P-61 422nd N.F.S. Campagin

_AH_fraggmann · January 12, 2015, 03:28:55 PM

These 16 missions are fiction based on fact. The 422nd N.F.S. didn't see a lot of action.
What action they did see was very minimal. The P-61 is my favorite twin engine F/B and realized
there are no missions/campaigns, so I thought I would give it a try....please remember this is based on
a Night Fighter Squadron so there is some degree of darkness. I hope you like'em...I had fun making them.
Put them in your Co-op folder
All comments welcome........fragg.

scroll down for link

_AH_taldrg · January 12, 2015, 04:55:27 PM

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I tried to fly mission #1 and it said,"Pick your home base" and there was NO home base shown.
Duhh!

_AH_fraggmann · January 12, 2015, 05:21:15 PM

Sorry :surprised-041: TD, please, put them in your "co-op" folder. (wavey)

_AH_taldrg · January 12, 2015, 06:03:33 PM

~S~ OK...that's cool. Night landings are a whole diff. ball game then what we have been used to. We lose a lot on landing in the day light...these missions are going to be very interesting.

TD

_AH_fraggmann · January 12, 2015, 06:14:16 PM

After you fly a few TD, please let me know what you think.
Its all open to improvement

_AH_taldrg · January 12, 2015, 10:13:15 PM

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I think, sir, that some of our pilots, going from single engine to multi-engine with diff. appro. speeds...diff. total weight and sink rates...and knowing how to set up a P-61 to fly home on a single engine and not burn it up is going to be a learning exper.

TD

_AH_Lippy · January 13, 2015, 12:57:29 AM

I think it will be fun, and yes a good lesson in piloting skills. I know I could use some good lessons.

_AH_taldrg · January 13, 2015, 04:11:18 PM

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I think that the whole mission would be fun to do as Lippy said. Set up a control to feather your prop and be able to use both rudder and aileron(sp)trim.

TD

_AH_fraggmann · January 13, 2015, 09:40:23 PM

Seems mission #3 had a take off problem. :thinking-008: So I fixed it...made it an air start. :lol-029:
Here they are again (wavey)..... This link contains all missions.......

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xd2e7d1vax30axz/P-61%20422nd%20N.F.S.%20June%206%2744-Dec%2023%2744%20Campaign.rar?dl=0

_AH_Bear · January 14, 2015, 12:00:30 AM

I tryed the 1st mission.. went well .. alot of flak over the target area.. i found Napalm worked well with rockets
Airstart isnt the answer.. gotta take off.. ill look at mission 3 Fraggman

**Update**
https://app.box.com/s/5r0mlgs978ogj6c06ove
there are all the missions with #3 fixed to take off from both runways.. if this isnt enuf room for take off i can make it so everyone spawns beside the runway and we taxi for takeoff.. then you get the whole runway..
~S~ Bear

_AH_fraggmann · January 14, 2015, 01:25:37 AM

Sorry Bear but the planes using that runway are still exploding.
I have tried every possible combo for take off. I don't understand why they explode
on that runway!!

_AH_Bear · January 14, 2015, 02:03:47 AM

Mission3?? not when i tryed it bud

_AH_taldrg · January 14, 2015, 04:41:27 PM

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The new DL has Mission 1a and 1b also the rest of the missions have a and b. Is there any diff. btwn a and b??

_AH_gatlingun · January 14, 2015, 05:48:58 PM

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Yes,is there any difference? I haven't had any problems with any of the missions I have flown so far.

_AH_fraggmann · January 14, 2015, 08:49:22 PM

If you D/L'd my version of this campaign : a= all planes have a default fuel load and all will fly, you will have AI friendlies.
No letter= no fuel load in any planes so there will be no friendly AI.

So here again is the original "a" versions and the no letter versions of this campaign. Mission #3 is a problem, some planes explode on spawn in
so I made it an air start until I can figure it out. If anyone can assist with this problem I would be grateful.
I will post the mission once I or Bear or anyone has a solution. :happy-016: Also thanks for your help Bear :happy-112:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xd2e7d1vax30axz/P-61%20422nd%20N.F.S.%20June%206%2744-Dec%2023%2744%20Campaign.rar?dl=0

_AH_Bear · January 14, 2015, 09:05:13 PM

I tryed the 3 mission and had no issues.. i thought the problem was short take off space due to all the ac ... but no explosions sir

_AH_fraggmann · January 14, 2015, 10:26:45 PM

I figured it out! One group (4) of P-61s was spawning with zero fuel and exploding.
I gave them 100% and it did the trick. So here is all of them again with #3 fixed. :happy-112:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xd2e7d1vax30axz/P-61%20422nd%20N.F.S.%20June%206%2744-Dec%2023%2744%20Campaign.rar?dl=0

_AH_taldrg · January 15, 2015, 11:15:46 PM

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Tried #3 and all was well. Another control to set up for this plane is the lvl. stab. for those long flights.

_AH_Bear · January 16, 2015, 12:02:16 AM

zero fuels a common occurrence... this makes its so the ai will bail out and not participate in the game... this shouldnt cause explosions.. unless they arent tagged to takeoff.. airspawn with 0 alt and 0 speed does that

_AH_fraggmann · January 16, 2015, 04:07:53 PM

I have been building missions for a long time now and every time I set plane(s) to zero fuel zero air speed with no take off point
the plane(s) spawn in in the air and drop to the ground. I also realize no fuel with a take off point the plane(s) will spawn in and disappear.
Am I missing something. Im not trying to be a wise guy here Im just trying to eliminate this weird problem :happy-112:

_AH_Bear · January 16, 2015, 05:10:01 PM

In my opinion... an do as you have built many missions (i taught mission building in Joint-Ops for years)... to set planes to spawn in with no fuel so they disappear... make them spawn in as per normal.. on the ground then simply set fuel to 0... nothing else.. but they must be set to "takeoff"... if not .. they will spawn in as if they were flying with no speed and at ground level.. so yes... they will crash on entry.."TAKEOFF" must be set.
Bear

_AH_fraggmann · January 16, 2015, 08:36:37 PM

Thanks Bear....Even though I have built 300 plus missions I'm still a bone head sometimes!! :lol
Thank-you buddy :happy-119: