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I'm finding the R-60 quite effective, actually. Just make sure you are in air mode (6), point the crosshairs towards the target and shoot when you get a loud tone lock. The valid lock cone is quite narrow, I'll give you that, but if you see the target it's easy to lock.

 

I have a question myself: About Spotting ground targets.

 

I'm finding it a lot harder than in FC2. Has anything changed? Or am I getting older? (I suspect it's the later). I used to always carry a Mercury pod, even in daylight missions, but now I just can't see anything out there. Not with the eyeballs, nor with the Shkval or the Mercury. Any tips you guys would like to share?

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It's not easy with the Su-25 or the Su-25T. A column on the road is easier spotted with your eyeball than searching with the skhval. Also looking for arty and moving tanks is easier with the eyeball than the skhval. You should try to locate approximately the target area with your eyes and of course the waypoint and distance to the waypoint before using the skhval. At least that is my tips, but it is not easy. If you can’t spot the target area then do not fly straight towards the waypoint but do a couple of circles and look some more.

 

EDIT: Also the direction and power of any SAM signal is a huge point for starting to turn if you can't see the target area!

 

(HJ)

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It's not easy with the Su-25 or the Su-25T. A column on the road is easier spotted with your eyeball than searching with the skhval....

 

(HJ)

 

Cool! Thanks for the tip.

 

I'll try searching more out of the window before turning on the Shkval. It makes perfect sense if you think about how narrow the camera FOV is.

 

And about turning around. I've noticed that if I let the battle unfold a little bit before I get there it's a lot easier to get my bearings. Nothing like a smoking tank to mark a position! Not the most heroic approach, but hey! If it helps... :)

 

I remember, thought, reading many years ago Yeager's autobiography how easy it was for him to pick up small targets on the ground when he flew his P-51 over Europe. He said he could easily spot men running away from vehicles trying to hide from him. He wasn't proud of it (he was following orders after all), but he does hint that those me had nowhere to hide... The Su-25 is a faster plane than the P-51, but still... I feel spotting things should be a little bit easier.

 

Will try harder. Thanks again!

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It's not easy with the Su-25 or the Su-25T. A column on the road is easier spotted with your eyeball than searching with the skhval. Also looking for arty and moving tanks is easier with the eyeball than the skhval. You should try to locate approximately the target area with your eyes and of course the waypoint and distance to the waypoint before using the skhval. At least that is my tips, but it is not easy. If you can’t spot the target area then do not fly straight towards the waypoint but do a couple of circles and look some more.

 

EDIT: Also the direction and power of any SAM signal is a huge point for starting to turn if you can't see the target area!

 

(HJ)

 

Nice info!

 

thxs a lot :D

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When I started out with the Su-25T I used training mission and switching lables on and of to locate the target area. Switch lables on and off and practise to se units in the terrain, its all just practise. Do a couple of circles well outside the target area and just locate targets. Do the campaign with lables on and do it over again with lables off.

 

(HJ)

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I find looking for targets via Shkval easier than visually - I use TV on fullscreen so it may be that :)

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Is there a reason why the su 25t likes to veer on the runways ? or am i doing something wrong

 

When landing? Sounds like excess rudder input - not normally the case that the Toad veers around.

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Rule of the thumb:

Shortly after touchdown - below 250KmH - deploy the chute.

And than roll out -while carefully holding her on track - without wheel-brakes - until you reach 120kmh .

Now you can gently use the breaks for a stop.

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...is their a parking brake to disengage

 

No.

 

Easiest would be to post a track - that way we can state with certainty what's up.

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Actually it makes sense when the tricycle gear pulls to the opposite side when the brakes applied…It tightens the centrifugal circle and increases the centrifugal pull.

Toad or any thing, should it also belong to the tricycle gear?

Changing the pressure load from on one side of tires to another and the angle of tire in tricycle. Would that be like a natural stabilising factor? Is that the case?

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I can see crosswinds.

 

Try this.

Hold brakes

Throttle to 80%

release brakes

max throttle.

 

if you want have a bit of trim up aswel.

and try with 1st stage flaps.

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Surely the landing would be the subject of practice after a takeoff.

Also the full flaps setting on takeoff when loaded is somewhat being in control, retract to 1 at 330 an up at 400kph. No problems there.

Rotate at 270kph

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ok tried on taking off in editor the veering is less pronounced but it does still want to go to one side or the other so i still need to correct i assume that is probably normal ?

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So strange my favourite plane is now for "free" so to say! But I did enjoy buying FC3 to rediscover the incredible vanilla Su-25 !

 

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I am also having difficulties finding targets in the shkval. If I locate them via eyeballs, I will have to move some miles away to return for the attack run. what distance would be realistic here? If I try to approach from 10 to 5 miles inbound the target, the time left is too short for me to get the target inside the monitor and finally get a valid lock. And also this bird flies like a stone, loses speed easily and turns have to be much too large, otherwise I slow down to stall speed. The agility of this plane is a joke, absolutely no match for the warthog...

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this bird flies like a stone, loses speed easily and turns have to be much too large, otherwise I slow down to stall speed.....

 

One day, when you've mastered the Toad, you'll realise the folly of that statement. Until then, keep on Toading :pilotfly:

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