Setting speeds of aircraft..

[nbullc]

i am quite new to this scripting business and would like to know how to set speeds of aircraft whilst flying..
any help would be much appreciated  

[bedges]

as far as i know there's only the waypoint speed setting -

[The-Architect]

Bedges is correct. You can also use these speeds in conjunction with the setspeedmode command.

group setSpeedMode mode

Operand types:
group: Object or Group
mode: String
Type of returned value:
Nothing
Description:
Set group speed mode. Mode may be one of: "LIMITED" (half speed),"NORMAL" (full speed, maintain formation),"FULL" (do not wait for any other units in formation).

Example:
groupOne setSpeedMode "LIMITED"

[Raptorsaurus]

If you want finer control of speed you can try looking in the editor depot for some velocity manipulation scripts/functions.  There is one in there that I did called SetSpeed.

[MrN]

Don't know if this helps or not:

How do I set an initial velocity for a vehicle?

In the init field set this:
Code Sample  

v0=200; v0 = v0/3.6; dir=getDir(this);vBase = [sin(dir),cos(dir), 0]  ;this  setVelocity  [(vBase select 0)*v0,(vBase select 1) * v0, 0]
 


Set v0 to  the desired speed in km/h.

If you want the speed in m/s remove  "v0=v0/3.6;" from the code above.

This is mainly for aircraft at the start of a mission. Very useful on choppers for example.

From the Mission editing FAQ thread:
http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard311/ikonboard.cgi?s=36f5b3749c64d410f4b30e031889bcb2;act=ST;f=7;t=26723

Highly recommended if you want to know the essentials of editing.