Author Topic: Clipboard "Flight plans"...  (Read 1433 times)

Offline Stalwart

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Re: Clipboard "Flight plans"...
« Reply #15 on: October 04, 2009, 02:03:05 PM »
The offline mission editor provides this function.  When you run a mission offline, and pull up the clipboard map, the mission route is laid out on the map.  There's even a marker to show where on the route you should be based on the mission clock.  So it certainly can be done, but the mission designer would have to provide the mission plan before it could work.  The only tool we have to build a mission plan is the offline mission editor.

Offline EskimoJoe

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Re: Clipboard "Flight plans"...
« Reply #16 on: October 04, 2009, 03:50:02 PM »
This is an excellent idea. In addition, I would like to see...

Flight 1 (color on map shows is xx) ----> (specific plane)
                                                         (specific ordinance loadout)

Flight 2 (color on map shows is xx) ----> (specific plane)
                                                         (specific ordinance loadout)

etc. etc...

What do you guys think?
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Re: Clipboard "Flight plans"...
« Reply #17 on: October 04, 2009, 04:34:14 PM »
+1 many times our squad had to make detours due to dar getting back up, but we had to explain our route over the radio. And I like the note idea. say "keep out of dar" or "fly in groups of 3 flights through here"
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Re: Clipboard "Flight plans"...
« Reply #18 on: October 06, 2009, 12:59:53 AM »
This is an excellent idea. In addition, I would like to see...

Flight 1 (color on map shows is xx) ----> (specific plane)
                                                         (specific ordinance loadout)

Flight 2 (color on map shows is xx) ----> (specific plane)
                                                         (specific ordinance loadout)

etc. etc...

What do you guys think?
We had all that with the old mission planner.  HTC chose to replace that mission planner tool with the one we now have.  When the change was made I questioned HT and his reply was “the old mission planner will never come back”.   It was a far better tool you could stager take off times and have different routes for each flight.  You could also have each flight take off from a different airfield.  It was a much better tool for planning out missions. 
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Offline thndregg

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Re: Clipboard "Flight plans"...
« Reply #19 on: October 06, 2009, 07:41:30 AM »
Kind of goes along the same line as what I'd like to see. http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,273557.0.html
...and I just replied to a 12-08 thread. :huh
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