George pilot functionalities

[metzger]

Right now, it is (almost) possible to fly a full mission from CPG seat, however there is too much george pilot micromanagement required. Some additional functionalities that will be very very useful in my opinion:

- george takeoff and dir-to/follow flight plan -> george will taxi, takeoff and follow dir-to or flight plan. just as AI flight would do.

- George RTB - > george will head back to base, land and taxi to parking, just like AI would do

- George land at nearest farp/base -> he will land and nearest friendly farp or base. This in case you want him to land but not back to base e.g. for farp rearm

- George orbit at WP - > ideally with selectable orbit radius, or at least a mile or so. So you can orbit POI and observe, talk to jtac or whatever reason you need to hold

- George racetrack pattern -> ideally selectable legs length

- George to call out and autmatically brake turn based on incoming tracers or ENEMY missile launch. Also react on tracers and lunches while hovering.

- George to automatically call out contacts and targets (as far as I know this will come later)

Edited November 2, 2024 by metzger

[paco2002]

I see this as a good point for improving george, +1 to this idea

[Loophole]

I agree with this.  I fly the Apache a lot, but always from the front seat.  George is currently little better than a glorified autopilot for me; I would really like to be able to rely on him to try and save our bacon when coming under fire.  Maybe with a press-and-hold keybind to "maintain course" to suppress his evasive behaviours when you *really* want to get that shot away

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