Combo recon/fuel pod?

[Wrench 9,848]

trying to figure out how to have a pod that carries fuel, AND has recon cameras in it.

 

anyone have any iders??? was thinking along the lines of the mirage combo tank/rocket launcher????

 

wrench

kevin stein

[+Veltro2k 6,351]

two objects merged together to seem as 1 ?

[Wrench 9,848]

only in the data ini .... I don't think it'll work. my experiments for an MC-1 just gave me a drop tank, even after adding the recon camera.

 

alternativly, i could add the camera to the aircraft, and just have the pod 'fakedout' for fuel

[+daddyairplanes 10,243]

i know several recon pods are housed in F-16 centerline tanks but i've never heard of them holding fuel as well...

the HIAC-1 pod might've also been a 600 gal centerline for the Phantom but i'm not sure on that one and am at drill this weekend

[Wrench 9,848]

It's not for a 'modern' aircraft...hehehehehehehehe. it also carries about 2500 gallons for fuel. much needed for THIS bird!!

Edited July 9, 2011 by Wrench

[+ST0RM 145]

Could you give the aircraft a TV camera, but fix the view from where the tank hangs?

[+daddyairplanes 10,243]

to see if i've figured it out, wont you hit the wall before orbit?

[Wrench 9,848]

yes, you can hit The Wall in the vertical (I've done it) ... but not in a Hustler

 

decieded to go with a more stock loadout for recon

[+daddyairplanes 10,243]

oooooooooooooh.... i was trying to firgure out what hada friggin 2500 gal fuel tank in game!

[xclusiv8 35]

A question. Do recon pods have any real use in game? Besides dead weight?

[+Veltro2k 6,351]

only in the data ini .... I don't think it'll work. my experiments for an MC-1 just gave me a drop tank, even after adding the recon camera.

 

alternativly, i could add the camera to the aircraft, and just have the pod 'fakedout' for fuel

 

that too. just point each one to the right object

[Teras 67]

A question. Do recon pods have any real use in game? Besides dead weight?

 

nope

[xclusiv8 35]

nope

 

Then why bother with all this ini work? Why not make a fuel pod that only looks like a recon pod/fuel pod but put it as a fuel pod in the ini?? Or am i out of my mind here?

[Wrench 9,848]

yeah, that's pretty much what I figgured, too!!

[xclusiv8 35]

yeah, that's pretty much what I figgured, too!!