking pad next to the runway.  Nothing.  No call from ATC.  No Mission Accomplished.  Nothing.  I decided that maybe I really did need to land on the runway.  I taxied over ther and started driving down the runway.  Still nothing.  So I took off a little bit, then settled back down on the concrete.  ATC called and directs me to taxi to parking.  HOLY CRAP, I FINALLY BEAT THIS MISSION!  I am now looking at the taxiway I need to turn down to go park...  BLACK SCREEN THEN EXTERNAL VIEW AS I WATCH MY HELO EXPLODE IN A GLORIOUS INFERNO!  I got ran over by a landing cargo plane.  I was finished.  I had won.  I was basking in the warm glow of my triumph.  Then it was all ripped away from me in a single beat of the heart.  The warmth replaced by an icy defeat.  I went through, and am still going through, mourning.  The curse of Mission 3 has claimed yet another piece of my soul.  Damn you Mission 3.  Damn you back to Hell.

[rge75]

Thanks for sharing your  experience. That sounds quite hard

Well, just in case you don't want to replay the whole mission, you could fiddle around with the logbook.lua and edit it (it needs a little bit of knowledge though).

Of course I'd recommend to replay the mission though.

Personally, I think sling loading is a lot easier with the Mi-8 than with the Huey, but it of course also depends on the controls. I remember when I was playing with a HOTAS instead of collective/cyclic. I had to trim a lot to get "close to a hover". It became so much easier with collective/cyclic. All curses are gone with helicopter controls

[JanRalle]

Slingload for hip is still broken in the stable version, only fixed in the current open beta.

 

Also mission end trigger location is the same parking spot where you started.

 

No Ned for landing on the runway.