GTFreeFlyer Posted October 20, 2024 Posted October 20, 2024 Sometimes when I get hit, the VHF radio is dead. This seems to be an immediate mission fail because I cannot contact tower when I RTB. Correct, or is there another way? Would be nice to have the option to flare over the runway or some other sort of alternate request to land. My DCS Missions: Band of Buds series | The End of the T-55 Era | Normandy PvP | Host of the Formation Flight Challenge server Supercarrier Reference Kneeboards IRL: Private Pilot, UAS Test Pilot, Aircraft Designer, and... eh hem... DCS Enthusiast
Rudel_chw Posted October 20, 2024 Posted October 20, 2024 27 minutes ago, GTFreeFlyer said: or is there another way? can’t use the UHF radio instead? For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
GTFreeFlyer Posted October 21, 2024 Author Posted October 21, 2024 15 hours ago, Rudel_chw said: can’t use the UHF radio instead? It doesn’t seem so. You must contact the tower thru the F10 Other menu, and you don’t get the option unless you are tuned in to the VHF frequency. If you land without selecting the F10 menu action to request landing, you fail the mission. It was a fun mission, so I don’t mind replaying it 1 My DCS Missions: Band of Buds series | The End of the T-55 Era | Normandy PvP | Host of the Formation Flight Challenge server Supercarrier Reference Kneeboards IRL: Private Pilot, UAS Test Pilot, Aircraft Designer, and... eh hem... DCS Enthusiast
ChillNG Posted October 21, 2024 Posted October 21, 2024 18 hours ago, GTFreeFlyer said: Sometimes when I get hit, the VHF radio is dead. This seems to be an immediate mission fail because I cannot contact tower when I RTB. Correct, or is there another way? Would be nice to have the option to flare over the runway or some other sort of alternate request to land. Unfortunately not, not an outcome I predicted when I made the campaign. Changed it for subsequent campaigns. 2
GTFreeFlyer Posted October 21, 2024 Author Posted October 21, 2024 3 hours ago, ChillNG said: Unfortunately not, not an outcome I predicted when I made the campaign. Changed it for subsequent campaigns. Cool! Thanks for answering. I got the flare idea from the briefing in Piercing Fury campaign. Not sure it actually does anything, but was a neat idea. Perhaps if the mission editor allows detecting the transponder code set, then pilot can just go with 7600 for lost comms? Either way, I’m going to be more careful flying. Spoiler I took that hit on M15 when running in on the suggested attack heading, lol. You got me. Survived it though. So far, still in one piece with no deaths in the campaign. I’ll see if I can survive M15 again, then M16 to wrap it up By the way, Spoiler I had 2-3 launches at me in M15 but couldn’t see any smoke plumes to see where they came from, even after looking in direction of RWR detection. What sort of wizardry weapon was that? I can only assume Manpad, but maybe it was directly below me My DCS Missions: Band of Buds series | The End of the T-55 Era | Normandy PvP | Host of the Formation Flight Challenge server Supercarrier Reference Kneeboards IRL: Private Pilot, UAS Test Pilot, Aircraft Designer, and... eh hem... DCS Enthusiast
ChillNG Posted October 21, 2024 Posted October 21, 2024 24 minutes ago, GTFreeFlyer said: Cool! Thanks for answering. I got the flare idea from the briefing in Piercing Fury campaign. Not sure it actually does anything, but was a neat idea. Perhaps if the mission editor allows detecting the transponder code set, then pilot can just go with 7600 for lost comms? Either way, I’m going to be more careful flying. Hide contents I took that hit on M15 when running in on the suggested attack heading, lol. You got me. Survived it though. So far, still in one piece with no deaths in the campaign. I’ll see if I can survive M15 again, then M16 to wrap it up By the way, Hide contents I had 2-3 launches at me in M15 but couldn’t see any smoke plumes to see where they came from, even after looking in direction of RWR detection. What sort of wizardry weapon was that? I can only assume Manpad, but maybe it was directly below me Ah yes I think there is sneaky MANPAD somewhere in that village! Nice idea on lost comms I'll think about that!
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