Carriers

[Mattace64]

Is there any way to do free flight from a carrier in FSX?  Preferably with a tower view?  I've seen a few downloadable in the scenery section... can you land on them?

[mjrhealth]

YEs you can land and take off from carriers. And no, unless you have accleration you cannot trap on them or use the catapult. Usually to take off from a nearby airport,you fly to them in a chopper and land then change planes. You can land using choppers. Correct me if im worng but thats how i do it.

[Mattace64]

Oh interesting...  so it's just a matter of knowing where one is... It looks like there's one off the Massachuttes coast (from the missions), but it's not on the GPS...

Any one have a good method for finding them?

[Papafox]

What I'm hoping is possible is the ability to relocate a carrier to where you want it. My buddies and I want to do a world tour in F-18s, and we'll need carriers to make it to Hawaii. Any suggestions appreciated.

[BFMF]

If you look through the FSX Scenery, Misc, and Utility sections, you will find quite a few scenery packs that place carriers around. There are even 'flyable' carriers and other various ships that you can download.


My favorite though, is a utility which allows you to place a carrier while inflight, and allows you to controll it's distance, speed, and direction.

http://www.simviation.com/fsxutilities1.htm