Nica pics and a nice eagle, Shame u didnt take the gears up lol. Sorry to nit-pick. Sam

Now, think about it Sam...the gear's not up right? OK

Now, what's the title of the thread?

Gottit? It's an AI F15 Eagle. So it was the AI pilot's job - nothing to do with me.

All these pics are of an AI F15 doing touch-and-gos from a carrier.

Actually, the gear goes up on climb out but when the AB switches off and the plane begins to bank onto cross-wind leg, the gear comes down and stays down for the rest of the circuit. I guess it's because the plane needs the drag to fly slow enough.

OK - now the next bit. What do you need for AI (amongst other things)?

Answer - an airport.

What you're seeing here ISN'T a stock carrier as such. It is, but it's a special scenery I've created that is FULLY PROGRAMMABLE for AI. So you can fly to it, use the ILS and/or NDB, land on it (if you're good enough!) - even create flightplans to it because it's in the list of airports.

BUT - this is a first folks - it's the first time as far as I know when a properly programmable AI F15 is taking off, doing circuits, landing, and most importantly, stopping on a carrier. Then it parks up for the next time.

OK, so the F15 is a bit special to do that, and when the time comes for the package to be issued, it (or at least its FDE) will have to come packaged up with it.

The idea is that I'll be making one or more carrier groups. The North American one will have 3 carriers off Texas, Florida and Maryland. Each one will have flight plans for its own AI F15s to be doing touch and gos and there will also be plans for F15s to be flying between all the carriers in the group. 24hrs a day.

Now as you'll be able to fly to or from any one of them, VFR or IFR, there should be a lot of fun fitting into all that traffic!

Today I've managed to snatch a few hours to relax and I've managed to tweak all the component bits on one carrier (it's off Texas). Now it's just a matter of pulling the whole thing together - when I get some more time.

Then who knows - an Australian group, a European group etc etc

Whadayall think?

Roger

PS Nice to be back for a quick visit! 

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Come on......does a carrier have 'tune traffic'?

It's got Ground, Tower and Clearance Delivery and ILS with GS and NDB. And it'll, have a rotating light beacon on top for night stuff. But I'm having a bit of a problem getting ILS approach (eg VASI) and other ground lights to show. Life's a b**ch eh?

I'm also just looking at having the landings and takeoffs separate - you know how a carrier is and how the decks are angled. *

Remember, this is the first time this has been done so I'm having to work it out as I go -  but I've done the worst and have made it work so it's just a matter of time. And without Arrcab as well but I guess for those who have it they'll be able to put it on? I don't know the prog so I don't know.

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The reason for that is the F15 lands and turns round to park, but I just can't get it to turn sharply enough and it just goes over the edge of the deck. In case you wonder, no it doesn't fall into the sea. AI just carry on taxying on the same level in thin air! So it gets back on the deck in a second or two but it's just not 'right'. By landing it on the angle, when it turns it'll turn onto the wide part of the deck -  but I've just gotta shorten its landing by a few more yards.