home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- F/A-18 INTERCEPTOR - HINTS
-
- Typed in by RYAN HEINIG. Edited by PARASITE.
-
-
- HAD ANY PROBLEMS LANDING ON THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER?
- The best way that I found is to fly over the carrier and look down at the
- carrier to see which way you have to turn around to land. It seems like I
- always come in from the south of the carrier. On your final approach to the
- aircraft carrier, Have your arrestor hook down, reduce thrust to 50
- percent, landing gears down, and turn on your brakes in this order before
- you land. When you hit the runway, hit the F1 key to reduce your thrust to
- 10 percent. It will stop faster. After the plane stops hit F1 again to turn
- thrust off.
-
- THE OTHER PROBLEM I HAD AT FIRST, WAS TO DROP THE RESCUE POD CLOSE ENOUGH
- TO THE DOWNED PILOT.
- To get this one, I had to fly low to the water. About 100 feet or less
- above the water. When you get close enough to the pilot, change your radar
- range to 2 miles and you will soon see the dot on the radar when you are in
- the 2 mile range of the pilot. The little dot shaped plane reach almost all
- the way over the dot of the pilot, That is when you eject the rescue pod.
-
- HOW TO PASS OR FINISH THE SIXTH MISSION. I tried playing it different ways
- and still could not figure it out. So I called Electronic Arts to find the
- answer. Here is how to pass it.
- You fly to the sub-carrier under 100 feet above water. Do not engage enemy
- planes at this time, just keep going with your AFTERBURNERS turned on.
- It is best to have your thrust 100 percent, plus you hit F10 again to turn
- on the AFTERBURNERS to fly faster. You will be pressing for time at this
- point. Before you reach the sub-carrier, activate your AMRAAM missile. You
- will have to use AMRAAM missile only. Sidewinders will not work to
- complete this mission. When you reach the sub, go up to 500-1000 feet in
- the air. You have to hit the CONING TOWER on the sub-carrier with AMRAAM
- missiles. This is some what tricky to do. When you see smoke coming from
- the CONING TOWER, then you got it at this point. If it hits a different
- part of the sub, and you see smoke; You still cannot finish the mission
- unless you hit the tower. I have tried other ways and still could not
- finish the mission. After you hit the tower, you engage and terminate the
- enemy planes. Land on your aircraft carrier to refuel and rearm your
- F/A-18. Takeoff and head back to the sub-carrier and you should see 1 or 2
- more enemy planes, engage and destroy them. Then head home to your carrier
- and land. Your mission should be completed then. If you do anything
- different then what I told you for mission #6, then it may not work.
-