16th August Mission.

[Paul(Dragon)0043]

Link for details of this mission: viewtopic.php?f=68&t=5471

Alan can you plan this one please.

I will be attending this mission.

Paul.

[Richard Rodgers]

Sorry guys I'm not available for this but will happily test it

[Flyco]

OK Paul, I'll take a look.

At first sight, there are 2 Tor with the convoy. As you may recall these can shoot up to 20,000 ft and they have a reasonable capability against Maverick (and against A-10s!). Thus thus choice is come in at 22K and knock them out with GBUs, or fire 2-3 Mavs in quick time from outside their range and hope one gets through. I will look at both options, but do you have any preferences?

I will try and prepare a mission for each option and let people try them out next week. A first run suggests that these targets do not stop when one is hit - which makes it all a bit more difficult.

[Paul(Dragon)0043]

Yep, I've found that if you fire 2 mavs in pretty quick succession, the first one tends to get shot down but the 2nd gets through to kill the Tor. But I'll let you experiment.

Paul.

[Flyco]

Paul, it looks as though I am not going to be able to do this mission. I am not sure whether it is my set-up that is faulty or whether there is a problem with the mission, but I am unable to amend, save and then fly the mission as published. I have asked in the original post, providing the mission, and am awaiting a response.

Can you ask someone else able to try it and let me know whether they are experiencing similar problems.

[Wee Neal 0414]

Hi Alan, can you send me your .miz file and I will check see if I have access?

Neal

[Flyco]

I think the problem is that DCS now seems reluctant to let me plot WPs directly on the map. If I try, a separate WP table appears; unfortunately, this table will often not accept changes to the WP No or Name - or, if it does, there are errors in it.

Does anyone know, how I banish this table, and continue to move my WPs, using the mouse cursor directly on the map, when I want to amend them. I will have to scour the Manual for more info, but I have been writing missions for about 7 years without ever coming across this before. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it!

[Flyco]

I think I have got together a working mission. It is attached - please try it out and let me have any comments.

There are up to 4 A-10C2s, and the target is an armoured convoy, about 25 mins flying to the East. This includes 2 Tunguska, which it is planned to attack first with multiple Mavericks. There are also 2 Shilka, which will be the second priority, followed by the mobile artillery and Tanks. In addition to the Mavericks, we are carrying GBU-12s and CBU-108s.

Transit is med/low level, at a nominal height of 2000 ft amsl, climbing to around 5000 ft as we approach the target area.

I have had some problems with the Mission Editor, so I would be grateful if someone could try a test run and let me know how it goes. I will publish a brief by Friday.

[Flyco]

Brief attached

[Flyco]

Paul, sorry about the last mission. I am re-doing and simplifying it, and it should be with you tomorrow.