bloomstomb Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 I keep asking for rearming and refueling but nothing is happening. I have a feeling im not in the right spot. Also can I keep my engines running while getting refueled?
MTFDarkEagle Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 Yes: tune into the correct tower freq, taxi to parking, Mic forward (VHF 1 AM engage), (IIRC) F8, and see the rest :) When your done, just drive away, but for now you get the groundcrew yelling at you "Hey what are you doing!", just ignore that :P Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
bloomstomb Posted May 10, 2011 Author Posted May 10, 2011 Correct tower frequency as in VHF right? OK im in Vazian, vhf set to 140. I didnt think this mattered for talking to ground crew tho, still I had it set. I guess what Im not clear on is where do I taxi to? Not sure where to park.
Pyroflash Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 Park next to the trucks. That is usually a safe bet. Also, make sure the mission you are in allows for such things, some missions do not. If you aim for the sky, you will never hit the ground.
bloomstomb Posted May 10, 2011 Author Posted May 10, 2011 (edited) hmm i dont see any trucks . check that I do see some trucks that are used to light the runway. And now I found some trucks with radar platforms on them. OK i guess its one of those missions that doesnt allow me to refuel? Damn . Edited May 10, 2011 by bloomstomb
b101uk Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 As per the above, but if you want repairing also its best to ask the ground crew for ground power, then turn off the engines (right alt + end & right ctrl + end) and wait ~3mins at which point the A-10 will lift up about 1ft and access panels will open on the exterior modal then will close and lower the A-10 down after ~30sec at which point you are then repaired, then its just a case of firing up the APU with 1 switch on the right console and then one switch on the left console then using the right alt + home & right ctrl + home to fire the engines up (remembering to then turn the APU off with the same 2 switch), then disconnect the ground power. FYI: not all airfields will have ground crew but its normally a safe bet that the airfield you initially took off from will, also you can seemingly repair at any friendly base once the engines have been off for ~3mins though you wont be able to necessarily rearm or refuel or get ground power. Seemingly on airfields you have correctly requested landing and ground crew available you can rearm and refuel or get ground power on taxiways/runways/parking area etc.
bloomstomb Posted May 10, 2011 Author Posted May 10, 2011 Yes my plan was to fly from airfield to airfield, practicing ILS / landing, navigation and cdu. I need to find a mission where all the groundcrew are active in all the airports
MTFDarkEagle Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 They should be on all: just park in a parking area. Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
bloomstomb Posted May 10, 2011 Author Posted May 10, 2011 They should be on all: just park in a parking area. I was in a multiplayer, IRON ANGELS mission. Maybe its not on there, I am going to try in single player. I was all over the airport, asking for refueling and rearming. Nothing worked
S77th-konkussion Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 Single vs. multiplayer has nothing to do with it. Just park in a designated parking area. Could be an open concrete pad, or one of those spots with earthen walls around it.. [sIGPIC]http://forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=43337&d=1287169113[/sIGPIC]
bloomstomb Posted May 10, 2011 Author Posted May 10, 2011 Yes but I can refuel and rearm even at the runway at the place Im taking off from, but when I landed at this airdrome I was not able to refuel or rearm. Noone said "copy rearming" after I requested it.
mistral87 Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 Afaik you can only contact ground crew on BLUE airfields (check with f10 map), not on neutrals.
MTFDarkEagle Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 Yes but I can refuel and rearm even at the runway at the place Im taking off from, but when I landed at this airdrome I was not able to refuel or rearm. Noone said "copy rearming" after I requested it. Did you tune into the correct frequency? (and pressed the "LOAD" button?) Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
bloomstomb Posted May 10, 2011 Author Posted May 10, 2011 (edited) Did you tune into the correct frequency? (and pressed the "LOAD" button?) OK I dont understand. Correct frequency in VHF? I dont see a load button anywhere. All I did was change vhf frequency to 140 and I could talk to the tower guys (which I needed to do to land in the first place). Edited May 10, 2011 by bloomstomb
xXstubbifiedXx Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 Not sure why you couldn't contact the tower. When you re-arm though, you need to reload the DSMS data through the MFD in order to reset the weapon stores (or so I've had to do in the past, correct me if I'm wrong!). [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] -------------------------------------------------- Joshua Stubbles, Environment Artist - i5-2400K @ 3.8ghz | Thermaltake Frio CPU cooling | ASUS P8P67 Pro Rev3.1 | 8GB Corsair Dominator @1600mhz | 2x GeForce GTS250 SLI AF2 | 2x WDHDD 500GB RAID 0 | Thermaltake Armor case | Thermaltake Tough Power 850w PSU | Samsung BX2440X | BenQ FP202W | Saitek X52 Pro | Thrustmaster Cougar MFD | TrackIR4 Pro
EtherealN Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 Bloomstomb, confirm that the airfield actually is yours. If there are no planes set to that airfield in the mission editor, you need to have friendly ground forces on the airfield for it to be "yours". If the airfield has no friendlies on it, it is either neutral or hostile, and in both those cases you will not be able to refuel/rearm. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Daniel "EtherealN" Agorander | Даниэль "эфирныйн" Агорандер Intel i7 2600K @ 4.4GHz, ASUS Sabertooth P67, 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600MHz, ASUS GTX 560Ti DirectCU II 1GB, Samsung 830series 512GB SSD, Corsair AX850w, two BENQ screens and TM HOTAS Warthog DCS: A-10C Warthog FAQ | DCS: P-51D FAQ | Remember to read the Forum Rules | | | Life of a Game Tester
bloomstomb Posted May 10, 2011 Author Posted May 10, 2011 (edited) Bloomstomb, confirm that the airfield actually is yours. If there are no planes set to that airfield in the mission editor, you need to have friendly ground forces on the airfield for it to be "yours". If the airfield has no friendlies on it, it is either neutral or hostile, and in both those cases you will not be able to refuel/rearm. Yes it was neutral. EDIT you are right. Edited May 10, 2011 by bloomstomb
WarriorX Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 OK I dont understand. Correct frequency in VHF? I dont see a load button anywhere. All I did was change vhf frequency to 140 and I could talk to the tower guys (which I needed to do to land in the first place). Hi bloomstomb, there is a Radio Tutorial in my signature line if you want to check it out. 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "Is that you John Wayne?.......Is this me?" Full Metal Jacket //My Mission Data Card//My Cold Start Checklist //Clearing a Hung Store Tutorial //CDU Offset//Asterisk Error Correction Procedure//JTAC UTM Coordinate Entry Tutorial//JTAC 9 Line Lat Long Coordinate Entry Tutorial
-NFlight- Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 You do not need to tune to the tower freq to request fuel or ammo... that would be extermely annoying to any tower controller. Just park in the right place and use the menus... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Win7 x64, Intel i7-970 6 Core, 12GB, ATI 5970, TrackIR 5 w/Clip, TM Warthog, Saitek Combat Pedals
Frostiken Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 (edited) You don't even have to park in the right space. I fell off the runway and busted my landing gear off, so I yelled out of the cockpit at the nearest knuckledragger to get his lazy ass out of the smoke pit and do some god damn work, and he helpfully drove his Wollard out there, jacked me up, and begrudgingly slapped a new one on :D Was even nice enough to get POL off their asses to gas me up. Edited May 10, 2011 by Frostiken [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Wayc00lio Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 I yelled out of the cockpit at the nearest knuckledragger to get his lazy ass out of the smoke pit and do some god damn work What button is that!!!! Hehehe :megalol: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Asus ROG Rampage Extreme VI; i9 7900X (all 10 cores at 4.5GHz); 32 Gb Corsair Dominator DDR4; EVGA 1080Ti Hybrid; 1Tb Samsung 960 Evo M2; 2Tb Samsung 850 Pro secondary. Oculus Rift; TM Warthog; Saitek Combat Pros.
Frostiken Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 You do not need to tune to the tower freq to request fuel or ammo... that would be extermely annoying to any tower controller. Just park in the right place and use the menus... For the sake of realism, what you really would do is radio in to ops (basically the dude manning the radio in your FS building) who would then call maintenance pro super... though more likely it'd have been pre-arranged altogether. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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