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Title: Refuel Ditch :(
Post by: Kenne on October 06, 2017, 11:34:46 PM
this is the second time iv refueled in FSO, turned onto the runway and exited my plane only to get a ditch?

what is the proper procedure?

TIA
Title: Re: Refuel Ditch :(
Post by: Rodent57 on October 07, 2017, 01:58:30 AM
Kenne,

Not having any footage to review, make sure you are on concrete before you stop and exit your plane.

If you have film of it, I'll gladly review to see if I se anything else.

-Cheers,

Rodent57
Title: Re: Refuel Ditch :(
Post by: Scca on October 07, 2017, 06:24:56 AM
I always film, and I always open clipboard to verify I've got a green end sortie. 

Title: Re: Refuel Ditch :(
Post by: Rodent57 on October 07, 2017, 09:48:28 AM
I always film, and I always open clipboard to verify I've got a green end sortie.

^^^^ This is an excellent technique!
Title: Re: Refuel Ditch :(
Post by: Kenne on October 07, 2017, 06:39:00 PM
I always film, and I always open clipboard to verify I've got a green end sortie.

green end sortie??
Title: Re: Refuel Ditch :(
Post by: Scca on October 07, 2017, 06:43:22 PM
green end sortie??
Ya.  When you open up your clipboard, the "end sortie" text changes color depending on if you're safe to land without a ditch.  It will be red in flight, or when you aren't on the runway correctly once landed.  Once you're on the runway, fully stopped, the red, turns green. 

It works in GV as well.  If there are no bad guys within 6K (i think), it will be green when you're stopped.  If it's red, the only to get a good landing (green end sortie) is to be inside a hanger (typically).
Title: Re: Refuel Ditch :(
Post by: Kenne on October 07, 2017, 07:57:21 PM
Ya.  When you open up your clipboard, the "end sortie" text changes color depending on if you're safe to land without a ditch.  It will be red in flight, or when you aren't on the runway correctly once landed.  Once you're on the runway, fully stopped, the red, turns green. 

It works in GV as well.  If there are no bad guys within 6K (i think), it will be green when you're stopped.  If it's red, the only to get a good landing (green end sortie) is to be inside a hanger (typically).

that must be the step im missing.

thanks.
Title: Re: Refuel Ditch :(
Post by: Goat1 on October 07, 2017, 10:12:52 PM
Ya.  When you open up your clipboard, the "end sortie" text changes color depending on if you're safe to land without a ditch.  It will be red in flight, or when you aren't on the runway correctly once landed.  Once you're on the runway, fully stopped, the red, turns green. 

It works in GV as well.  If there are no bad guys within 6K (i think), it will be green when you're stopped.  If it's red, the only to get a good landing (green end sortie) is to be inside a hanger (typically).



Never knew that, thanks for the info

Goat
Title: Re: Refuel Ditch :(
Post by: Rodent57 on October 07, 2017, 10:16:47 PM
Goat, when you started, THAT didn't exist....But I agree, its a good thing to know (and I still forget to check it quite often)

- Rodent57
Title: Re: Refuel Ditch :(
Post by: Scca on October 08, 2017, 02:13:37 PM
Goat, when you started, THAT didn't exist....But I agree, its a good thing to know (and I still forget to check it quite often)

- Rodent57
I think it's a new thing for AH3...