dporter22 Posted July 4 Posted July 4 The guidance says to start, then request external power, but shut down engines before requesting external power. I'm confused. What exactly am I supposed to do?
Nix Mills Posted July 6 Posted July 6 On 7/5/2025 at 5:47 AM, dporter22 said: The guidance says to start, then request external power, but shut down engines before requesting external power. I'm confused. What exactly am I supposed to do? The external power is a bit tricky the first couple of times. If the kneeboard checklist is not enough, I suggest finding a YouTube video that shows you how. That might be a bit easier than trying to walk you through it here.
Kurnass1977 Posted September 11 Posted September 11 Il 04/07/2025 at 21:47, dporter22 ha scritto: The guidance says to start, then request external power, but shut down engines before requesting external power. I'm confused. What exactly am I supposed to do? Any luck with this mission? At my second attempt and only improved from a poor 74 to 76...
Kurnass1977 Posted September 11 Posted September 11 Ok, just finished my third attempt and scored 100
Kurnass1977 Posted September 12 Posted September 12 (edited) Ok this is the procedure. Spoiler As per instruction start the plane and complete the checklist like for a normal mission ( follow the Special procedure om the kneeboard). At this point call via F10 menu ground crew and order to connect the external power and shutdown the engines; when done follow again the kneeboard for After Engines Shut Down, and thst's all Edited Sunday at 05:35 PM by Kurnass1977
dporter22 Posted September 12 Author Posted September 12 Ok, thanks. Doesn't make sense to start the engines, connect external power, then shut down the engines but ok.
Nix Mills Posted September 12 Posted September 12 You start up the engines to run all your checks. When all that is done, you shut down the engines again so as not to sit and burn fuel in the parking area. All your instruments will stay powered on by the external power.
dporter22 Posted September 13 Author Posted September 13 Must be a Navy thing. We never did that in the Air Force. If you have external power connected there's no need to start the engines and then shut them down.
L4key Posted September 14 Posted September 14 I can’t manually start/shut down the jet so am I a bit screwed for this mission?
KENNY1988 Posted Saturday at 08:58 PM Posted Saturday at 08:58 PM On 9/11/2025 at 8:55 PM, Kurnass1977 said: Ok, just finished my third attempt and scored 100 Hi @Kurnass1977, how did you get score 100%. Can't divert TU-160 to the north. How did you do it? Thanks.
Kurnass1977 Posted Sunday at 05:29 PM Posted Sunday at 05:29 PM (edited) I simply followed the instruction on the screen, IIRC I positioned myself on the Blackjack wing and when instructed accelerated. crossed the bomber nose and released some flare. After returning in position the bomber started to accelerate and after some seconds,during which I TRIED to follow the bomber in full AB, was contacted by te intercept controller and authorized to RTB Spoiler The trick is to intercept it the fartest from the battlegroup otherwise if close too much you cannot gain full score I don't know if this can help. I'm currently trying to obtain full score in M 15, there're always something that prevent me to satisfy all the mission goals... Edited Sunday at 05:31 PM by Kurnass1977
KENNY1988 Posted Monday at 07:31 PM Posted Monday at 07:31 PM On 11/23/2025 at 6:29 PM, Kurnass1977 said: I simply followed the instruction on the screen, IIRC I positioned myself on the Blackjack wing and when instructed accelerated. crossed the bomber nose and released some flare. After returning in position the bomber started to accelerate and after some seconds,during which I TRIED to follow the bomber in full AB, was contacted by te intercept controller and authorized to RTB Hide contents The trick is to intercept it the fartest from the battlegroup otherwise if close too much you cannot gain full score I don't know if this can help. I'm currently trying to obtain full score in M 15, there're always something that prevent me to satisfy all the mission goals... Thanks, @Kurnass1977. I found the solution already. Thank you for your time . I'm sure, you will figure it out
Kurnass1977 Posted Monday at 08:34 PM Posted Monday at 08:34 PM 1 ora fa, KENNY1988 ha scritto: Thanks, @Kurnass1977. I found the solution already. Thank you for your time . I'm sure, you will figure it out Nice! I've just improved my Mission 15 score from 92 to 95...I don't know how many times tried for the full score,starting to be a bit frustrated
KENNY1988 Posted Monday at 09:21 PM Posted Monday at 09:21 PM 47 minutes ago, Kurnass1977 said: Nice! I've just improved my Mission 15 score from 92 to 95...I don't know how many times tried for the full score,starting to be a bit frustrated There is: Issues recorded with airspace controls. I think, this is the reason for minus 5 points.
Kurnass1977 Posted 18 hours ago Posted 18 hours ago (edited) 20 ore fa, KENNY1988 ha scritto: There is: Issues recorded with airspace controls. I think, this is the reason for minus 5 points. Yup, in this specific attempt I strayed outside the corridor when returning for a distraction. Sometimes was maybe related to altitude of the mismatch between true altitude and the indicated on the HUD, will try again Anyway, the total indicated in the briefing screeshot is 99... Edited 12 hours ago by Kurnass1977
KENNY1988 Posted 14 hours ago Posted 14 hours ago 4 hours ago, Kurnass1977 said: Yup, in this specific attempt I strayed outside the corridor when returning for a distraction. Sometimes was maybe related to altitude as the mismatch between true altitude and the indicated on the HUD, will try again Anyway, the total indicated in the briefing screeshot is 99... Oh sorry, I didn't count it. You said score 95, so I thought, it was -5 points by Issues recorded with airspace controls. Don't know, where could be tha last point.
Kurnass1977 Posted 12 hours ago Posted 12 hours ago 2 ore fa, KENNY1988 ha scritto: Oh sorry, I didn't count it. You said score 95, so I thought, it was -5 points by Issues recorded with airspace controls. Don't know, where could be tha last point. I was probably not clear because of my bad English; in the screenshot, if you add the various points the result is 99, but the final score actually was 95
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