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Air refueling - 10/5/2013 7:56:13 PM   
Lützow


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Playing the Wooden Leg scen, I'd like to refuel my F-15 at inbound to PLO Base by meeting the two tankers which are already placed on the map. But having all aircrafts in the same area between RP and even assigning fighters to Tanker Orbit mission doesn't work. When I right-click on fighters to "refuel (if possible)" they always perform RTB.

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RE: Air refueling - 10/11/2013 11:00:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yea, air refuelling looks like it's broken at the moment.
I tried the same mission and pressing "refuel (if possible)" will have lead plane of the group to approach the tanker and successfully refuel, but none of the other planes in the group will.
If I select any of the other planes in the group and repeat the order to them, again the lead plane that just refuelled will go and get refuelled.
If I approach not as a group but as individual planes, they all take turns and fuel up nicely.

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RE: Air refueling - 10/11/2013 11:31:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		It does work - I tested V1.01 after having purchased the game and uninstalled the Beta. What you do is assign the two waves of F-15s to the respective Missions. For example Wave 2 is the back up pair carrying dumb bombs, and Wave 1 is armed with the LGBs. Do this AFTER you launch them as respective groups. They will then make their way to the target - along the way you will come close to the Tanker Track. At that point you can select each Group and use the Refuel if Possible option. It does work - both groups had a full bag of gas coming off the tankers on their way to the primary.

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RE: Air refueling - 10/11/2013 11:54:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		IFR works, sort of. Don't particularly count on units refueling when you tell them to, though.

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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 12:29:03 AM   
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Status: offline 		So is I broken or not or is it intermittent?

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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 3:42:50 AM   
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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 3:54:55 AM   
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So is I broken or not or is it intermittent?


Not broken....tweaks necessary, but I've only "splashed" one aircraft so far with fuel issues. It was the tanker itself It gave away to much of it's fuel I guess, it almost made it home.....(and I guess you can't refuel a tanker with another tanker...I tried )

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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 4:36:03 AM   
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Status: offline 		There are 2 different types of air refuel:
Boom and Probe-and-drogue (some tankers have both systems)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_refueling

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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 11:18:19 AM   
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Status: offline 		Can air tankers be re fueled in the air in this game?

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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 11:28:03 AM   
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And I can guess what you have in mind!

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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 12:09:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		Most KC-135s can not take on fuel. KC-10s can though. (just looking from the USAF side of things)

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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 12:55:13 PM   
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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 12:55:30 PM   
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Can air tankers be re fueled in the air in this game?


Not only can, it´s kind of normal procedure that in an area with multiple tankers if one it´s leaving another one will hook up with the first one to get as much fuel as possible... the idea is to have the tankers lotering with as much gas as possible...

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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 12:57:05 PM   
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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 1:04:50 PM   
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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 2:31:47 PM   
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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 3:48:20 PM   
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Can air tankers be re fueled in the air in this game?



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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 4:01:12 PM   
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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 4:24:51 PM   
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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 4:34:15 PM   
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Couple more nice ones:






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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 6:05:07 PM   
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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 7:37:43 PM   
shole

 

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Status: offline 		If a group does not refuel properly when ordered to, it IS broken.
If there's a way to work around the issue, that does not mean there is no issue.

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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 10:11:31 PM   
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Status: offline 		On Wooden Leg: Did you try to not order anyone anything and just watch it happen by itself. That's what I do and refueling is performed reliably every time.

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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 10:16:37 PM   
smudge56

 

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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 10:32:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		In Wooden Leg, yes. Just sit back and watch it happen. It works reliably here every time. If anyone has observed problems without giving any manual orders please let us know.

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RE: Air refueling - 10/12/2013 11:45:04 PM   
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RE: Air refueling - 10/13/2013 12:46:04 AM   
shole

 

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Status: offline 		Well, that's fine for when there's enough fuel for the mission, but if I'm sending planes on a long flight I KNOW they won't survive without refueling, the manual order better work.

Also, in wooden leg, after failing numerous attempts to refuel manually, the planes turned back before reaching firing range when they ran out of fuel.

It should either realize before attempting that it cannot perform the mission without refueling, or accept my manual refuel order.
Preferably both should be possible.

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