Ground Power to remove wheel chocks

[AJH63]

Just had a play around with the new wheel chock feature after the latest upgrade.

A very nice addition to the realism.

[Ahdidaas]

yes they are.  and I'm not too proud to admit, it took me a way long time before I realized that's why I wasn't moving!   fail one for me not reading the change log prior to playing the latest update.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[edudix]

After several month without flying the A10, Im getting back.

For some reason a I cannot contact to the Ground Power.

Frequency set as 251 AM, Radio Im using is the central one the ARC-164. Knob in Both and nothing less. Mission is set to use real comms.

Does anybody know what im doing wrong??

Thanks.

Edited August 22, 2023 by edudix

[edudix]

After several months without flying the A10, Im getting back.

For some reason a I cannot contact to the Ground Power to remove the wheel chocks.... It happens to me the same as @Guyamn....

Frequency set as 251 AM, Radio Im using is the central one the ARC-164. Knob in Both and nothing less. MIssion is set to use real comms.

what im doing wrong??

 

Edited August 22, 2023 by edudix

[Yurgon]

13 minutes ago, edudix said:

[...] what im doing wrong??

Duplicate.

[Yurgon]

Did you close the canopy? In that case set the Intercom selector to Intercom in order to be able to communicate with the ground crew, and ensure that the battery is on. Or simply open the canopy again.

Are you spawning on a friendly airport (blue coalition airport for a blue coalition aircraft)?

[edudix]

1 hour ago, Yurgon said:

Did you close the canopy? In that case set the Intercom selector to Intercom in order to be able to communicate with the ground crew, and ensure that the battery is on. Or simply open the canopy again.

Are you spawning on a friendly airport (blue coalition airport for a blue coalition aircraft)?

Thanks. Ill try and let you know. But I guess the canopy was closed. Yes I was in a blue airfield too.

[edudix]

20 hours ago, edudix said:

Thanks. Ill try and let you know. But I guess the canopy was closed. Yes I was in a blue airfield too.

Yes you were right has to be with the canopy, weird. I dont know the reason. The logic said also you can talk with the ground power even if the canopy is closed, right? I dont know the sense.

Edited August 23, 2023 by edudix

[Yurgon]

24 minutes ago, edudix said:

The logic said also you can talk with the ground power even if the canopy is closed, right? I dont know the sense.

It's a gameplay decision. I believe as soon as the pilot is strapped in, the crew chief will talk to the pilot through the intercom system, which the crew chief is plugged into with a long cord allowing him/her to walk all around the jet. Both are wearing heavy duty hearing protection for when the APU and the engines are started, and there's always a chance of nearby noise sources like other aircraft spooling up, taxiing by and taking off at the airfield.

But it sort of makes sense that the pilot might be able to talk to the crew chief without intercom as long as the canopy is open.

So in the DCS A-10 and with the canopy closed, players have to make sure to properly use the intercom, or they can't communicate with the ground crew.

29 minutes ago, edudix said:

talk with the ground power

Ground crew.

"Ground power" is a term describing electric power provided to the jet by a ground based source like a mobile generator.

[edudix]

On 8/23/2023 at 5:46 PM, Yurgon said:

It's a gameplay decision. I believe as soon as the pilot is strapped in, the crew chief will talk to the pilot through the intercom system, which the crew chief is plugged into with a long cord allowing him/her to walk all around the jet. Both are wearing heavy duty hearing protection for when the APU and the engines are started, and there's always a chance of nearby noise sources like other aircraft spooling up, taxiing by and taking off at the airfield.

But it sort of makes sense that the pilot might be able to talk to the crew chief without intercom as long as the canopy is open.

So in the DCS A-10 and with the canopy closed, players have to make sure to properly use the intercom, or they can't communicate with the ground crew.

Ground crew.

"Ground power" is a term describing electric power provided to the jet by a ground based source like a mobile generator.

Thanks for the correction man!!

[Migparts]

How IS the intercom turned on?

[Yurgon]

1 hour ago, Migparts said:

How IS the intercom turned on?

When I just ran a test, the position of the Intercom Rotary Selector Dial had no effect when calling the ground crew to place or remove the wheel chocks. The only prerequisite seems to be to turn on the battery (that is, the ground crew responded to me with said dial in the INT as well as the default VHF position).

In any case, you'll find the Intercom Rotary Selector Dial on the Intercom Control Panel on rear part of the left console.

[Dondy]

22 hours ago, Yurgon said:

When I just ran a test, the position of the Intercom Rotary Selector Dial had no effect when calling the ground crew to place or remove the wheel chocks. The only prerequisite seems to be to turn on the battery (that is, the ground crew responded to me with said dial in the INT as well as the default VHF position).

In any case, you'll find the Intercom Rotary Selector Dial on the Intercom Control Panel on rear part of the left console.

Was your canopy still up?

Last time (was before 2.9.6) I needed to turn the dial to "Intercom" otherwise I got no response from the ground crew (with my canopy being closed). So I don't know if this has changed in the meantime.

Edited August 9, 2024 by Dondy

[jaylw314]

24 minutes ago, Dondy said:

Was your canopy still up?

Last time (was before 2.9.6) I needed to turn the dial to "Intercom" otherwise I got no response from the ground crew (with my canopy being closed). So I don't know if this has changed in the meantime.

 

IIRC, you can contact ground crew on any working radio or intercom once the canopy is closed.  However, the only radio that works on battery power alone is the UHF (ARC-164? dangit, I always forget the stupid numbers) radio

[Nealius]

Not sure why we need canopy open/ICS for chock removal when there are hand signals for chocks.