AAR training mission package 2075
-
Hello Forum.
In the aerial refuelling training mission, package 2075, when I select second position, the flight lead does not contact the tanker for fuel. In fact, he flies off into the wide blue yonder and never reappears.
I can contact the tanker, on Freq 13 menu Y, and top up.
I don’t, however, have the opportunity to practice flying second position.
Is there a particular radio call sequence I need to use from the tanker drop down menu perhaps?
Thanks,
Bayonet.
-
@Bayonet No not really a option in the radio menu. I have to check in detail. Thanks for reporting!
-
I just tried that, and something is off. #1 does not call for refuel and it is probably because at the mid-air mission start the current STPT is #3. But the mission refuel steerpoint is #2. So in a sense the flight has already passed the refuel point and #1 then goes on to other matters. At one point while I was refueling he called “package marshalled”
-
Perhaps you could take the lead, and request refueling yourself. Instead of moving directly into the contact position, fly formation for a while in the position you just described.
-
@jayb Good point, I’ll play around with the steer points, maybe that will spark the lead to cooperate.
Thanks,
Bayonet.
-
-
@Bayonet Yeah, if you can tweak the mission to start before the flight reaches steerpoint #2, it should work. Or maybe easier, make #2 a NAV steerpoint and turn #3 into the Refuel point.
You may have to make a copy of the mission to edit. I am not sure it is possible to Edit training missions directly, but could easily be wrong
-
@Bayonet I think we have the same issue here; I posted about this a few months ago – https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/22638/getting-ai-to-tank-up-first
Please, if you find a solution, let me know as I would love to be #2 and practice tanking after the AI wingman.
-
-
@Bayonet No need to apologise! We have the same goal but I don’t think I can implement the solution as I’m not experienced enough with fiddling with the file systems. Please, if you find a solution, let me know! Thanks!
-
Please see if this adjusted mission works for you. I adjusted the training mission and flew it a couple of times as #2 in Goblin3 flight.
A couple of pointers: At the start of the mission, flight lead goes into afterburner right away, be prepared for that to be able to keep up towards the tanker. Dial into UHF 13 from the start, the comms with the tanker happens soon after mission start. Enter 75Y as TACAN to gauge distance to lead. Lead will take fuel, he then goes into recovery position and waits for you to refuel.
The link below is for a .zip file containing 5 files. You should extract all 5 files into the “…\Falcon BMS 4.36\Data\Campaign” folder. In BMS it will then show up among the other training missions with name “TR_BMS_04E_JB_AAR”. You can rename it if you like, just make sure to rename all 5 files.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19AQHW2GPWPU7gW7wbR_yUp9QmCJOtQ5U/view?usp=share_link
Alternative download:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/kar85n3dne7ehfp/TR_BMS_04E_JB_AAR.zip/file -
@Bayonet Happy to take lead for some MP AAR training. Ping me.
-
-
@Fish44 Maybe even a 3 ship
-
@jayb Thank you! If this is a mod from the TE, I noticed that the other guy is only about 2,000lbs (or thereabouts) short of a full fuel load. Is there any way to adjust this so he’s on the boom for a little bit longer?
Will try your TE tonight!
-
@Atlas I will see if I can figure that out
-
@Atlas This version has lead refueling a lot more (~9000 lbs):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19AQHW2GPWPU7gW7wbR_yUp9QmCJOtQ5U/view?usp=share_link
Alternative download:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/kar85n3dne7ehfp/TR_BMS_04E_JB_AAR.zip/filePlease let me know if there are any issues downloading the mission. The install works as described in my previous post https://forum.falcon-bms.com/post/356102
-
@Bayonet
Does not solve your issue, but in the interm here’s a 3 ship (Balkans) theater, mission starting in the air, for tanking (and RTB to overhead). You can take slots 1,2 or 3. Tanker intercept is about 15 mins in. if you want you can push the clock closer to the intercept.MISSION DOWNLOAD (updated with added pair of MIRAGE 2000N, for basket AAR training)
-
@jayb
Thank you for sharing the TE.GC
-