Simviation Forum - USS nimitz

Feb 4^th, 2012 at 1:41pm

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sorry if this is in the wrong section.

I have downloaded the USS nimitz for FSX and i have been trying to get the elevators to work for quite a while now.
I searched online and it says its automatic when you park on it.
do you have to shut down the battery aswell or do the engines need to be running?
any help is apreciated.

And I KNOW the elevators work since i saw it on youtube. Roll Eyes

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Reply #1 - Feb 4^th, 2012 at 3:35pm

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They go up and down every two or three minutes, no matter if you are sitting on them or not, no matter if your engines are running or not

Actually, I wrote "they", but really, there's only ONE active elevator: the one that is on the back right, just behind the control tower. The others are inactive.

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Reply #2 - Feb 4^th, 2012 at 4:34pm

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Daube wrote on Feb 4^th, 2012 at 3:35pm:

They go up and down every two or three minutes, no matter if you are sitting on them or not, no matter if your engines are running or not

Actually, I wrote "they", but really, there's only ONE active elevator: the one that is on the back right, just behind the control tower. The others are inactive.

thanks for that,i didn't know that only one was active. Embarrassed

I did some training in the t-45,i think i passed,may have messed up on aproach but i landed withouth any damage.

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Reply #3 - Feb 4^th, 2012 at 5:13pm

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It's quite difficult to really get the "feeling" of the carrier landing.
Normally, you're supposed to make a nice approach, guided by the "mirror", these green/yellow/red lights on the left of the wires... but honnestly, I never look at it. I started doing just some touch and goes, without lowering the arrestor hook, just to test the altitude, the approach speeds, you know... then, when I began to feel a bit more comfortable, I lowered the hook and tried to stay on the deck Wink

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Reply #4 - Feb 4^th, 2012 at 5:26pm

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Daube wrote on Feb 4^th, 2012 at 5:13pm:

It's quite difficult to really get the "feeling" of the carrier landing.
Normally, you're supposed to make a nice approach, guided by the "mirror", these green/yellow/red lights on the left of the wires... but honnestly, I never look at it. I started doing just some touch and goes, without lowering the arrestor hook, just to test the altitude, the approach speeds, you know... then, when I began to feel a bit more comfortable, I lowered the hook and tried to stay on the deck Wink

i didn't do any of that,i just took off,did a patern,and started the aproach,did make a mistake,i was aproaching at the wrong angle,i ended up having to turn left slightly on final. Wink

and BTW,you can do an ILS landing i think.

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Reply #5 - Feb 4^th, 2012 at 5:42pm

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You can do an ILS landing, but ONLY with the planes that have that special enhanced HUD gauge. The ILS turns ON when you set your NAV1 frequency to 112.0 I believe. But if you use the default Acceleration F-18 HUD, then it will not work.

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Reply #6 - Feb 5^th, 2012 at 4:51am

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Daube wrote on Feb 4^th, 2012 at 5:42pm:

You can do an ILS landing, but ONLY with the planes that have that special enhanced HUD gauge. The ILS turns ON when you set your NAV1 frequency to 112.0 I believe. But if you use the default Acceleration F-18 HUD, then it will not work.

i think it WILL work with the combat hornet and the t-45.

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