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To Fly a B25 off the carrier deck requieres maximum deck lenght. That is, I have to position the plane as far aft as possible . i know there is a way to do that but i forgot how. Can somebody please refresh my memory .
Thanks
michaelmichael

Open the ships cfg file on each of the carriers and locate this section:

[flight_deck_section]
; this section defines the control points the
; AI (and LSO) use to steer towards the flight deck
width=32
length=241
takeoff_start=0,21,-50
takeoff_stop=0,21,120
landing_start=0,500,-5000
landing_touch_down=0.1920005,16.896,-81.536003
landing_stop=0.1920005,16.896,0


The number you want to change is the "-50" on the "takeoff_start" line.  Try changing it to "-90" to move the plane back and see how you do.

A higher number moves the plane back and a lower one moves it foward.  

Cody_Coyote

Didn't know that... Thanks

Regards,
Stratobat

thanks  Cody

it works just fine

did you know that you can also have the carrier pitch ansd sway just adjust the dynamics in the ship's dp file.

michaelmichael

Theres a simple add-on download on a website somewhere that does all of that... Theres also a few others that add boiler smoke, more wake, splashing around the front of the ship, and oil/debris when damaged. Also, there was one more that made the decks of the American carriers blue, which is supposedly realistic.

Wish I could remember where I saw all of this...

Regardless, if I found it once, anyone could find it. Just look around--search 'CFS2 Add-ons' in Google, or with nearly any other search engine, such as Yahoo!... Then check a few different sites.

Some of those things may even be here at Simviation, in one downloads section or another.