Training mission question

[Avernus]

hi there,

 

Just got a copy of A-10c to pair with the ka-50 for a bit of fun.

 

 

I have a quick question relating to the "takeoff and basic handling" mission.

 

Upon reaching the point where you must

Perform a 360 degree left turn from bearing 40 @ 280 knots, i think...?

 

The instructor has prompted me to "go ahead and set these parameters"

 

errh so, what's he want me to do here? :huh:

 

 

Flight manual page# please? :music_whistling:

[Mouse]

Set your bearing to 40 degrees and speed to 280 knots.

[Avernus]

You couldn't be any more vague.

 

So, i set heading knob on hsi, accelerate to 280, i turn left 360 to line up with hsi?

 

After that, i don't hear anything from the instructor. no fanfare etc just silence.

 

I know i'm probably doing it wrong, but the sim is not telling me in either case.

 

I've searched around the net for video demonstrations, all of them have a guide of sorts, but this one is quite elusive.

 

I've played through the other training missions a few times, but this one has me at a complete loss.

Edited July 3, 2012 by Avernus
added misc detail

[Yurgon]

So, i set heading knob on hsi, accelerate to 280, i turn left 360 to line up with hsi?

 

What the instructor means is that you are supposed to fly the aircraft as instructed. Fly a heading of 040 degrees at 280 knots IAS and maintain 7000ft MSL (if I recall correctly).

 

You don't need to "set" any knobs or dials or whatever. Just "set the aircraft to these parameters" as in "fly the aircraft so that these parameters are all met".

 

Once you have the aircraft flying straight and steady, initiate a 360 degree left turn (that is: fly a full circle). While you fly the turn, maintain 7000ft and 280kts (a certain deviation will be okay).

 

Once you end the turn at a heading of approximately 040 degrees, the instructor will either tell you that the turn wasn't within parameters or he'll tell you you did well. In any case, the training ends there and you're then free to land or fly around and practice turning or do whatever you wish.

 

In order to "get graded" again you'll have to refly the whole training mission.

[Avernus]

Ahh i see, thanks for that.

 

I guess the instructor dozed off to sleep while i took my time :]

 

I have a bad habbit of making the most simple tasks impossibly difficult somehow :/

[Yurgon]

I have a bad habbit of making the most simple tasks impossibly difficult somehow :/

 

If in turn you also have the habit of making difficult tasks impossibly simple, you'll be spitting out Mavs and JDAMS in no time. :-)

[Avernus]

Haha actually getting mavericks and laser guided bombs workin' was a lot easier

than the turn dealio. :thumbup:

 

I just figured the instructor presumed previous experience. And no the hokum doesn't count..

 

I think the problem was the mission trigger didn't fire up at that point, all good now :D

 

 

 

Just gotta figure out the Prt thing now so i can send and receive targets from the ka50 etc.

 

Changing topic here, and another question

 

Can a ka50/a10c laser designate a target for the other aircraft for use and fire at?

 

eg: a10c lases a tank>send prt to ka50> have ka50 use vikhr using a10c laser designation?

 

I might be asking too much of the heli here me thinks :music_whistling:

 

Thanks for the kind help guys :rep:

[Jona33]

Haha actually getting mavericks and laser guided bombs workin' was a lot easier

than the turn dealio. :thumbup:

 

I just figured the instructor presumed previous experience. And no the hokum doesn't count..

 

I think the problem was the mission trigger didn't fire up at that point, all good now :D

 

 

 

Just gotta figure out the Prt thing now so i can send and receive targets from the ka50 etc.

 

Changing topic here, and another question

 

Can a ka50/a10c laser designate a target for the other aircraft for use and fire at?

 

eg: a10c lases a tank>send prt to ka50> have ka50 use vikhr using a10c laser designation?

 

I might be asking too much of the heli here me thinks :music_whistling:

 

Thanks for the kind help guys :rep:

 

The shark/A-10 can't work together except over the radio with lat long co ordinates.

[JCamel]

There are some weird bits on training mission. Part way through the countermeasures training, he says something about changing flare number for a program and a button lights up. Sometimes he just stops talking there whether you click it or not. What's up there?

[EvilBivol-1]

There are some weird bits on training mission. Part way through the countermeasures training, he says something about changing flare number for a program and a button lights up. Sometimes he just stops talking there whether you click it or not. What's up there?

That happens in a few steps of the training missions, because the triggers don't evaluate conditions quickly enough to "catch" the press of the button, since it is usually pressed and released very quickly. The only way to get passed this is to hold the button down for a few moments to give the trigger enough time to catch that it is pressed. In most cases this problem was avoided by checking the displays instead of actual button presses, but in a few cases the displays cannot be read directly by the triggers.