Inflight refueling

[diveplane]

tanker does indeed work, but its a one shot affair for me, i could hook up to boom, but once i lost connection to refuel, the tanker retracts boom ,

 

i try to ask for reconnect but hes on ignore? wont respond.

 

beta 2 build

Edited November 3, 2010 by diveplane

[diveplane]

Haha, nice to see others are having issues with the refueler going WAY too fast for the poor A10. I got so frustrated that I locked two Aim9s on him and tried to blow him out of the sky.

 

no you can set the airpseed up in editor works for me.

[Tigrom]

I have it set to 450km/hr in the editor, works ok.

 

My first attempt ended in a giant fireball falling towards the sea. Oops.

[GGTharos]

You need to set it up to be going about 220KIAS

[rexehuk]

no you can set the airpseed up in editor works for me.

 

I did try this in BETA 1, but he just got back up to 500+, set him to around 250-280 in editor. Not had a chance to fly BETA 2 yet, hopefully he will respond to me this time.

[diveplane]

i created a quick 3 ship refuel scenario , 40% fuel load over nevada

 

..test in mp to see if anyone else can refuel. other clients.

 

work for me in mp as host though could get gas.

 

mission below, beta 2

refuel over nevada mp x3 File.miz

[rexehuk]

i created a quick 3 ship refuel scenario , 40% fuel load over nevada

 

..test in mp to see if anyone else can refuel. other clients.

 

work for me in mp as host though could get gas.

 

mission below, beta 2

 

Downloaded, will test! Thank you.

[diveplane]

I did try this in BETA 1, but he just got back up to 500+, set him to around 250-280 in editor. Not had a chance to fly BETA 2 yet, hopefully he will respond to me this time.

 

those speeds are about right as in real life. heavy payloads they may slow down a little more for the a10s though.

Edited November 3, 2010 by diveplane

[diveplane]

If they were crossing the pond, they probably would be carrying external tanks, which would slow them down even more.

 

video showing early a10a versions flying long haul

 

refuelling, note extended ferry range tanks.

[diveplane]

i dont think client end is working atm.

i just tried with some one they could not get the tanker option up to ask for fuel.

both client and host should be able to hear tanker and pilot transmissions all round on radios.

[Kaiza]

Can someone explain how you setup your radio etc to make contact with the tanker? Don't get me wrong... I did read all info but the tanker in the comm menu stay's black and therefore unable to contact him.

 

Much appreciated!

 

PS

A track file attached would be nice so i can see in the mission editor how the settings are been made...

 

OK I spent most of the night trying to figure this out. You have to set freq in the advanced settings and you have to reset the callsign of the tanker to something. If you do not re-select a callsign for the tanker the menu wont work.

Edited November 3, 2010 by Kaiza

[CrashEd]

i created a quick 3 ship refuel scenario , 40% fuel load over nevada

...test in mp to see if anyone else can refuel. other clients.

work for me in mp as host though could get gas.

mission below, beta 2

 

Thanks :thumbup:

 

Interesting info on refuelling, gonna give this a shot later on.

[RogueRunner]

I did try this in BETA 1, but he just got back up to 500+, set him to around 250-280 in editor. Not had a chance to fly BETA 2 yet, hopefully he will respond to me this time.

 

Remember the editor shows kph, not knots. 250kph will be too slow for the tanker. 450kph will give you a 216-220knots speed for hookup.

 

I could not get the tanker to connect though but almost certain it's finger trouble on my side. The boom will just go right through my aircraft. Going to give it a bash again tonight.

[braden]

you push the boom back into its housing...it wont go through your a10. Boom operator will make sure its lined up once you've got it 99.9% in the correct position.

 

http://www.vaaf.net/forum/index.php?topic=993.45

 

see first pic, its extended and u can see red/orange/green

 

then the second which is a fraction of a second before i got the 'Connected' message from tanker

[26-J39]

Love the last pic and description.. I won't quote. :D :lol:

[skypirate]

Can't make the tanker to contact me back after the first refueling.

I guess that is some sort of bug.

The rest of the communications are working (AWACS)...

[diveplane]

Can't make the tanker to contact me back after the first refueling.

I guess that is some sort of bug.

The rest of the communications are working (AWACS)...

 

i already mentioned this as well, one shot affair atm with tanker.

[Santaklaus]

Hi

 

After a long research, i find how communicate with Tanker

-Creating a mission with KC135 with a refueling task

-add a set frequency for tanker and note frequency (in advanced menu, perform command and set frequency)

-in flight, set frequency on comm (13 1.00 for exemple)

 

good luck

[diveplane]

Hi

 

After a long research, i find how communicate with Tanker

-Creating a mission with KC135 with a refueling task

-add a set frequency for tanker and note frequency (in advanced menu, perform command and set frequency)

-in flight, set frequency on comm (13 1.00 for exemple)

 

good luck

 

theres a default comms setting already ingame with tanker.

[okmerflow]

OK I spent most of the night trying to figure this out. You have to set freq in the advanced settings and you have to reset the callsign of the tanker to something. If you do not re-select a callsign for the tanker the menu wont work.

 

Thanks Kaiza,

 

I'll give it it go and let you know.

[CrashEd]

Hi

 

After a long research, i find how communicate with Tanker

-Creating a mission with KC135 with a refueling task

-add a set frequency for tanker and note frequency (in advanced menu, perform command and set frequency)

-in flight, set frequency on comm (131.00 for exemple)

 

good luck

 

^^ Thanks, will give this a go later on :)

[VTJS17_Fire]

I need over 1 hour to set a simple AAR mission with the correct settings ... :music_whistling:

 

KC-135

- Comm: 124 (same as client/ player) - That's the UHF frequency for contact I think

- Advanced: I used the default settings

- Alt: 6000m

- Speed: 520kph (Note: in ME there is ground speed!) - about 210 KIAS

 

 

In-flight, first I used A/A TCN (for join up) but with TCN on, I can't contact the tanker. I set TCN to off and it works fine for me.

 

AAR is horrible compared to FC 2.0 - but I like it! :D

 

After disconnect, I can't contact the tanker again, too.

 

 

kind regards,

Fire

 

 

PS: It could be, that in Beta 2 the tanker callsign should be Taxeco. Callsign Shell didn't work for me. :huh:

[theoklahomaaviator]

i dont think the boom causes airframe panel damage , mainly paint scrape if anything, and aviation fuel wash on the aircrafts skin, when the boom releases, youll notice a sudden spray..

the aircraft thats getting fuel, gets washed with this. most of it vaporizes away though.

 

I hate how you continue to post on subjects that you know nothing of! -1 on you...

 

 

 

[skypirate]

Can anyone give me idea where to find more information on the belly guiding light of the KC-135? They change wile I maneuver but I still can not figure where exactly should I place the A-10 to be in the best position. At the same time the boom is chasing me and the result is one big mess... Thanks...

[GGTharos]

Bonus to those of you who can contact and refuel in a turn during race-track orbit ... I did it, you should be able to as well :D