South Ossetia Pirates strategy?

[ripple]

I've struggled with the South Ossetia Pirates mission in that once I find the camp I can't get close enough to take them out. I can see the 2 camps (one group on the east side of the valley and one group on the west side), but since I only have rockets and guns I have to get much closer to them and they take me out with sam's.

 

What strategy have others used successfully?

[Frederf]

I've been having a problem with attacking the camp itself as well. It may be a little "cheaty" but I'm getting down to the strategy of the following which should work if I continue to be patient:

 

* While on the ground get NVGs, Vikhr+S-13, and Ferry Fuel.

 

Getting over the hill is cake with about 900EGT and a 130kmph IAS climb from FARP to ridge, clear it 200m no prob. I ramp up to 170kmph for the backside and slowly descend along the rest of the route to about 2000m. At WP5 I switch over to TGT1 without ever turning off the RTE switch. When over the convoy I turn off RTE and drive up the valley to the west until the little hill at the bottom about 6 km away from the camp I set up an auto-hover, recon the camp, and make me a DL target to make as my DL ingress which gives me a nice range readout.

 

Make sure my UGB dial's on 2 for the S-13s and my lasers all ready and I uncage onto the central camp and send a Vikhr at anything that looks like a MANPAD. I use a Vikhr each on the first two AAA outposts above and to either side of the central camp.

 

I hold trim and the collective brake and scoot up along my little recon ridge spot until I find the 3rd AAA outpost on the hillside across the valley from the central camp and put my last Vikhr in it, probably 2-3 on the camp and 3 on the AAA outposts.

 

Now relatively safe I tell the wingman to hold and give him the central camp target via DL and punch up a nice safe 727 countermeasures program, cue up the S-13s and cannon (HE), set burst length for long, and move in slowly. At max cannon range I unload all HE rounds on the camp. Then I put the cannon away, start the flare program and make an S-13 run at maximum range aiming at the bottom of the camp where the bunkers are.

 

Once I'm safe and heading back to the recon spot I tell the wingman to attack DL target(s). After some shooting I order him to rejoin and we fly home.

[sobek]

You can actually safely take out MANPADS at max cannon range (at least in 1.0 you could).

[thinkr]

How do you get 900 engine gas temp... how do you adjust it? I can't make it over the mountains... plz help...

 

At WP5 I switch over to TGT1 without ever turning off the RTE switch.

 

What does this mean above? TGT1 = ? RTE = ?

 

thx for any help in advance... sorry about the noob questions:)

Edited January 5, 2010 by thinkr

[5parta]

I don't beleive you can manually set the EGT, but Im still new with this ka-50.

I do beleive turning on the anti-ice for the engines and rotor will increase the EGT, as well as running your engines in take off mode (lot's of collective).

 

WP5 means waypoint5 and TGT1 is Target1, corresponding to the switches on ur pvi800 and RTE is route mode.

[thinkr]

I should have known route mode... :doh: thx alot for the explanation:thumbup:

[thinkr]

Ok found it never mind:)

Edited October 10, 2011 by thinkr