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TACAN and Tanker


kievbsm

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Hello!

 

I've created a small mission with M2000 and C130 Tanker for A2A refuel training at the night time.

Set for the tanker TACAN as Y67. Tried to navigate to the tanker but the M2000 didn't see it.

F-16, F-14, A-10 can see and X and Y channels at the same time but the M2000 can see TACAN with X channels only. :(

 

Please, could somebody help me to understand what I did wrong in this mission?

 

P.S. Tried to edit some quick mission and changed there TACAN channels from X to Y range. In than case my M2000 saw it. But in all these missions I have start in the air.

In my own mission M2000 started on the ground.

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after maybe 3 years I'm back in the Mirage.

Observed the same:

with Y Tacan channel I get a heading but no distance.

Did not try wit X channel yet.

 

Another thing: I connected to the tanker (KC-135MPRS) easily, after a long time in the cat it felt like I can do it blindfolded, BUT I didn't get a "connect" or did take a pound of fuel!!!

 

Pre contact comms with tanker was normal...:huh:

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after maybe 3 years I'm back in the Mirage.

Observed the same:

with Y Tacan channel I get a heading but no distance.

Did not try wit X channel yet.

 

Another thing: I connected to the tanker (KC-135MPRS) easily, after a long time in the cat it felt like I can do it blindfolded, BUT I didn't get a "connect" or did take a pound of fuel!!!

 

Pre contact comms with tanker was normal...:huh:

 

 

Did you activate the AAR switch on the left wall panel? Without the switch in either Day or night refueling position you won´t receive fuel.:smilewink:

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Did you activate the AAR switch on the left wall panel? Without the switch in either Day or night refueling position you won´t receive fuel.:smilewink:

 

 

The answer I was hoping for. There must have been some damn switch in that damn dark cockpit!:cry:

 

Will find it! THX :thumbup:

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DCS has a weird thing where tankers on Y band TACAN give expected behavior on the same channel X band tuned in the airplane. And I swear sometimes you get range without azimuth which is completely bonkers.

 

 

Don't worry about it they'll fix it DCS eventually. In reality and to some success modeled in DCS some TACAN connections are distance only so look out for that. If you get a distance only TACAN it could be correct. Azimuth only is a thing too if two way communication isn't happening.

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I’m trying to navigate to a tanker on 31X and I get red bars on the indicator in the M-2000C

Is there an A2A channel that will work?

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I’m trying to navigate to a tanker on 31X and I get red bars on the indicator in the M-2000C

Is there an A2A channel that will work?

 

31X works, we use it regularly in our squadron :thumbup:

I guess you have set tacan to A/A on the right console

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31X works, we use it regularly in our squadron :thumbup:

I guess you have set tacan to A/A on the right console

Yes I set A/A. What else could be the problem?

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