Damage repair

[steve_giraffe]

Hi

 

How much damage can your ground crew repair. I was shot up, mfd's went down - landed - crew acknowledge repair order then waiting.......does your aircraft get repaired back to new on the ground?

[joey45]

It should..

[steve_giraffe]

How long does it take? Do you need to shut down or can i keep her running, canopy closed?

[NC_Cyborg]

In my experience both engines need to be shutdown. Once they have spooled down, you can request the ground crew for repair. A timer will countdown and once finished the groundcrew will start repairs.

 

I normally start up the APU and turn on the generator before I stop my engines. This keeps my CDU from having to re-initilize.

[K2mil]

 

I normally start up the APU and turn on the generator before I stop my engines. This keeps my CDU from having to re-initilize.

 

That's a helpful tip. When I re do the CDU and alignment after the ground repair sometimes my NAV systems have errors

[arteedecco]

That's a helpful tip. When I re do the CDU and alignment after the ground repair sometimes my NAV systems have errors

 

Make sure you get your APU all the way on and it's generator ON before switching OFF your engines OR switching OFF the engine generators.

[Tizid]

Actually you can tell the crew to turn on Ground Power instead of using the APU before shutting down the engines. Saves time.

[Hamblue]

I usually turn on the apu and generator before landing. Just one less thing to do when I get on the ground.

Also once the countdown timer starts you can refuel and reload.

That way you are ready to go once the repair is completed.

[Oznerol256]

Actually you can tell the crew to turn on Ground Power instead of using the APU before shutting down the engines. Saves time.

 

Isnt the crew spamming you with "hey what are you doing" messages if you start to lift in the air while ground power connected?

[Tizid]

Tell them to turn it off before taxi to runway Oo

[wess24m]

That's a helpful tip. When I re do the CDU and alignment after the ground repair sometimes my NAV systems have errors

 

 

 

if its modeled correctly, the reason why you have errors in the navigation is because during initial cdu alignment its using nav location from your virtual data cartridge. you can manually input LL from the f10 map for your correct location.

[Oznerol256]

Tell them to turn it off before taxi to runway Oo

 

I didnt mean that. Once the timer reaches zero, your aircraft is lifted off the ground and repaired. After a few seconds it will be dropped down to the ground again. This process even causes takeoff and landing messages to appear when repairing in multiplayer.

 

I once tried using the ground power while repairing. It caused the crew to shout "hey what are you doing" as my plane got lifted off the ground for repair.

[canadianbaken]

If I remember right I think its 180 second countdown.

[Tizid]

I didnt mean that. Once the timer reaches zero, your aircraft is lifted off the ground and repaired. After a few seconds it will be dropped down to the ground again. This process even causes takeoff and landing messages to appear when repairing in multiplayer.

 

I once tried using the ground power while repairing. It caused the crew to shout "hey what are you doing" as my plane got lifted off the ground for repair.

 

I only heard the ground crew shouting "hey what are you doing" one time my wheelbrakes were kind of buggy in campaign.

 

I don't fly multiplayer much, so i can't make a comment to that.

[sparkie66]

I didnt mean that. Once the timer reaches zero, your aircraft is lifted off the ground and repaired. After a few seconds it will be dropped down to the ground again. This process even causes takeoff and landing messages to appear when repairing in multiplayer.

 

I once tried using the ground power while repairing. It caused the crew to shout "hey what are you doing" as my plane got lifted off the ground for repair.

 

This is true, but I just don't care if they shout?

[Oznerol256]

This is true, but I just don't care if they shout?

 

As long as the power stays connected you can ignore it.