Air-to-Air Refueling Tutorial
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B.B,
Are you using the “realistic” re-fueling setting ?
If so, what FPS are you getting (CTR-Z, r), and what joystick / controller are you using?
Maybe because I’m getting low fps (~12) / and therefore control lag, but at “realistic”, I find it impossible to even stay level approaching the tanker (@ ~<1,000 feet distance), never mind making contact
Mike
Yes, I am using realistic.
I fly with a Saitek X-52. When I’m recording I get 30 FPS, not recording I get 65+ in that TE.
I don’t play BMS at framerates that low, but my guess is that it is much harder to fly precisely at 12 FPS. I’d recommend turning your graphics settings down a lot - open up the BMS config, uncheck the shaders box, start adding things back in if you want more prettiness and high enough framerate. I find anything below 20 to be extremely unpleasant, 24 is the minimum I shoot for in campaign flight.
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AA TACAN station range is displayed in the top level “CNI” page of the DED, provided you have established an AA TACAN lock by entering the required parameters in the T-ILS page first.
Ok, thx, but I guess it doesn’t do what I thought it might,
I.e. “connect” the tadpole to the tacan like it does for ground tacan stations / steerpoints
Mike
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Yes, I am using realistic.
I fly with a Saitek X-52. When I’m recording I get 30 FPS, not recording I get 65+ in that TE.
I don’t play BMS at framerates that low, but my guess is that it is much harder to fly precisely at 12 FPS. I’d recommend turning your graphics settings down a lot - open up the BMS config, uncheck the shaders box, start adding things back in if you want more prettiness and high enough framerate. I find anything below 20 to be extremely unpleasant, 24 is the minimum I shoot for in campaign flight.
Heh, unfortunately by 2012 standards, I have a rather low end machine / graphics card I guess.
(By 1980 standards, I have a “supercomputer” lol)
I already have everything at minimum, even running at 800x600 res on a 17" crt … (remember those things)
Mike
edit I was able to tweak a few more FPS, by turning off all the shader stuff in the external config editor.
Now up to a “whopping” ~22 fps. Seems a bit smoother, less PIO’s, but still no connection. Good thing for the autopilot trick, so I can top up between my attempts
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Ok, thx, but I guess it doesn’t do what I thought it might,
I.e. “connect” the tadpole to the tacan like it does for ground tacan stations / steerpoints
Mike
Steering indications depend on the tanker. KC-10 AA TACAN has bearing support as well as DME; KC-135 provides DME only. You will see the bearing pointer on the HSI spin if you put the system in TCN or TCN/ILS mode with an AA station locked that has no bearing support [and for reference, I think KC-10 is the only jet in the database that has a bearing-capable AA TACAN set].
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Nice video. Very clear.
What i don’t understand is why you would want to fly through the jet wash. Your plane jumps al over the place. In a quick flow situation that is not something you would want to see as a wingman.
For the ones who haven’t seen it, this is my video where I show how I approach the tanker:
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?7618-Refueling-who-said-it-s-so-is-hard&highlight=cutter
Not saying that it’s the right way to approach, just showing another way (It wasnt even my posted by me). -
What about “nose cold” (FCR STBY)?
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What about “nose cold” (FCR OFF)?
what about it? u go Visual all the way… Or the Manly way…
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what about it? u go Visual all the way… Or the Manly way…
Yes, I think nose cold is compulsory because of the boom operator (radiation hazard), it’s just a max “realism” aspect
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Yes, I think nose cold is compulsory because of the boom operator (radiation hazard), it’s just a max “realism” aspect
I believe this is on the check lists… Also told previously (maybe in another thread).
Nice to re point to it… I even forgot it… -
I believe this is on the check lists… Also told previously (maybe in another thread).
Nice to re point to it… I even forgot it… -
Hello!
I got it! <bg>It was the first time ever.
For, I don’t know exactly, about 3 hours I was flying behind the tanker … up, down, right, left … one time very close to a contact. And then … I was flying straight, got a feeling for the joystick … and had the contact! And I had a full refuel.
Thanks a lot and
with greetings
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Hi Bloodbane611,
Could give me an updated URL for the PDF?. The current dropbox URL (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10420527/AAR.pdf) does not seem to be available anymore.
Cheers,
FoDML