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Arclight

04-09-14, 02:05 PM

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Oberon

04-09-14, 07:15 PM

Meanwhile in Ukgeograinia.

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Rolling out while Hunter and Raptor prepare for take-off

http://i.imgur.com/8Td16BE.jpg?1
Not sure who this is, probably Arclight or Raptor

http://i.imgur.com/qusaIk1.jpg?1
Meanwhile Zirran grabs an A10C and goes airborne

http://i.imgur.com/8SDSMDI.jpg?1
Then he meets a SAM site and goes groundborne fairly rapidly. Meanwhile I blunder around in the wrong area for a while and have to race to catch up with Arclight, Hunter and Raptor who are busy tearing apart an enemy convoy.

http://i.imgur.com/Rqyb9IF.jpg?2
Arclight tries to move in to deal with the airfields defences but an SA-8 reaches out and touches him.

http://i.imgur.com/ED190EX.jpg?1
Despite my best sneaking attempts I blunder head first into a SAM battery which does bad things to the fly-ability of my helicopter. On the up side, the door still opens!

http://i.imgur.com/Fo3uQGL.jpg?1
So I decide to take the Froggie, despite having never flown the thing before. What could possibly go wrong?

http://i.imgur.com/0eZNjQK.jpg?1
.....

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So, to recap, everything is red, flashing and beeping at me, all the dials are in Russian and I have no idea what I'm doing....

Oberon

04-09-14, 07:24 PM

http://i.imgur.com/SZGblBD.jpg?1
On the upside, not having any idea what I'm doing has never stopped me before, so I kill the starboard engine after failing to find the fire extinguisher, and take a look at the damage. It's not brilliant, but the single engine seems to be keeping me up.

http://i.imgur.com/4R65YHW.jpg?1
Meanwhile Arclight decides that tires are unnecessary and parks up at the end of the runway.

http://i.imgur.com/fDQFjSc.jpg?1
I come in too fast and high on the first approach, so abort and swing (gradually) around to come in for a second attempt from the other direction, over Arclights head in fact. :haha:

http://i.imgur.com/rb5vmTH.jpg?1
Against all expectation the Frogfoot does not explode on contact with the runway and I grind to a halt relatively intact. Arclight gets out of his A10 and comes to give me a beer while Schroeder starts up his Huey again to come over and give me a lift back to the mess.

http://i.imgur.com/Ou7MbNi.jpg?1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgIOsJViUaQ

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Schroeder cannot find the right controls for opening the side door so I offer to ride on the skids

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I wasn't expecting the sim to actually comply!! :har: Unfortunately I fell off a few moments later and my pilot disappeared

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Schroeder parked up...and then his rotor fell off...probably best to blame Charlie. :yep:

Kapitän Schneider

04-10-14, 03:43 AM

I think the high point of last night is when I managed to flip my Huey upside down on take off. And still survive.

Oberon

04-10-14, 05:36 PM

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I arrive too late to be of any use to anyone, so I head off to the target range to take it out on some Urals

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I went Winchester, and then since everyone seemed to be leaving for the night, when I spotted this train crossing my path...I couldn't resist.

http://i.imgur.com/VzORXb6.jpg?1
It went as expected....

Arclight

04-10-14, 05:48 PM

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Obe circling in for his landing last night.

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Stalking unsuspecting prey.

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Actual completion of the objectives tonight. I hereby qualify everyone fit to crash in other scenarios.

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And the logical result of charging headlong through MANPADS infested territory.

*btw I'll leave the server running. Could hop on to hunt the target ranges a bit, good practice. Though would have to restart to run a mission proper.
** scratch that, not very practical. They really need to get a proper dedicated server solution.

Oberon

04-13-14, 07:34 PM

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I'm one of the first to start up in my Froggie, but Raptor pulls out in front of me and then blunders around the runway, forgetting to put his target pod on.

http://i.imgur.com/SgFy57O.jpg?1
Then he rolls off the taxi-way into the quicksand and gets stuck

http://i.imgur.com/5bnsBYw.jpg?1
Arclight and Hunter take off and head towards the enemy convoy

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Raptor takes off at last, but then his A10 gets a bit drafty

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I attempt to figure out how to get the SEAD equipment up on the Froggie, I find it just in time to receive a SAM in the face

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I reload and rearm, then set off down the runway to take off...part way down I notice something on my camera...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e66F6j_pdV0/Unky1m-ChTI/AAAAAAAABaw/ri3Ae0A9Ne0/s1600/anigif_enhanced-buzz-9459-1375200748-21.gif

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In a Russio-American joint recreation of the Tenerife air disaster, my attempt to take off over Raptor fails miserably...

http://i.imgur.com/JjW2Cuw.jpg?1
As does Raptors next attempt to take off after the ground crew manage to patch up his A10, he vows to sue Elbit systems for supplying defective equipment.

Oberon

04-13-14, 07:46 PM

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Meanwhile Hunter and Arclight commence tearing the enemy convoy apart

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Hunter goes Winchester and RTBs, I manage to ingress to the main enemy base and take out two or three SAM sites, then I go Winchester and RTB, finding Hunter on the way back and giving him a friendly hello...you can just see his rotor blades on the right of my HUD.

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Raptor, meanwhile, finally gets airborne and heads off to deal with the rest of the SAMs. I RTB, come in far too shallow and slow and smash into the ground short of the runway...

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One of Raptors mavericks about to knock on the door of an Osa.

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Arclight and Schroeder wait patiently for the SAMs to be disposed of.

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Raptor kills the main SAM sites, but then runs into the Strela MANPADs

http://i.imgur.com/CfCHR2v.jpg?1
It doesn't end well...

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While Arclight starts plinking the enemy tanks, Schroeder attempts to run in to retrieve Raptor.

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He takes a hit from one SAM, dodges two more...

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And then takes an anti-tank guided missile to the side from a T-90

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Schroeder then respawns in time to meet Hunter who lands in a fireball. :yep: Arclight RTBs, and I discover that the Kh-58 is very loathe to actually launch and attack the enemy...the enemy MANPADs on the other hand have no such qualms and I end up in another fireball...

Arclight

04-13-14, 08:27 PM

That explains something... Raptor, you're carrying the wrong bloody missiles. The IR seekers don't do force correlate tracking. CCD or forget about it. :P

Thought Schroeder was just being targeted by ATGM, my laser warning lit up at the same time. Switched to GTFO tactics, heard an explosion behind and figured it was him, but aparently he was much further from me. :hmmm:

On the SEAD thing: may have been the target. There's a large early warning radar placed there, which I seem to recall not playing nice with the Kh-58. Either it's not modeled properly because it's not technically air defence, or the missile really can't target a radar on that bandwith. The latter is not as unlikely as it sounds:
Like other Soviet missiles of the time, the Kh-58 could be fitted with a range of seeker heads designed to target specific air defence radars ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-58

Raptor1

04-14-14, 01:58 AM

That explains something... Raptor, you're carrying the wrong bloody missiles. The IR seekers don't do force correlate tracking. CCD or forget about it. :P

I know. I probably loaded the IR ones by accident, since I keep confusing the AGM-65D and the AGM-65H. Strange that I didn't notice I had the IR seekers when I was using them, but they worked well enough in the end, so I guess it doesn't matter.

Arclight

04-14-14, 06:41 AM

Oberon

04-14-14, 06:55 AM

On the SEAD thing: may have been the target. There's a large early warning radar placed there, which I seem to recall not playing nice with the Kh-58. Either it's not modeled properly because it's not technically air defence, or the missile really can't target a radar on that bandwith. The latter is not as unlikely as it sounds:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-58

Entirely possible, but I switched targets to the smaller radar near a ring of AAA and it still refused to launch which is a tad odd. I'll have to do some more experimenting with the Froggie offline sometime.

Still, in regards to other missions I'm open for suggestions, I have the Ka-50 fairly much covered in regards to Vikhir operations, although manoeuvring is perhaps still a bit of a weak spot in particular hovering but some offline practising will probably fix that. Our line up basically consists of:

Me: A10C, Su25, Ka-50
Hunter: Su-25, Ka-50
Raptor: A10C, Su-25, Ka-50
Arclight: A10C, Su-25, Ka-50
TF: A10C, Su-25
Schroeder: UH-1, Su-25

So whatever mission we choose has to have some kind of setup of those, I know Schroeder doesn't like the Froggie, so finding some way to incorporate the Huey will be needed, perhaps as an SAR for whenever we get shot down. It's a shame that we can't program in something that prevents respawn until Schroeder can rescue you, although Raptor would have been completely SOL last night. :haha:

Raptor1

04-14-14, 07:22 AM

Shaves a couple of miles off the range though. I've already downgraded the air defenses over a previous version for practice; trying to SEAD with the D/G is going to get you killed in any kind of "serious" scenario.

True. Though in any kind of serious scenario I'd send an aircraft with actual SEAD capabilities to take out the SAMs anyway.

So whatever mission we choose has to have some kind of setup of those, I know Schroeder doesn't like the Froggie, so finding some way to incorporate the Huey will be needed, perhaps as an SAR for whenever we get shot down. It's a shame that we can't program in something that prevents respawn until Schroeder can rescue you, although Raptor would have been completely SOL last night. :haha:

We can just decide that we don't respawn until rescued, there's no real need to actually script it. Though it would have been a lot more practical if downed pilots could move at a speed of slightly more than two snail-lengths per hour, so moving to a safe area on foot is more practical.

I think the problem with a dedicated SAR aircraft is that to justify it missions would have to be both long and deadly. Otherwise by the time rescue becomes necessary and is accomplished the mission is basically over.

Oberon

04-14-14, 02:31 PM

So, how's about this then. We run the training mission one more time, but with these roles in place.

Hunter: Ka-50 ground attack
Arclight: Ka-50 ground attack
Oberon: Ka-50 ground attack
Raptor: Ka-50 ground attack
Schroeder: Huey SAR
Zirran: Huey SAR
Task Force: A10/Su25 SEAD

We set mission start at 20:45Z (21:45BST) so that we're all gathered and any late arrivals have a chance to arrive and setup before we go, and then the Kamovs pair off into two pairs, they go for the convoy with the Huey lurking behind, while the A10/Su-25 starts nailing the airfield SAM defences. With the convoy taken care of, the Kamovs then head for the airfield to join the A10/Su-25 in clearing a path for the friendly convoy.
Anyone who is shot down has to wait until the SAR can pick them up and return them to the airfield before they can respawn (basically Schroeder/Zirran will land near you and then take off back to the airfield, when they land at the airfield, then respawn) but if the SAR is shot down then consider yourself a POW and respawn anyway.

If TF doesn't show then Raptor or myself can take his place in SEAD, if Zirran shows then he can join Schroeder on the SAR.

How does that sound?

Arclight

04-14-14, 02:59 PM

Sounds fair. Got a scenario in my head where the Huey will deliver a SF team. Either work something out with triggers or just "fake" it. A-10 flying precision strikes (SaD), clearing a path for the helicopters which will assault a compound.

HunterICX

04-14-14, 07:37 PM

Yaarp, that sounds good to me.

As for 1 more training session well I'm pretty sure we'll have more of them when we have to work out some ''minor tactical missteps'' during our missions :O:

Also I would like to add the coordination of pairs during the flight.
One of the two takes the role of a leader and coordinates with his wingmen whenever he makes a adjustment in his flightpath (altitude,speed and heading whenever he makes a turn)
when reaching the target it would be wise to coordinate how you'll pick of the targets like working your way towards the center with one starting from the right and the other from the left to avoid wasting ammo on the same target. Just some basic stuff I wager to give a try.

I have pretty much mastered the basics of flying and shooting stuff with the kamov (apart from landing obviously) but still would like to get to know it better (the abris, navigating options, the use of the other types of ammo it can carry and designating targets with the computer for friendlies to see) so perhaps after having done some straight forward missions we should get to that as well but all on a step by step phase ofcoure :D

HunterICX

Oberon

04-14-14, 09:47 PM

Who the hell are you? :O:

Raptor! Intruder! Kill!

http://timesonline.typepad.com/dons_life/images/2007/03/14/1256548__stasi_2.jpg

HunterICX

04-15-14, 03:26 AM

Who the hell are you? :O:

Raptor! Intruder! Kill!

http://i.imgur.com/qiZuOVK.png

Schroeder

04-15-14, 05:43 AM

I don't mind playing the SAR part. There is just one problem and that is that we can't see downed pilots. They simply don't appear in our games so it's difficult to locate them especially once the wreckage doesn't smoke anymore. I have general difficulties spotting ground targets in DCS...maybe I need a bigger monitor.:hmm2:

BTW I could use some door gunners. No idea why they aren't selectable.

Oberon

04-15-14, 12:53 PM

Hmmm, that could be tricky, we could probably try to guide you in but it might wind up in a lot of overlapping communications, which is something I fear might also happen with the two pairs of Kamovs, but we'll see...if it gets too bad we can always split up Teamspeak and assign buttons and such.

Kapitän Schneider

04-15-14, 05:14 PM

Oberon

04-15-14, 08:50 PM

I would personally prefer an A-10, my joystick needs replacing as it keeps pulling off to the left, and i'm waiting for my replacement to come back in stock.

Also are we still using TeamSpeak 2 or have we upgraded to TS3?

The only reason I put you down as the Huey is that I think that TF only has the A10C and Su-25T, and since we really only need one SEAD aircraft for this mission, it might as well be him since he doesn't have the option to join the Kamovs or SAR. If TF is unable to make it then I'm sure something can be arranged between us. Obviously for other missions our options are either more limited or more open depending on the tasks required.
We're still using TS2 on the usual address. :salute:

HunterICX

04-16-14, 04:05 AM

The only reason I put you down as the Huey is that I think that TF only has the A10C and Su-25T, and since we really only need one SEAD aircraft for this mission, it might as well be him since he doesn't have the option to join the Kamovs or SAR.

Well as long the a pair of slots of the Kamovs are filled then I say having a back up SEAD in the mission is preferable if TF gets shot down during his run the mission will bog down especially if we do the SAR thing where the Huey's have to pick him up and bring him back to base and then he starts, arms and takes of again. It would be more logical to have a wingmen stay out of the danger zone while TF goes in and takes the targets he can if he either runs out of missiles to take them out or gets shot down the wingmen moves in to finnish the job.

As for the Huey I think the role of Combat Transport would make more sense, from what I've red it can be done (http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=1756962#post1756962). The whole SAR thing is nice but eventually will bog down the mission in time and what if the Huey gets shot down..who is going to save him :O:? I think we should adapt the model of when working in pairs only if the other lands back at base or gets shot down as well you may respawn at base and take off as a pair again.

Oberon

04-16-14, 11:25 AM

The whole SAR thing is nice but eventually will bog down the mission in time and what if the Huey gets shot down..who is going to save him :O:?

Well the Huey would have immunity from the rescue thing, but yeah you do have a point about it bogging down in time, but it's a case of trying to find something for the Hueys to do, especially in the training mission.

That being said, if the Hueys could land troops at the airfield, that would be pretty awesome and would help the convoy take it...

Arclight, do-able?

Schroeder

04-16-14, 12:10 PM

Arclight, do-able?
You should ask the Hueys whether that's do-able.;)
Last time I went near that airfield a tank used me for target practise. :shifty:

Maybe we should assign an A10 for Huey escort. In Vietnam rescue choppers where accompanied by Skyraiders, Corsairs and the like which blew up pretty much the entire area around the landing zone to make it safe for the heli.

Arclight

04-16-14, 03:42 PM

Could fake it well enough. Have a Huey touch down somewhere and spawn a squad nearby. Not pretty, but somewhat functional.

Doesn't really fly in the current scenario, on account of manpads, but could work it in in the future.

Oberon

04-16-14, 07:20 PM

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Hunter, Arclight and Schroeder start up their Kamovs and Huey respectively

http://i.imgur.com/eLZ2WqX.jpg?1
While Raptor and I line up for launch

http://i.imgur.com/CQWKg9r.jpg?1
Arclight takes off and powers towards the convoy to engage it before it is hit by the enemy, Hunter ejects and leaves. Raptor and I form up and head towards the airbase.

http://i.imgur.com/wXEZ7cn.jpg?1
I take out the SAM sites, and Raptor rolls in hot with his A10. Then we get a warning from Arclight that he's not going to be able to get to the convoy in time due to a delay in take off. So, although I'm winchester I still have guns, so me and Raptor divert to assist Arclight.

http://i.imgur.com/CrfV4gH.jpg?1
I find the convoy when SAMs start flying past me, so I hit the deck, and go for a spot of strafing. Raptor joins in the fun and takes out a couple of tanks, Arclight then arrives and starts hitting the convoy with Vikhirs. After a few MG rounds rattle around my airframe I decide to RTB.

http://i.imgur.com/PVe0Zh1.jpg?1
While we're focused on hitting the ground forces, the Hinds come in and get the drop on Arclight.

http://i.imgur.com/guYzfyV.jpg?1
The AAA from the friendly convoy downs one of the Hinds, but not before it relieves Arclight of some of his aircraft

http://i.imgur.com/uWzxJiU.jpg?1
Raptor finds the other Hind and puts it in the sea

http://i.imgur.com/33Y1f5H.jpg?1
So, as we turn back to base, I have some damage around the nose and engine

http://i.imgur.com/b1l7iI8.jpg?1
Raptor has some holes in his fuselage and wing

http://i.imgur.com/Ng3ZEGJ.jpg?1
And Arclight...yeah...less said about that the better...

Oberon

04-16-14, 07:31 PM

http://i.imgur.com/q8iWjyC.jpg?1
Landing...looking good this time...

http://i.imgur.com/dWwkmaQ.jpg?1

http://www.giflulz.com/wp-content/uploads/XFu473.gif

http://i.imgur.com/i7S1Ziv.jpg?1
Raptor shows how it's done

http://i.imgur.com/JYKqXOu.jpg?1
Before falling to his old nemesis the quicksand grass

http://i.imgur.com/pOYPAdB.jpg?1
Schroeder rubs it in by landing his Huey nearby and taking off again

http://i.imgur.com/Qr5jZTe.jpg?1
All eyes turn to the sky as Arclight limps in

http://i.imgur.com/CikVFXV.jpg?1
Arclight lands successfully but complains that his hand hurts, so Schroeder medivacs him

http://i.imgur.com/XogngQW.jpg?1
Arclight is evacuated onto the Antonov, to be taken away for expert surgery on his aching hand.

HunterICX

04-17-14, 06:45 PM

Flying with Arclight & Schroeder to the target range
http://i.imgur.com/zxAs9dr.jpg

After some epic switching of data link info about targets we designated to eachother it was time to give the ground targets what they wanted
http://i.imgur.com/dNAxJo6.jpg

*noms popcorn*
http://i.imgur.com/gDYsF9S.jpg

RTBing
http://i.imgur.com/ZnUPNZe.jpg

in formation ofcourse.
http://i.imgur.com/LU4hyIQ.jpg

Arclight

04-17-14, 08:04 PM

Pulled these from last nights track;

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/DCS%20Ka-50/Screen_140418_025705_zps4f377999.jpg (http://s268.photobucket.com/user/EZatHome/media/DCS%20Ka-50/Screen_140418_025705_zps4f377999.jpg.html)

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/DCS%20Ka-50/Screen_140418_025809_zps0c718134.jpg (http://s268.photobucket.com/user/EZatHome/media/DCS%20Ka-50/Screen_140418_025809_zps0c718134.jpg.html)

How he managed to miss me 4 times with the missiles I'll never know.

I hate Hinds.

Schroeder

04-18-14, 07:30 AM

Under these circumstances "Hindsight" gets a completely new meaning.:O:

Oberon

04-18-14, 01:21 PM

http://meme-lol.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Funny-Pictures-LOL-MEME-2014.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Jor580m.jpg?1
After about three aborted starts I finally get Windows for Warthog working and join Raptor on the runway.

http://i.imgur.com/0GlvlBR.jpg?1
We then head into the heavily defended airfield to take out the SAMs...in retrospect doing this after not flying the A10C in over a year was not a wise move...

http://i.imgur.com/dD8vBQt.jpg?1
Raptor receives the same welcoming treatment a few minutes later.

http://i.imgur.com/Q0NrjqL.jpg?1
The aircraft refuses to restart its engines so it's time for a swim...

http://i.imgur.com/y3XkvuT.jpg?1
Meanwhile, the Hinds, disappointed that they don't get to attack Arclight this evening, both go out to sea and deploy their landing gear...

http://i.imgur.com/7ZFtEdd.jpg?1
And one after the other, plunge into the sea...

http://i.imgur.com/ZerATeO.jpg?1
Hunter returns to base, so Raptor begins to conduct science.
Raptor: "Well...I seem to have dropped a bomb."
Hunter: "Oh...where?"
Raptor: "I'm not really sure..."
Hunter: "I'm sure it'll drop somewhere..."
Raptor: "Yeah...somewhere..."
HunterICX was killed by GBU-31 from Arctic-fox

http://i.imgur.com/DsxOVVH.jpg?1
Arclight then encourages Raptor to put the tanker out of its misery

http://i.imgur.com/pnrR61e.jpg?1
Raptor then christens the control tower in true Lolwaffle style.

Schroeder

04-18-14, 01:46 PM

Nothing about the ultra epic Huey vs. SU25 battle and it's glorious outcome for the Huey???
Lame....:O:

Oberon

04-18-14, 02:23 PM

Nothing about the ultra epic Huey vs. SU25 battle and it's glorious outcome for the Huey???
Lame....:O:

Fine...Fine... :nope:

I was trying to forget that...

http://i.imgur.com/aNvFzsX.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/Y427SwA.jpg?1

If my oversimplified Air to air system had bothered to work I would have had you, as it was, half the time I couldn't even see you until tracers starting flying past my cockpit. :nope:

Oberon

04-23-14, 07:22 PM

https://i.chzbgr.com/maxW500/3516192000/hD187F8F7/

http://i.imgur.com/AKnPq0h.jpg?1
So, tonight we have a new mission, a valley of AAA trucks with the final boss being a compound in which the Huey has to disgorge some SpecFor. Myself and Hunter take the Kamovs, Schroeder the Huey and Arclight and Raptor A10Cs.

http://i.imgur.com/MCF8Lwq.jpg?1
Our first customer is spotted by Schroeders gunner who lights him up, I follow the tracers and put the AAA truck out of its misery with my cannon.

http://i.imgur.com/wIUaMRl.jpg?1
I then play chicken with a passing truck

http://i.imgur.com/7oX8dCR.jpg?1
Another AAA truck takes out Schroeder and then starts firing on Hunter, I spot it and give it the cannon treatment.

http://i.imgur.com/1YABKa3.jpg?1
Hunter, on the other hand, has had cannon treatment of his own...

http://i.imgur.com/ZqHiAje.jpg?1
He makes a good landing however, as I continue up the valley to my eventual doom.

http://i.imgur.com/pNGojUw.jpg?1
Schroeder, by this time, has returned, and brought some chain guns with him...

http://i.imgur.com/PaF9Vil.jpg?1
He takes some damage in the pass but knocks out the AAA truck

http://i.imgur.com/2agvUr3.jpg?1
Arclight, meanwhile, has a few problems of his own....

http://i.imgur.com/IGVbXlX.jpg?1
Myself and Hunter take off again and head back up the valley while Arclight passes underneath us on his way back to base.

http://i.imgur.com/3KhyHD7.jpg?1
Shortly after this screenshot was taken I adjusted position in my seat due to my arse being numb, and then my rotor blades fell off... :hmmm:

Oberon

04-23-14, 07:32 PM

http://i.imgur.com/PolF7q0.jpg?1
Since it's getting late and the session is winding down, I take the Froggie out of the hanger, while Arclight approaches on finals.

http://i.imgur.com/GR2sRCU.jpg?1
He lands, then rolls off the runway into the quicksand, his landing gear retracting itself, leaving his ladder to prop up the entire aircraft.

http://i.imgur.com/Jd3jHdp.jpg?1
Schroeder, meanwhile, puts down safely as Zirran works his way through a selection of Huey and Kamov spare parts.

http://i.imgur.com/FGR2Xrh.jpg?1

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EiDUfnnbYuw/UF-pSb9VXPI/AAAAAAAACyc/wLJvA1xlwdM/s1600/science.png

http://i.imgur.com/haazy3d.jpg?1
Zirran...lands...sort of...

http://i.imgur.com/YCv3XD5.jpg?1
Then Arclight left...and interesting things began to happen...such as this...KAMOVS IN SPACE!

http://i.imgur.com/c1czAQx.jpg?1
Hunter was shot at by another AAA truck, he carefully sidestepped around it, and then took it out with cannons...and...then...disappeared...

http://i.imgur.com/k5OxLxo.jpg?1
Zirran meanwhile decorated the FARP with signal rockets

http://i.imgur.com/KFE3Phg.jpg?1
Schroeder: I wonder how much of that manoeuvring is input and how much is lag
Raptor: If that was input he'd have been killed by n-
Zirran: *blade-strike* *crash*

HunterICX

04-23-14, 08:05 PM

Hunter was shot at by another AAA truck, he carefully sidestepped around it, and then took it out with cannons...and...then...disappeared...http://i.imgur.com/76THoxp.jpg
I just didn't expect the Spanish Internet disconnection :stare:

HunterICX

04-25-14, 04:12 AM

Right...to avoid the
http://i.imgur.com/sWfABuF.png?1
whenever our main Host isn't available on Wednesday and Thursday.

We should post the missions we create in this thread so we can grab them and when needed use them to at least host a server with a appropiate mission.

Also it gives us the mission file to tinker with in the editor to alter it a bit so yeh it's still the same mission objective but stuff may be moved around or added to ruin your day if you're not careful. (I'll have to look into how the editor works to create some and alter some missions) Save them and rename them like Certaindeath.mis (original) to CertaindeathV1.mis and the host just doesn't tell which he runs.

Oberon

05-07-14, 07:24 PM

http://memestorage.com/_nw/40/57440335.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/7D0AfcO.jpg?1
Heading out to the runway with Raptor

http://i.imgur.com/YdKNvZZ.jpg?1
Schroeder and Hunter meet the first of the AAA trucks

http://i.imgur.com/xAEFTpt.jpg?1
I found another one, but either missed it with my bomb or by the time I got to it Arclight had already killed it. Either way no kill credit.

http://i.imgur.com/mpvoFkx.jpg?1
Hunter takes a few rounds in his engine and heads back to base, Schroeder shadows him expectantly.

http://i.imgur.com/2O2gfjY.jpg?1
But Schroeder is suddenly called away as the main enemy base has suddenly grown a SAM launcher which takes out Raptor

http://i.imgur.com/w0HwXs6.jpg?2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gO7uemm6Yo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gO7uemm6Yo)

http://i.imgur.com/PxcrqTc.jpg?1
Meanwhile Hunter puts down in an...interesting location...

http://i.imgur.com/6axcAqn.jpg?1
A short while later though it all goes very wrong...

http://i.imgur.com/Xhk0wic.jpg?1

http://i41.tinypic.com/x3xoqe.jpg

HunterICX

05-08-14, 03:57 AM

^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkiaphSNOPI

Raptor1

05-08-14, 01:17 PM

Shot down behind enemy lines by...erm... unexpected enemy resistance, I must face capture by the enemy or risk being rescued by...the Wagnermobile...

Couldn't you land closer? This flight suit is heavy!

http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg529/StrigaInvictus/Screen_140508_012656_zps4e1f5f7a.jpg~original

Three hours later...

http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg529/StrigaInvictus/Screen_140508_012735_zps75797777.jpg~original

Alright, let's roll...uhm...

http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg529/StrigaInvictus/Screen_140508_012813_zps5700f7cc.jpg~original

:hmmm:

Why aren't there normal chairs? Is there a movie on this flight? Where's the flight attendant?

http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg529/StrigaInvictus/Screen_140508_013101_zpsa26ef16b.jpg~original

Are the rotors supposed to be this close...aaaaaaaah!

http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg529/StrigaInvictus/Screen_140508_013136_zps37a0f72c.jpg~original

Well, at least there's a free haircut.

Screw this. Next time I'm taking Aeroflot...

http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg529/StrigaInvictus/Screen_140508_020330_zpsb87f5cb1.jpg~original

Schroeder

05-08-14, 02:55 PM

There were two flight attendants in the cabin!
Bubba even put on his lipstick and eye liner!:stare:

Some people are just ungrateful!:nope:

Oberon

05-08-14, 06:46 PM

http://assets.meanwhilein.org/hashed_silo_content/5fe/935/9a6/resized/meanwhile-in-eastern-europe-5f2f93.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/K9P8Qwz.jpg?1
Raptor sets off loaded for bear...and elk...and bison, lions, tigers, elephants, small moons...

http://i.imgur.com/yHC4oiT.jpg?1
Slowly making our way to the target area

http://i.imgur.com/dMBB8WO.jpg?1
Raptor drops two Mk-84s on the enemy camp

http://i.imgur.com/5gMl6wJ.jpg?1
The explosions are quite satisfying

http://i.imgur.com/Z5U0FMM.jpg?1
I drop a couple of small fire-crackers, one on a AAA position and one on a bunker.

http://i.imgur.com/NqGFfyI.jpg?1
And Arclight discovers the joys of flying without most of your tail.

HunterICX

05-09-14, 03:43 AM

Me and the Skvhal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEvYzpobteg

followed by:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=v3bdOoZn8x4#t=10

:hmph: We don't get along well.

And Arclight discovers the joys of flying without most of your tail.

This is missing most of your tail (http://i.imgur.com/1YABKa3.jpg?1)
:smug:

Oberon

05-09-14, 05:44 AM

Me and the Skvhal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEvYzpobteg

followed by:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=v3bdOoZn8x4#t=10

:hmph: We don't get along well.

This is missing most of your tail (http://i.imgur.com/1YABKa3.jpg?1)
:smug:

Meanwhile in the A10Cs, this is me and the Mavericks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4AT_8UVGF0

Arclight

05-09-14, 09:15 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p85xwZ_OLX0

* remind me to bring the mountaineering kit next time.

Arclight

04-22-15, 05:48 PM

Just a few grabs while tinkering with the MiG-21;

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/Screen_150421_035111_zpsbrko4qfe.jpg (http://s268.photobucket.com/user/EZatHome/media/Screen_150421_035111_zpsbrko4qfe.jpg.html)
Emergency procedures: Gear borked; Call roadside assistance. Main gear failures not covered.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/Screen_150421_035224_zpseeeof0pv.jpg (http://s268.photobucket.com/user/EZatHome/media/Screen_150421_035224_zpseeeof0pv.jpg.html)

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/Screen_150421_035130_zpsxeuttaqz.jpg (http://s268.photobucket.com/user/EZatHome/media/Screen_150421_035130_zpsxeuttaqz.jpg.html)

Fun little thing. Started it from a checklist once, Raptor explained weapons deployment once. Pretty simple to get going.

Herr-Berbunch

04-23-15, 01:56 AM

Looks fun, apart from the dodgy gear. :up: Haven't flown in ages. :down:

Oberon

04-23-15, 02:08 AM

I've been meaning to pick up the Huey for a while. One of these days DCS will have a sale and I'll actually have some spare income at the same time. :o

Schroeder

04-23-15, 09:33 AM

I've been meaning to pick up the Huey for a while. One of these days DCS will have a sale and I'll actually have some spare income at the same time. :o
The Huey is fun to fly (once you get the hang of it as it is also pretty difficult at first and anything but stable) if a bit useless in actual combat. If your opponent has anything that might remotely be classified as AAA you have to stay far away. However it's next to immune to small arms fire. It will only knock out your radio and some instruments but will never shoot you out of the sky or kill the pilot (at least it has never happened to me and I've been hit by thousands of bullets...no joke.:o).

Oberon

04-24-15, 06:31 AM

The Huey is fun to fly (once you get the hang of it as it is also pretty difficult at first and anything but stable) if a bit useless in actual combat. If your opponent has anything that might remotely be classified as AAA you have to stay far away. However it's next to immune to small arms fire. It will only knock out your radio and some instruments but will never shoot you out of the sky or kill the pilot (at least it has never happened to me and I've been hit by thousands of bullets...no joke.:o).

:haha: Yes, I must admit I love the idea of flying something like the Huey, the Black Shark is a good helicopter, but it has a lot of electronic aids. The Huey sounds a lot more hands on and tactile. Plus it sounds bloody awesome. :yeah:

I wouldn't mind the Sabre either, but I hear that she's not quite as detailed as the 21 and Huey. The Hawk might be one that I'll look at too, although it's only really been used as a trainer in the RAF.

Dowly

04-24-15, 06:55 AM

:haha: Yes, I must admit I love the idea of flying something like the Huey, the Black Shark is a good helicopter, but it has a lot of electronic aids.
Oh, you'll be missing the Sharkie's AP channels after a while of flying the Huey.

Fun chopper to fly, but can get a bit exhausting.

Schroeder

04-24-15, 11:04 AM

Oh, you'll be missing the Sharkie's AP channels after a while of flying the Huey.

Fun chopper to fly, but can get a bit exhausting.
Trim, trim some more and trim again. Each time you do something to the collective. But it's rewarding to make that thing behave. I still can't hover precisely at a given altitude but at least I can pick up sling loads (at least most of the time... and don't ask about delivering them in one peace...:dead:).
What annoys me is that we are still lacking multiplayer crews on it, can't see what's inside the cabin (passengers, cargo) and that the AI gunners are obviously high on something as they can't shoot straight. Bloody useless.:/\\!!
Another thing is that no one should spawn or use a big weapons if any Huey has a sling load. Otherwise the lag will desync the Huey and the sling load and that WILL tear the chopper apart if it doesn't jettison the load pretty much immediately. Which makes that feature bloody useless again on any public server.:/\\!!

And last there is surprisingly little stuff for it to download regarding missions and campaigns.:doh: