Mission 1 odd situation “spoilers”

[Tblue282]

I had something happen on Mission 1 I think was not intended.   After I intercepted the Backfire I moved to the high 5 o’clock position as the radio message  said to get behind him after the call on Gaurd.   Suddenly the backfire opened up with rear guns , obviously part of the mission,   I tried to jink but he clipped  my left wing taking of the tip and some control surfaces.   I managed to fly the rest of the mission with my left wing on fire and a lot of right stick and rudder.   When I landed I had to land at 220 knots and could barely control it, damaging the gear on impact.    Bent gear and all I limped it to the parking area to complete the mission.   Any one else take a hit from That backfire?   

Edited December 13, 2024 by Tblue282

[jmarso]

Didn't take a hit but I'm not sure how it missed me; I was dead astern. Fortunately I was expecting shenanigans, had him locked up, and all I had to do was select sidewinder and pull the trigger once the tracers started to fly. He was going down in flames before my wingman even reported he was shooting at me. It was the ONLY moment of the mission that I thought I did well.  The rest was mostly me wrestling with the litening pod.

Edited December 13, 2024 by jmarso

[Tblue282]

I also wrestled with the Litening pod.   I prefer the ATFlir for the Hornet.   When I put in the offset it wasn’t exactly on the vehicles so I figured I would slew it over and set up a Mark point in cast I need to snap back to the exact think I want.   However when in a Waypoint designate mode on the litening and then hitting TDC depress it just seems to snap the pod back to the waypoint designate point.   Not sure if this is a bug but very frustrating.   

Edited December 13, 2024 by Tblue282

[Tblue282]

Seems this is an offset mode only thing where when you hit the tdc it snaps back to the original waypoint.