Help with finding the boat in the "real" missions

[PawlaczGMD]

Any tips on how to find the boat, coming back to land? I understand that the initial position is saved as Defense Point. But even with this, going back after an hour, I have trouble finding the fleet. Do they follow a predictable course/speed?

I get that the mission enforces no radio contact, but is there some way to get a bearing on the fleet, at least from a large distance?

[Lt_Jaeger]

I did assume it will follow the course it had during launch. A short hop to the LSO station will give you heading and speed. After that you need the rough time you spend on the mission and can extrapolate the position of the Carrier group from there. Other way would be to fly back to the known launch position and fly the heading the ship had. Mark I eyeballs be your friend. It was a surprise for me how tiney these big ships are from above.

[PawlaczGMD]

Having played more missions, it's not that big of a deal. I had problems, because I had to abort one of the missions due to damage. But it seems like radio/Jester guides you in precisely most of the time if you do things by the script. 

You can also "cheat" by making an ATC call if you really need to, your guy magically knows the radial and DME even without being able to get a reply.

[jmarso]

Gives you an appreciation for those WWII guys, eh? 

[2circle]

Sorry, not to state the obvious, but are you tuning up the TACAN to the correct station?  Or is the ship following EMCON procedures in this campaign? 

[Reflected]

9 hours ago, 2circle said:

Sorry, not to state the obvious, but are you tuning up the TACAN to the correct station?  Or is the ship following EMCON procedures in this campaign? 

Full EMCON