Airgroup 51
AG-51 Squad Operations (Secure) => Modern Jet => DCS Consolidated Training Library and Forum => AV-8B => Topic started by: AG-51_Razor on August 30, 2021, 07:19:12 PM
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Take a look at this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLx-Q9_4VTU&list=PLs_fmO8gyoeHT6kAsHlDe-dPdvToHFuPC&index=1&t=589s
You may have already seen it but it's definitely worth watching again. Pay particular attention to the visual cues he's using. Keep in mind that in order for you to see the same thing he is, your level of zoom needs to be pretty close to the same as his. So try to make it so and then I suggest you freeze your TrackIr. There's no need to be looking around anyway and it will help keep the distractions to a minimum.
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:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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One more tip that I feel is important to stress for this particular PITA plane to tank with: Make your approach to the basket VERY slowly!! Maybe +1 or 2 knots over the tanker's speed. If you just slowly ease into it, I believe that it becomes so much easier to check those allignments with the prop arc and the hose and keep things where they're supposed to be. This technique is just as applicable to any plane with a probe plugging into a basket but more so with this damned Harrier!
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Here's another "Tips and Tricks" for tanking with the Harrier: https://forums.eagle.ru/topic/281202-a2a-refueling-heres-a-pointer-or-2/
I haven't had a chance to check this out but I definitely will before the day is over. :thumbsup: