Glowingheat Posted March 13 Posted March 13 Not tried it in other modules, but when air refuelling the A-10C, after the first contact and successfull connection, if I get disconnected I cannot then get contact again - I have to close and open the receptacle before trying again - its the only way to get connected after the first disconnected attempt. The boom does some weird juddering too - which I'm sure it never used to do as it hunts for the hole.
MAXsenna Posted March 13 Posted March 13 Not tried it in other modules, but when air refuelling the A-10C, after the first contact and successfull connection, if I get disconnected I cannot then get contact again - I have to close and open the receptacle before trying again - its the only way to get connected after the first disconnected attempt. The boom does some weird juddering too - which I'm sure it never used to do as it hunts for the hole.Always been like this for me, with the boom. Took me a while to figure out I had to reset the receptable when I started learning AAR in the A-10Cs. This is a few years back. You have to do the same thing in the F-4E, while not on the F-15s and the F-16, (even the A-10A I suppose).Cheers! Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk
Minsky Posted March 13 Posted March 13 19 minutes ago, Glowingheat said: if I get disconnected I cannot then get contact again - I have to close and open the receptacle before trying again Binding the refueling door open/close command to an easily accessible joystick button was the first thing I did when learning the AAR in this aircraft 1 Dima | My DCS uploads
MAXsenna Posted March 13 Posted March 13 Binding the refueling door open/close command to an easily accessible joystick button was the first thing I did when learning the AAR in this aircraft Same, and as it is. I have the Warthog, so it was already bound. Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk 1
Scotch75 Posted March 14 Posted March 14 Not tried it in other modules, but when air refuelling the A-10C, after the first contact and successfull connection, if I get disconnected I cannot then get contact again - I have to close and open the receptacle before trying again - its the only way to get connected after the first disconnected attempt. The boom does some weird juddering too - which I'm sure it never used to do as it hunts for the hole.You have to press the NWS pinky button on the HOTAS stick to reset the refuelling door to "Ready". You just need to press it once only, everytime there is a disconnect. You don't need to close and re-open the door.Cheers!Sent from my SM-G998B using Tapatalk 4 W10 Home 64Bit, Intel Skylake I5 6600K 3.50GHz, ASUS ROG Stryx Z270F MoBo, 32GB G.Skill RipJaws V DDR4 3200 RAM, Samsung 960 Pro 512GB M.2 SSD (OS), Samsung 850 Pro 512GB SSD, 2TB Seagate SDHD, 2TB WD Green HDD, GALAX GTX GeForce 1070 EXOC Sniper White 8GB VRAM
MAXsenna Posted March 14 Posted March 14 You have to press the NWS pinky button on the HOTAS stick to reset the refuelling door to "Ready". You just need to press it once only, everytime there is a disconnect. You don't need to close and re-open the door.Cheers!Sent from my SM-G998B using TapatalkYou are absolutely correct. I misread OP's procedure as resetting the receptable, not closing and opening the whole "door".Cheers! Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk
Glowingheat Posted March 14 Author Posted March 14 Oh I see - that'll teach me! Is there a technical reason why this happens in the real aircraft?
Minsky Posted March 14 Posted March 14 (edited) 12 hours ago, Scotch75 said: You have to press the NWS pinky button on the HOTAS stick to reset the refuelling door to "Ready". You just need to press it once only, everytime there is a disconnect. You don't need to close and re-open the door. Both are correct: Quote For successive contacts, the pilot must recycle the air refuel system by actuating the air refuel disconnect/reset button (Nosewheel Steering button) on the control stick after each disconnect or closing and opening the slipway door. (But to disconnect "by the book" one has to press the NWS button, of course.) Edited March 14 by Minsky 1 Dima | My DCS uploads
MAXsenna Posted March 14 Posted March 14 Oh I see - that'll teach me! Is there a technical reason why this happens in the real aircraft?It "doesn't happen". Probably just the way it was designed. Maybe to prevent escaping fuel or something. In the F-4E it's a switch near the throttle. Probably why the system was redesigned for the F-15s/F-16s. Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk
jaylw314 Posted March 19 Posted March 19 Could it be to allow for "towing" during refueling? It's referenced as a normal procedure, is this not done in other aircraft? 1
Scotch75 Posted March 19 Posted March 19 It may be to "earth" the contact so there is no build-up of static electricity, which would be disastrous.Cheers!Sent from my SM-G998B using Tapatalk 1 W10 Home 64Bit, Intel Skylake I5 6600K 3.50GHz, ASUS ROG Stryx Z270F MoBo, 32GB G.Skill RipJaws V DDR4 3200 RAM, Samsung 960 Pro 512GB M.2 SSD (OS), Samsung 850 Pro 512GB SSD, 2TB Seagate SDHD, 2TB WD Green HDD, GALAX GTX GeForce 1070 EXOC Sniper White 8GB VRAM
ASAP Posted March 22 Posted March 22 On 3/14/2025 at 11:05 AM, Glowingheat said: Oh I see - that'll teach me! Is there a technical reason why this happens in the real aircraft? Because it just wasn't designed to automatically reset itself. The state the latch rollers, and the fuel manifold need to be in to receive gas are different from what they are in after a disconnect. I can't remember specifics but it has something to do with the pressurization of the fuel manifold. The jet wont automatically recycle them to the correct position for another latch attempt, normally latch, get gas and go. Its a "one and done" thing. As for why it doesn't do it automatically... I'd guess nobody told the engineers that it needed to auto reset itself. 2
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