Use radio-beacons for instrument approach and landing

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

Ataros,

Have you tested this with the airfield AI? It seems a bit weird that it uses the antiair.cpp.

No, i did not. All the info comes from sukhoi.ru (link above). There may be mistakes.

They say also that naryv mentioned that other airfield equipment will work one day also. Now it may work partially, needs more testing. E.g. they say that audio-tube (SoundLocator?) works with baseAntiAir.cpp already now.

Regarding blind landing I have no idea what were possibilities in that time. Maybe only direction is provided but not altitude. I am not an expert in bombers or IFR. I would start with searching for IRL instructions on radio beacon approaches for Br-20 and LBA antenna approaches for He-111.

This is a mission file, not script file. No programming involved only mouse clicks in FMB.

I am amazed with span, detail and ambitions of the project. It is a pity it will take much more time to finish all these details.

PS. Here is a test mission where Charger from sukhoi.ru tests various equipment. Some not set up 100% correct you can join the tests and share findings.

Save as .mis file, edit and run from FMB

[PARTS]
  core.100
  bob.100
[MAIN]
  MAP Land$Online_Cross_v_Roundel
  BattleArea 0 0 32768 32768 10000
  TIME 15
  WeatherIndex 0
  CloudsHeight 1400
  BreezeActivity 2
  ThermalActivity 2
  player BoB_RAF_F_3Sqn_Early.000
[GlobalWind_0]
  Power 3.000 0.000 0.000
  BottomBound 0.00
  TopBound 0.00
  GustPower 3
  GustAngle 9
[GlobalWind_1]
  Power 0.000 0.000 0.000
  BottomBound 1450.00
  TopBound 1450.00
  GustPower 5
  GustAngle 45
[splines]
[AirGroups]
  BoB_LW_KuFlGr_706.01
  BoB_LW_KuFlGr_706.02
  BoB_RAF_F_3Sqn_Early.01
[BoB_LW_KuFlGr_706.01]
  Flight0  1
  Class Aircraft.He-115B-2
  Formation VIC3
  CallSign 33
  Fuel 100
  Weapons 1
  Skill 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
[BoB_LW_KuFlGr_706.01_Way]
  NORMFLY 7781.48 26126.48 6000.00 290.00
  NORMFLY 19478.48 17229.82 6000.00 290.00
  NORMFLY 19478.48 17229.82 6000.00 290.00
  NORMFLY 19478.48 17229.82 500.00 290.00
  NORMFLY 19881.47 11430.88 500.00 290.00
[BoB_LW_KuFlGr_706.02]
  Flight1  11
  Class Aircraft.Do-215B-1
  Formation VIC3
  CallSign 33
  Fuel 100
  Weapons 1
  Skill 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
[BoB_LW_KuFlGr_706.02_Way]
  NORMFLY 6121.10 22235.74 3000.00 290.00
  NORMFLY 17626.33 20525.80 3000.00 290.00
  NORMFLY 19906.25 11356.54 3000.00 290.00
[BoB_RAF_F_3Sqn_Early.01]
  Flight0  1
  Class Aircraft.SpitfireMkIIa
  Formation VIC3
  CallSign 7
  Fuel 100
  Weapons 1
  Skill 0.63 0.42 0.84 1 0.32 0.79 1 0.84
[BoB_RAF_F_3Sqn_Early.01_Way]
  NORMFLY 16339.25 24095.61 3000.00 290.00
  NORMFLY 10108.18 20380.05 3000.00 290.00
  NORMFLY 17100.82 18626.12 3000.00 290.00
  NORMFLY 18785.52 22018.59 3000.00 290.00
  LANDING 12692.92 17449.14 3000.00 290.00
[CustomChiefs]
[Stationary]
  Static10 Searchlight.90_cm_SearchLight_UK1 gb 13057.67 21032.38 -60.00 /target AIChief_0
  Static4 Artillery.Bofors gb 11346.09 21201.90 -60.00 /timeout 0/radius_hide 0
  Static11 Stationary.Environment.JP3_Generator_15_KW_UK1 gb 12719.40 21213.81 -60.00 /target AIChief_1
  Static18 Stationary.Opel_Blitz_radio gb 12895.48 21219.38 -60.00 
  Static17 Aeroanchored.Balloon_winch_UK1 gb 12074.60 21284.46 -60.00 /hstart 15
  Static13 Stationary.Environment.Fire_pump_UK2 gb 12172.94 21296.49 -60.00 
  Static15 Stationary.RadioBeacon.GenericLongRangeMast gb 12397.57 21280.30 -60.00 /radioFreq 315
  Static16 Aeroanchored.Balloon_winch_UK1 gb 12555.60 21254.59 -60.00 /target AIChief_0
  Static14 Stationary.Environment.HeightFinder_UK1 gb 11980.69 21321.28 -60.00 
  Static12 Stationary.Environment.PKDP_UK1 gb 12141.29 21312.84 -60.00 
  Static9 Searchlight.90_cm_SearchLight_UK1 gb 12267.01 21332.06 -60.00 /target AIChief_0
  Static20 Artillery.SoundLocator_MkIIIV_UK1 gb 12287.14 21398.42 -60.00 /timeout 0/radius_hide 0/target AIChief_0
  Static5 Artillery.Bofors gb 11948.55 21444.64 -60.00 /timeout 0/radius_hide 0
  Static0 Artillery.3_inch_20_CWT_QF_Mk_I_StandAlone gb 11391.42 21511.90 -60.00 /timeout 0/radius_hide 0
  Static6 Artillery.Bofors gb 12391.62 21558.70 -60.00 /timeout 0/radius_hide 0
  Static8 Searchlight.90_cm_SearchLight_UK1 gb 12622.39 21547.65 -60.00 /target AIChief_0
  Static1 Artillery.3_inch_20_CWT_QF_Mk_I_StandAlone gb 11698.50 21577.71 -60.00 /timeout 0/radius_hide 0
  Static7 Artillery.Bofors gb 12711.87 21633.27 -60.00 /timeout 0/radius_hide 0
  Static2 Artillery.3_inch_20_CWT_QF_Mk_I_StandAlone gb 12090.39 21706.39 -60.00 /timeout 0/radius_hide 0
  Static3 Artillery.3_inch_20_CWT_QF_Mk_I_StandAlone gb 12502.76 21817.52 -60.00 /timeout 0/radius_hide 0
  Static19 Stationary.Airfield.SBA_hat_antena gb 12900.51 21796.21 -60.00 /target AIChief_0/radioFreq 320
[Buildings]
[BuildingsLinks]
[StaticCamera]
  StaticCamera_0 12351 21377 100
  StaticCamera_1 12679 21531 100
[AIChiefs]
  AIChief_0 0 12095 21374/script baseAntiAir.cpp/r 800
  AIChief_1 0 12642 21278/script powerOn.cpp/r 600