From bad4a8c84d395812b797adefa684f030a15d8953 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ambroise Garel <47314805+akaAgar@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2025 15:52:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improved orbit altitude determination

---
 Script/The Universal Mission/WingmenTasking.lua | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Script/The Universal Mission/WingmenTasking.lua b/Script/The Universal Mission/WingmenTasking.lua
index 252d3b0..63ba616 100644
--- a/Script/The Universal Mission/WingmenTasking.lua	
+++ b/Script/The Universal Mission/WingmenTasking.lua	
@@ -91,11 +91,25 @@ do
         return nil
     end
 
+    local function getOrbitAltitude()
+        local player = world.getPlayer()
+        if not player then return 600 end
+
+        local altitude = world.getPlayer():getPoint().y
+
+        local aircraftType = player:getTypeName()
+        if Library.aircraft[aircraftType] and Library.aircraft[aircraftType].altitude then
+            altitude = math.max(altitude, Library.aircraft[aircraftType].altitude * 0.8)
+        end
+
+        return altitude
+    end
+
     local function getOrbitTaskTable(point2)
         return {
             id = "Orbit",
             params = {
-                altitude = math.max(DCSEx.converter.feetToMeters(10000), world.getPlayer():getPoint().y),
+                altitude = getOrbitAltitude(),
                 pattern = "Circle",
                 point = point2,
                 width = DCSEx.converter.nmToMeters(1.0)