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FD4 cable zones (Read 343 times)

May 11^th, 2007 at 8:17am

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Is anyone familiar with Abacus Flight Deck 4 cable (& catapult) zones? I have a military airport with one very short runway (2500') with an .api "practice arrestor cables" at one end. I would like to figure out how to add these cables to FD4's arrestor cable file so they will be active.

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Reply #1 - May 16^th, 2007 at 7:53am

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Okay, I've done some checking and I've figured out most of it:

Cable.FD4_FiddlersGreen"="21.348925 -71.051315

19.944760

21.349057 -71.051535

19.944760

7"
//// Airport Name//////// Lat 1 Lon 1

Lat 2 Lon 2

Altitude
//// Lat 1 & Lon 1 bottom left corner, Lat 2 & Lon 2 top right corner,

x1 & x2 unknown

(stock FD4 carriers use 24 or 25 on all, others us 15 - 25)
Does anybody know what the last two unknowns are? Thanks

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Reply #2 - May 17^th, 2007 at 7:39am

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Well, I found out the answer, and figured I'd pass it along in case anyone else is interested:

Cable.FD4_FiddlersGreen"="

21.348925 -71.051315 6.70000

21.349057 -71.051535 6.700000

40"

The first (red) and second (green) sets of numbers are latitude, longitude and elevation. The last number is the distance (in meters?) that it takes to stop the aircraft once the hook grabs the cable.

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