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Title: land and re-arm
Post by: jmoneill on April 29, 2007, 04:14:31 PM
I hear players say they're going to land and re-arm.  Does this mean there is a way to re-arm and refuel w/o starting all over again?  I've looked in the training sections and don't see anything about this subject.

Ibix
Title: Re: land and re-arm
Post by: Spikes on April 29, 2007, 04:39:36 PM
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Originally posted by jmoneill
I hear players say they're going to land and re-arm.  Does this mean there is a way to re-arm and refuel w/o starting all over again?  I've looked in the training sections and don't see anything about this subject.

Ibix


You are correct. You get your ord and fuel and guns you selected in the hanger before you took off. It takes 30 secs to reload, but you get full loadout.
Title: land and re-arm
Post by: B@tfinkV on April 29, 2007, 04:42:22 PM
psssst...u didnt tell him where to park
Title: land and re-arm
Post by: Spikes on April 29, 2007, 05:21:33 PM
ahhh, I knew I forgot something. Re-arm pad is at the end of the runway, There is a small building; and yes, you can collide with it. anyway, it says "RE-ARM" on it, just roll onto it and wait 30 secs. when 30 secs is up it says "Weapon Reload Complete" just taxi onto the runway and you are good to go.
Title: land and re-arm
Post by: eh on April 30, 2007, 11:35:26 PM
Only one thing to add: Re-arming will not repair a damaged plane.
Title: land and re-arm
Post by: Obie303 on May 01, 2007, 12:41:51 AM
Another thing to add;  don't forget to raise your flaps if you deployed them when you landed.  Oh and you have to manually take off.  No auto-take off enabled.

Obie:aok
Title: land and re-arm
Post by: Auger on May 01, 2007, 10:32:27 PM
Spikes, you forgot the part about the circle.




You don't actually park on the building.  Next to the building, there is a yellow circle painted on the taxiway.  Stop your plane in it, and you'll get a message that rearming is started.  30 seconds later, you'll get another message that loading is complete.  Then you can taxi away and take-off like you are starting new.

There are a couple of benefits.  If ord or fuel is down at that base, you still get the loadout you had at initial takeoff.  Plus, if you're a score potato , it keeps the same sortie going so you can run your kill total for the mission higher.

It is certainly a skill you want to practice if you plan to do any scenarios or other events that are one life.  You can't replane, so you have to rearm during the longer events.
Title: land and re-arm
Post by: Damionte on May 02, 2007, 04:08:37 PM
Another tip for the refuel pad, is to go ahead and shut off your engines, they'll cool down faster while you're sitting there letting you get back some of your wep.
Title: land and re-arm
Post by: Karash on May 02, 2007, 04:48:59 PM
This is also a good way to get external fuel tanks or ord if the base was hit and not providing any when you up from tower.
Title: land and re-arm
Post by: Krusty on May 02, 2007, 04:55:06 PM
Most of the time you rearm, you're either out of gas or out of ammo.

Doesn't matter if the base is hit and you get bombs (when all the ord is destroyed), that's a minor thing that may eventually get "fixed"

What matters is, even if you didn't get DTs or bombs (hypothetically), based on what was bombed out at that field, you'd still get internal gas and fuel -- and that's the important part.
Title: land and re-arm
Post by: Spikes on May 02, 2007, 05:19:52 PM
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Originally posted by Auger
Spikes, you forgot the part about the circle.


 


 Originally posted by spikes
the circle that says "RE-ARM" on it, just roll onto it.

 read my post again
:O :O :O
Title: land and re-arm
Post by: Auger on May 02, 2007, 08:41:38 PM
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Originally posted by spikes
ahhh, I knew I forgot something. Re-arm pad is at the end of the runway, There is a small building; and yes, you can collide with it. anyway, it says "RE-ARM" on it, just roll onto it and wait 30 secs. when 30 secs is up it says "Weapon Reload Complete" just taxi onto the runway and you are good to go.

Hmm, I know my eyes are getting worse with age, but does anyone see the word "circle" anywhere in the above quote?

Just bustin' your chops, spikes.
Title: land and re-arm
Post by: Spikes on May 03, 2007, 02:13:40 PM
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Originally posted by Auger
Hmm, I know my eyes are getting worse with age, but does anyone see the word "circle" anywhere in the above quote?

Just bustin' your chops, spikes.


do you really think someone would think to land on a building?:D
Title: land and re-arm
Post by: LTARokit on May 03, 2007, 02:59:49 PM
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Originally posted by spikes
do you really think someone would think to land on a building?:D


:confused:   You mean............all this time  :cry

lol
Title: land and re-arm
Post by: Spikes on May 03, 2007, 03:12:09 PM
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Originally posted by LTARokit
:confused:   You mean............all this time  :cry

lol


Haha, very funny. >S<
Title: land and re-arm
Post by: BaldEagl on May 03, 2007, 04:15:45 PM
I LOVE this thread!

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Originally posted by spikes
ahhh, I knew I forgot something. Re-arm pad is at the end of the runway, There is a small building; and yes, you can collide with it. anyway, it says "RE-ARM" on it, just roll onto it and wait 30 secs. when 30 secs is up it says "Weapon Reload Complete" just taxi onto the runway and you are good to go.



There is a small building... it says "RE-ARM" on it, just roll onto it...

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Originally posted by Krusty
Most of the time you rearm, you're either out of gas or out of ammo.

Doesn't matter if the base is hit and you get bombs (when all the ord is destroyed), that's a minor thing that may eventually get "fixed"

What matters is, even if you didn't get DTs or bombs (hypothetically), based on what was bombed out at that field, you'd still get internal gas and fuel -- and that's the important part.


you'd still get internal gas and fuel  

:rofl :rofl :rofl

So, in short, roll onto the buiding at the end of the runway if you want to get internal gas.

Now that's what i call "re-arming"!
Title: land and re-arm
Post by: Krusty on May 03, 2007, 04:17:06 PM
I meant, as opposed to the idea where folks would rather you didn't get ord if the ord was bombed out at that field... You'd still get gas and ammo, I meant.
Title: land and re-arm
Post by: BaldEagl on May 03, 2007, 04:22:01 PM
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Originally posted by Krusty
I meant, as opposed to the idea where folks would rather you didn't get ord if the ord was bombed out at that field... You'd still get gas and ammo, I meant.


I knew what you meant... it was the internal gas part that amused me.  Like your going to go back up and fart at your opponents... lol
Title: land and re-arm
Post by: Krusty on May 03, 2007, 04:23:47 PM
"Go-go Gadget smoke screen!"
Title: re-arm pad
Post by: LivetoDie on May 06, 2007, 03:54:27 PM
jmoneill
One thing to consider as well is when you re-arm you get to keep the plane you're in,hopefully your prefered model, as opposed to landing and possibly losing your ride due to ENY values which may have upped while you were away.