Chops Posted March 29, 2010 Posted March 29, 2010 Is it possible to set the take off direction in the editor? I am making a training mission to practice take off and landings, however, when starting the mission, the take off direction is opposite of my first waypoint direction. I tried setting the wind direction but that didn't make a difference.
winchesterdelta1 Posted March 29, 2010 Posted March 29, 2010 Isn't it just easyer to change the waypoint? Go in close, and when you think you are too close, go in closer.
MBot Posted March 29, 2010 Posted March 29, 2010 Wind will usually do it, but there are some airbases that are restricted to one side due to terrain (Sochi and Batumi for example).
Chops Posted March 29, 2010 Author Posted March 29, 2010 (edited) I set the wind speed to 10 m/s (19 kts) and it still did not affect the take-off direction. The wind is onshore, blowing from the southwest off the ocean, to the northeast. I want to take off toward the ocean (rwy 22) , not toward the mountains. Edited March 29, 2010 by Chops
MBot Posted March 29, 2010 Posted March 29, 2010 Are you sure you set the wind in the correct direction? In the editor you set wind to the bearing it is blowing to, not the bearing where it is coming from as it is usual in aviation.
Griffin Posted March 29, 2010 Posted March 29, 2010 (edited) I've had ATC tell me to take off into headwind and land with tailwind on the same runway in many missions. In DCS that is though. Edited March 29, 2010 by Griffin
Vekkinho Posted March 29, 2010 Posted March 29, 2010 Not every AB is prone to change Takoff direction due to the wind setting, I believe you used Sochi so try switching to MAykop! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Grimes Posted March 29, 2010 Posted March 29, 2010 Novorosisk, Ghelenzick, Sochi, Butami, and Mineral N'ye Voye all are limited to single direction ILS. Meaning you take off one direction and land coming from that direction. Most of those are limited by terrain but Mineral N'ye Voye is limited by its taxiway. It only has runway access at one end of the runway. If I recall the needed wind speed for changing ILS should be 6 m/s at the ground level and you need it blowing INTO the direction you want to player to land from. So if you want ILS at Anapa to be from the north have the wind blow North. It's also recommended that you put the Kuznetzov sailing into the headwind for easier landings. The right man in the wrong place makes all the difference in the world. Current Projects: Grayflag Server, Scripting Wiki Useful Links: Mission Scripting Tools MIST-(GitHub) MIST-(Thread) SLMOD, Wiki wishlist, Mission Editing Wiki!, Mission Building Forum
Chops Posted March 29, 2010 Author Posted March 29, 2010 Are you sure you set the wind in the correct direction? In the editor you set wind to the bearing it is blowing to, not the bearing where it is coming from as it is usual in aviation. This did the trick....thanks! I set the wind to the direction I want it to blow toward. I set the wind to 040 at 9 m/s and now the aircraft are positioned to take-off on Rwy 22, toward the ocean. I am set up at Krasny'j Kurgan airport. At least that is the name of the nearest town. How do you tell the airport name?
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