Logistics

The game menu is available under F10 > Other > Tycoon.

My Location

This section refers to the site nearest your aircraft.

Show stock here displays its available staged crates.
Spawn any staged places any available crate at the site.
Spawn cargo lets you choose a specific cargo type.

Spawning is not loading. The crate appears at the site and must then be picked up with your aircraft's CTLD cargo commands.

Cargo Sites lists suitable destinations for cargo already aboard your aircraft.
Nearby Sites lists the nearest factories, sources, hubs, or cities.
Deploy smoke marks a selected site and reports bearing and distance.
Refresh nearest sites updates the entries after moving or loading cargo.

Smoke colors:

Site	Color
Source	Green
Factory	Blue
Hub	Orange
City	White

Smoke is placed about 120 meters to the right of your approach to the site. Another marker becomes available after its cooldown or when you arrive.

Tycoon sites also transmit FM homing beacons. Click a site on the Tycoon Map and look for the Radio entry in its description to find the assigned FM frequency.

Tune that frequency in the aircraft's FM homing receiver to navigate toward the site by signal direction. This feature is currently supported only by the UH-1H. Other aircraft should use the map, bearing and distance from the F10 menu, or smoke navigation.

Loading and unloading

Spawn a crate at the correct site.
Position your aircraft close enough to the crate.
Use the CTLD menu to load it.
Fly to a destination that accepts the cargo.
Land inside or immediately beside its delivery zone.
Use the CTLD menu to unload.

Cargo only counts as delivered when dropped inside a matching zone. Outside the zone, it remains a dropped crate in the world.

Practical rules

Stay within your aircraft's weight and cargo-slot limits.
When carrying several crates, check whether they share a destination.
Only spawn cargo you intend to transport.
If stock is empty, wait, choose another cargo, or visit another source.
Flying loaded cargo through a low-security region carries a real risk of ambush. See Security & Threats.

Cargo weight and aircraft capacity

Every crate occupies one cargo slot. Loading is allowed only when both conditions are met:

The aircraft has a free cargo slot.
The combined weight of all loaded crates remains within its CTLD cargo-weight limit.

This means a helicopter with two slots may still be limited to one heavy crate. Cargo weight is separate from fuel, weapons, and DCS flight-performance limits; leave a sensible margin for takeoff and landing.

Standard crate weights

Cargo	Weight per crate
Wood / Logs	about 125 kg
Grain	about 125 kg
Food	about 125 kg
Lumber	about 125 kg
Oil	about 250 kg
Steel	about 500 kg
Building Materials	about 500 kg
Fuel	about 500 kg
Industrial Parts	about 1,000 kg

The exact CTLD definition uses small decimal differences to identify cargo types. Use the weight shown in the live map or cargo menu when it differs from this overview.

Aircraft limits

Aircraft	Cargo slots	Maximum CTLD cargo weight
SA342 Gazelle variants	2	510 kg
UH-1H	2	1,010 kg
Mi-8MT / Mi-8MTV2	3	3,010 kg
Mi-24P / Mi-24V	2	1,010 kg
CH-47F	6	6,010 kg
UH-60L	2	2,010 kg
MH-60R / SH-60B	2	3,500 kg
Ka-50 / Ka-50 III	1	130 kg
AH-64D	1	130 kg
OH-6A / OH-58D	1	130 kg
OV-10A Bronco	1	130 kg
Mosquito FB Mk VI	2	1,010 kg
Hercules mod	7	19,000 kg
C-130J-30	7	21,500 kg

Examples:

A UH-1H can carry two 500 kg Steel crates: 2 slots and about 1,000 kg total.
A Gazelle has two slots, but it cannot carry two 500 kg crates because their combined weight exceeds 510 kg.
A CH-47F can carry six 1,000 kg Industrial Parts crates, just below its configured limit.

These are Tycoon's configured CTLD limits, not the aircraft manufacturer's published payload figures.