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how to do air to air refueling

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i saw in some screen shots that people are doing air to air refueling, how do i set one up in single player?
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Re: how to do air to air refueling

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The thing is, you can't actually refuel mid-air in YSFlight. How I did it is:
1) Choose a aircraft with a probe or visible markings on the fuel door. (Probe: F-5, MiG-29, Flying boom: F-16, F-15)
2) Choose a tanker that has a probe/boom depending on the aircraft you chose. (KC-135 or IL-76)
3) Spawn both craft on the ground. Go up to your wingman tanker and deploy the boom/drogue.
4) Fly a long way from the runway.
5) Call your wingman with ENTER and tell him to fly on your wing.
6)Once he's at a safe altitude, tell him to stay in holding pattern.

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Re: how to do air to air refueling

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3 ways to do that:
  • Tanker Ground Object
    Launch Scenery Editor, put a tanker ground object in a scenery, elevate it, and assign elevated motion paths.
    Reference: YSMajor's Vietnam Map
  • Tanker Aircraft
    Launch Scenery Editor and insert a tanker aircraft in a scenery.
    Reference: Default North Kyushu Map
  • "Recording"
    1. Launch YSFS and fly a tanker for a while
    2. Terminate Simulation
    3. Open Simulations menu -> Select Airplane
    4. Select an airplane you want to do aerial refueling with the tanker
    5. Then select starting position. Make sure that you are starting from a position which the tanker didn't use.
    6. Select "Fly Now!" to fly.
    I uploaded a video for reference:
    [BBvideo 560,340]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeQJhU_i82U[/BBvideo]
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Re: how to do air to air refueling

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I should try those later...

Also, you'll need tons of practice. It took me MANY tries before I could get my first refueling shot, and I still have problems now. A few things I noticed is you should approach the tanker like you would a runway, start your approach far enough so you can align with the tanker. Approach slowly (-1KTS) and try to keep it steady while you're still a distance away (A mile or so?). It keeps you calm and you get used to keeping the plane steady. Keep your adjustments tiny. If you over compensate you'll start to over correct your movements. If you're feeling a little frustrated, take a break!

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I thought it was only possible on WW3...
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Re: how to do air to air refueling

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True aerial refueling is not possible with the stock YS, but with serverside plugins it can become possible. The guides here are just to get the same visual effect as aerial refueling without actually increasing the fuel load.
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Re: how to do air to air refueling

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Greenhorn wrote:The thing is, you can't actually refuel mid-air in YSFlight. How I did it is:
1) Choose a aircraft with a probe or visible markings on the fuel door. (Probe: F-5, MiG-29, Flying boom: F-16, F-15)
2) Choose a tanker that has a probe/boom depending on the aircraft you chose. (KC-135 or IL-76)
3) Spawn both craft on the ground. Go up to your wingman tanker and deploy the boom/drogue.
4) Fly a long way from the runway.
5) Call your wingman with ENTER and tell him to fly on your wing.
6)Once he's at a safe altitude, tell him to stay in holding pattern.

Happy flying!
Never thought of doing it like that. My method was faaaarrr more tedious. Might wanna use this for future screenies. Who knows, I might dig this whole refueling fiasco again. :lol:
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Re: how to do air to air refueling

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Greenhorn wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:41 am The thing is, you can't actually refuel mid-air in YSFlight. How I did it is:
1) Choose a aircraft with a probe or visible markings on the fuel door. (Probe: F-5, MiG-29, Flying boom: F-16, F-15)
2) Choose a tanker that has a probe/boom depending on the aircraft you chose. (KC-135 or IL-76)
3) Spawn both craft on the ground. Go up to your wingman tanker and deploy the boom/drogue.
4) Fly a long way from the runway.
5) Call your wingman with ENTER and tell him to fly on your wing.
6)Once he's at a safe altitude, tell him to stay in holding pattern.

Happy flying!
Hello sir, great method you showed here. I just want to know how you deploy the boom from your wingman tanker? Your response will be kindly appreciated. :D
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Re: how to do air to air refueling

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IIRC you have to have both of you spawn on the runway, you should be able to switch planes if you have 2015 version of YS. Switch, deploy the boom (1 or PG Down depending on plane) and switch back to your "receiving" plane. Do note the wingman will fly in a circle and not level.
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Re: how to do air to air refueling

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Greenhorn wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2017 5:55 am IIRC you have to have both of you spawn on the runway, you should be able to switch planes if you have 2015 version of YS. Switch, deploy the boom (1 or PG Down depending on plane) and switch back to your "receiving" plane. Do note the wingman will fly in a circle and not level.
How to switch between aircrafts if you don't mind I ask? Thank you.
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Re: how to do air to air refueling

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Make sure both aircraft are at a complete stop and click on the change vehicle button.
Then when back in your own aircraft command the tanker wingman with Enter.
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Re: how to do air to air refueling

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Greenhorn wrote: Wed Oct 18, 2017 4:05 am Image

Make sure both aircraft are at a complete stop and click on the change vehicle button.
Then when back in your own aircraft command the tanker wingman with Enter.
Thanks a lot Greenhorn. I couldn't have done it without you. Now I will be able to do some air refueling scenarios, though it is quite tricky and takes some practice. Lol!
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Re: how to do air to air refueling

Post by Barr »

FWIW Flake did implement air to air fueling in open ys. You can either run your own server or hop in the YSCAS server. If theres no one online to refuel you you can run another seperate instance of YS and log into the server with a diffrent username, spawn in the tanker and set the auto pilot to circle in a area and set to straight and level when youre ready to fuel
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