Comms: Can you order your AI flight to jettison external fuel tanks?

[nachinus]

Hi!

Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but there seems to be no way to order your wingman/flight to jettison their external fuel tanks. I know about the jettison stores command, but this makes them drop their bombs too! 

One would think that this command should exist, but this doesn't seem to be the case,

[Exorcet]

External tanks are an important and limited resource. You typically don't want to drop them, even if they are empty.

That said there is a waypoint action option for setting flights to drop tanks when empty. You can try adding this option to your flight in the ME.

[silverdevil]

i was flying the syria free flight for F-16 recently. i was following the other F-16 as it was going through the same WPs. nearly done with the flight and the other AC all of a sudden pulls up violently and dropped everything. quite strange. i almost flew through the "debris".

Edited January 24, 2023 by silverdevil
replaced F-16 with syria

[nachinus]

hace 2 horas, Exorcet dijo:

External tanks are an important and limited resource. You typically don't want to drop them, even if they are empty.

That said there is a waypoint action option for setting flights to drop tanks when empty. You can try adding this option to your flight in the ME.

I was thinking about more dynamic situations. I'm currently playing the Dynamic Campaign Cyprus Incident with the M2k and when it generates missions for ground strike with bombs that use the central pylons, the planes are loaded with the 2! wing tanks. The Mirage is very heavy with so much weight and I would like to be able to order my flight to drop tanks if we need to get out of there fast, or just to fly fast enough to avoid AA fire during the strike.