Finally!

[Sunjah]

He Finally does it!!! He took off, followed waypoints (for the most part, zig-zags can be nice to study later), hovered the 'copter, shot many, many evil bad vehicles and bunkers infesting the nice field with their vile rottenness, destroying most of the ones he shot at, got a 'Watch EKRAN' warning which he thinks was saying "Gas is low, dude, go home!", struggled with the route auto-pilot function but finally made course and destination line up with the airport; he even radioed in saying, "I'm on my way, be there in five!" and "May I land now?", he even ALMOST landed from where he took off.

 

SO WHAT IF THE COMPANY COMMANDER FLIPPED FROM ONE SILLY LITTLE BLOWN TIRE on the landing, and the THREE OUTER-ROTOR BLADES SMACKED OFF WHILE HITTING THE GROUND from a tiny, little, accidental, or course, tipping while trying to account for the popped-tire. Geesh, they have to make such a big deal out of every little detail! THEY SHOULD'VE GIVEN ME BETTER RUBBER THAT WOULDN'T BLOW SO EASILY!

 

Anyway, I took off, flew my route (well, I got there and pretty much touched all the waypoints at some point during flight-time), shot many targets (did well with VIKHR and Guns, but rockets I don't have yet!), and returned home without crashing & dying on the landing. IT'S A FIRST!!!

 

I think my engines were just about to fumes when I was about 30 feet (9-10 meters, or there about), and I could not get a hover without some kind of 1, 2 or 3 mph skew in one-direction-or-another. I had planned to just hover and sink, but I just can't seem to hover over the landing field. Ugh! How long, generally speaking, should you be in the air with a full tank of gas (both)? My mission was 1:45 hours long, and almost all was airborne. Lot of hovering over the target field, but is that about right? To be out of gas at only 1:45 minutes?

 

Hey, flat-tire and rotor blades vs. death? I think I won, this time!

 

Ps- Skypat...I forgive you

Edited January 8, 2009 by Sunjah

[sobek]

[...] My mission was 1:45 hours long, and almost all was airborne. Lot of hovering over the target field, but is that about right? To be out of gas at only 1:45 minutes?

 

 

Yes, hovering consumes lots of fuel. This is not a 747, so what did you expect? ;)

[Groove]

Congratulations :)

[Sunjah]

Yes, hovering consumes lots of fuel. This is not a 747, so what did you expect? ;)

 

To be honest, I kind of have (had) no clue. That's why I asked:music_whistling::thumbup::megalol::cry::huh::joystick::smartass:

 

 

 

Congratulations :)

 

 

 

Thanks! I like NOT dying at the end of missions. I don't know why, I just feel that much more accomplished when it turns out that way!:smilewink::smilewink::smilewink::smilewink:

[JDski]

'Watch EKRAN'

 

If I'm not mistaken, believe that means your putting a heavy load on your rotors or something dealing with your throttle.

I have my engine throttle (not collective) assigned to a rotory knob on my hotas. If I increase the throttle fast by turning the knob even when sitting on the ground with a full tank, I get that warning. If I increase it slowly, I don't get it.

[RedTiger]

I thought "watch EKRAN" meant just that; "hey stupid! Look at the EKRAN!". The aircraft is telling you that there's a message on the EKRAN. For specifics.. WATCH EKRAN! :D

[Sunjah]

Yeah, I think it was saying, "Hey, Stupid, look at your gas situation!" I was just sitting in a hover same as I'd been for about 1/2 hour whilst shooting those nasty, evil trucks and stuff.