FS2024 has 3 aerobatics planes and 4 or 5 military planes, currently not used much or at all in career.
It would be a nice addition to have “aerobatics shows” as missions (maybe with trainings).
Same thing but even better addition in my view would be tactical missions (and maybe some trainings too) such as :
- Airborne and Low pass cargo drop for A400M (and C17)
- Low altitude reconnaissance for the A10 and F18
- Plane interception for the F18
- Plane escorting for the F18
From dev perspective, these extra mission types would not require that much extra work:
- Aerobatics shows would be a brand new type doing designated figures at the right time, within the limits of the plane capabilities
- Airborne drop would work similar to skydiving.
- Low pass drop would work similar to banner grabbing without drag change and cargo weight reduction upon drop. For now, pax and cargo have no weight, see Cargo and passengers weigh nothing on missions
- Low altitude recon would be similar to flightseeing but require to remain below a defined radio calculated altitude while circling a designated area.
- Plane intercept would be new, requiring to spawn any type of plane flying over some called “restricted area”, take off and reach that plane asap, establish comms with it then escort it out of the restricted area or escort it to the closest suitable airport.
- Plane escort would be similar to plane intercept, following another plane from take off to landing while maintaining similar speed and altitude once airborne.
Feel free to contribute to this topic if you’ve got other ideas.
