Free Mi-24P Campaign : The Dawn Of The Soviet-Afghan War

[Raffi75]

At what point do you turn on the anti-icing system and pitot tube heater? I always do this on the ground, before turning off the AI-9, and I have no problems during flight. I checked the manual today; the anti-icing system and pitot tube heater turn on at temperatures of +5°C and below.

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

11 minutes ago, Raffi75 said:

At what point do you turn on the anti-icing system and pitot tube heater? I always do this on the ground, before turning off the AI-9, and I have no problems during flight. I checked the manual today; the anti-icing system and pitot tube heater turn on at temperatures of +5°C and below.

I normally turn them on on the ground too, and never had problems with it before this mission. 
Because it did give me problems the first time around, I decided to turn them on immediately after gear up, and that’s when I lose an engine.

I’ll try one last time tomorrow, but frankly this is getting annoying

[Raffi75]

This is a bit strange. I only had one icing problem this campaign, but it was clearly my fault because I hadn't turned on the pitot tube heater. I turned it on in flight, and after a while, everything was fine.

 

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

Yes, it’s as if the generators can’t provide enough voltage/current for all systems if I turn on anti ice on the ground. The electrical panel has the green light indicating the generators are active, yet the autopilot/dampers refuse to stay on.

It’s why I even tried to keep the APU running and turned on the APU generator for good measure, but it didn’t help.

[Raffi75]

2 hours ago, Raven (Elysian Angel) said:

Yes, it’s as if the generators can’t provide enough voltage/current for all systems if I turn on anti ice on the ground. The electrical panel has the green light indicating the generators are active, yet the autopilot/dampers refuse to stay on.

It’s why I even tried to keep the APU running and turned on the APU generator for good measure, but it didn’t help.

Can you send me the tack file?

 

Mission 10:
I managed to complete it successfully. Today was a bit different than the first attempt at the mission.
When the Volk-2 taxied very close to my tail after stopping on the taxiway, it stopped, waited a moment, and then took off vertically. It continued its mission independently for the rest of the mission. It immediately flew from the airport into the mountains. The Oriol-1 froze in a hover again. This time, I didn't have the colored (yellow) message about the troops being loaded, nor the information to select the cargo. After landing and selecting the report, there was no document animation, but the typewriter sound was there.
Despite these minor glitches, the mission ran smoothly. I enjoyed it.

 

Edited Monday at 10:17 PM by Raffi75

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

24 minutes ago, Raffi75 said:

Can you send me the tack file?

I have track files disabled. I’ll see what happens tomorrow…

[dggoofy]

On 8/3/2025 at 2:07 PM, Raffi75 said:

Mission 5:
On my first attempt, I completed a night flight along the route. Takeoff and landing were successful, and nothing happened along the way. Only on my second attempt did everything go according to plan.

Mission 9:
I attempted this mission several times (my life). Volk 3 took off vertically from the stand. On my second attempt, Volk 2, 3, and 4 took off vertically before the colonel boarded and circled the airfield. Later, they joined me, and I was able to continue the mission. On my last, successful attempt, Volk 4 took off vertically before entering the runway.

It's an issue with DCS : AI helos takeoff are unreliable. I've had the same problems! Sometimes, all aircraft take off normally from the runway, but other times, the AI just goes completely wild.

I’ve sent a message to ED (Eagle Dynamics) so they can fix this issue.

[Raffi75]

Mission 11:
I don't know why I have a map from mission 10 in my kneepboard and the reconnaissance photos are missing.

 

The same thing happens in mission 12. I checked the campaign files. I'm comparing it to the PDF document that came with the campaign.

Edited yesterday at 03:02 PM by Raffi75

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

I managed to get past Mission 4 without generator/anti-ice problems

Spoiler

But I forgot to rearm to the loadout mentioned by the briefing, and I had some leftover infantry after I depleted my rockets so I had to use my 30mm to take them out. A door gunner would indeed have been a lot better  

 

[dggoofy]

16 hours ago, Raffi75 said:

Mission 11:
I don't know why I have a map from mission 10 in my kneepboard and the reconnaissance photos are missing.

 

The same thing happens in mission 12. I checked the campaign files. I'm comparing it to the PDF document that came with the campaign.

Damned! You're right. My bad. I fix this issue and upload right now an update.

Sorry.

[Raffi75]

These are minor issues that could easily be improved. The most important thing is that the mission was successful without any hiccups.