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Naval aviation
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Sat Dec 27, 2003 1:04 pmby Tequila Sunrise
I was wondering if it was possible to retrofit afterburners or WEP to a model to allow it to take off from carrier?
Secondly is it possible to adjust the strength of the cbles on a carrier model, as the USS Stennis by Javier Fernandez seems to arrest any aircraft within 1 plane lenght regardless of landing speed
Re: Naval aviation
Posted:
Sat Dec 27, 2003 1:21 pmby Hagar
Craig. I've forgotten more on this subject than I ever knew.
If memory serves me right, you should be able to add A/B & WEP in the AIR file. If the aircraft has a proper CFS2-style virtual tailhook I believe this is defined in Aircraft.cfg, not the carrier.
Re: Naval aviation
Posted:
Sat Dec 27, 2003 2:11 pmby Tequila Sunrise
I thought as much about the cables, but the same aircraft will roll much further on the stock Essex or the VN BHR and Oriskany
Re: Naval aviation
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Sat Dec 27, 2003 2:57 pmby Hagar
Just a thought. Would the relative size (scale) of the carrier have anything to do with it? I would think the USS John C. Stennis would be much bigger than a WWII Essex Class carrier.
Re: Naval aviation
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Sat Dec 27, 2003 3:19 pmby Tequila Sunrise
granted, but the same aircraft on the Essex wil roll up to and past the island on the Stennis they will stop ontop of the 4 wire
Re: Naval aviation
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Sun Dec 28, 2003 9:22 amby Tequila Sunrise
Well someone else seems to have figured it out before me
, there was an update to the A-3D posted over at simouthouse that does what I wanted
Re: Naval aviation
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Sun Dec 28, 2003 9:27 amby Hagar
Good. Glad you're sorted.
Re: Naval aviation
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Sun Dec 28, 2003 11:51 pmby Commander_Long
The fix they made for the A3-D is a little modification to the airfile. It made the aircraft perform as if it was being shot from a cat which enabled it to be launched from a carrier.
I wish all aircraft designers would include this in the air files of all carrier based jets. :)