Simviation Forum - A Cat, and a Carrier...and a Battleship.

Jun 26^th, 2010 at 5:18pm

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I finally got my AIcarriers working again, so I took some of the fleet out for some old school ops...

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FSX Deluxe w/Acceleration
HDE
Vertigo Studios F6F
Battleship New Jersey BB-62 (ai version)
Carrier Enterprise CV-6

As always thanks for looking.

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Reply #1 - Jun 26^th, 2010 at 5:27pm

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Looks like you are having a great time. I have enough problems landing as it is, without trying to do it on a moving deck. Wink

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Reply #2 - Jun 26^th, 2010 at 5:33pm

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Nice shots Shaun ,Lt Mosely would have been proud.

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Reply #3 - Jun 26^th, 2010 at 5:55pm

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Bruce448 wrote on Jun 26^th, 2010 at 5:33pm:

Nice shots Shaun ,Lt Mosely would have been proud.

Bruce

I just wish it was his carrier, but the Big E is close enough. Wink

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Reply #4 - Jun 26^th, 2010 at 5:56pm

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a quick (ish) fix for those of you that have the hellcat, and nose over either whilst appying too much brake or when catching a wire on carrier landings, the final part is that the later F6F's were modified for cat launches.

change the following in your aircraft.cfg

[TailHook]
tailhook_length                      = 2.000000
tailhook_position                   = -15.000, 0.000, -1.000
cable_force_adjust                   = 1.000000

[brakes]
toe_brakes_scale = 0.640888698995941
parking_brake = 1
differential_braking_scale = 1

for the capapult capability so add this also

[launch_assistance]
launch_bar_pivot = 5.5, 0.0, -4.0
launch_bar_lug = 10.6, 0.0, -8.2

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Reply #5 - Jun 27^th, 2010 at 7:04am

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Looks nice Fly Navy!

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Reply #6 - Jun 27^th, 2010 at 8:04am

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Very cool Shane. #3 looks like a poster for the Navy.

If God intended aircraft engines to have horizontally opposed engines, Pratt and Whitney would have made them that way.

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Reply #7 - Jun 27^th, 2010 at 9:19am

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a great landing concidering that you had no visible hook!

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Reply #8 - Jun 27^th, 2010 at 9:45am

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jlab58 wrote on Jun 27^th, 2010 at 9:19am:

a great landing concidering that you had no visible hook!

Must be a touch and go, eh Shaun????

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Reply #9 - Jun 27^th, 2010 at 10:05am

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Bruce448 wrote on Jun 27^th, 2010 at 9:45am:

jlab58 wrote on Jun 27^th, 2010 at 9:19am:

a great landing concidering that you had no visible hook!

Must be a touch and go, eh Shaun????

I'd say it was more like a bounce & survive. Grin

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Reply #10 - Jun 27^th, 2010 at 4:27pm

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ShaneG wrote on Jun 27^th, 2010 at 10:05am:

Bruce448 wrote on Jun 27^th, 2010 at 9:45am:

jlab58 wrote on Jun 27^th, 2010 at 9:19am:

a great landing concidering that you had no visible hook!

Must be a touch and go, eh Shaun????

I'd say it was more like a bounce & survive. Grin

Good one!

How is that Hellcat by the way ? I saw that the model and the virtual cockpit are beautifull, but how is it to fly ? Challenging ? Rewarding ? etc...

Got bloom ?
Got mountains ?
Got damage ?

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Reply #11 - Jun 27^th, 2010 at 4:40pm

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It's by far the most realistic plane in my FSX. Smiley

It comes with a copy of the actual WWII-era pilots hand book, and you pretty much have to do it by the book to fly it correctly to avoid frying the engine. Shocked

Every system that you can think of on the real one, is modeled on this as far as I've seen.

Bombs drop, tanks drop, guns fire, and the wings fold exactly in the manner and procedure required by the real thing.

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