new Big E

[Johan]

Hi Wily,

Where is it? Can't wait to see this one...

Johan

[wilycoyote4]

Hi Wily,

Where is it? Can't wait to see this one...

Johan

dunno, as I write, the original statement did not say, no doubt that will be corrected perhaps even now, but I shall guess it will be available after a bit of shop preparation.

Can't be a long wait.

[wilycoyote4]

Pilot Shop
developer says Pilot Shop

[Tregarth]

Can you please be a bit more specific?  I have tried googling "Pilot Shop", do you know how many Pilot Shops there are? I tried looking at a few but already have enough pilots' shirts, aviator sunglasses etc so these shops are not relevant.

A website would be appreciated,

Thank you,

Tregarth

[wilycoyote4]

http://www.fspilotshop.com/

[GOONIE]

Thanks, Wily. Still don't see it up yet, so I guess it is still in the delta pattern at the shop waiting for charlie time.

Maybe someday the Big E or Nimitz will have a deck and deck crew that look like the video from BF3 (check out minutes 1:19 - 3:35). The water and deck hand animation are pretty impressive. I understand the inaccuacy in the video makes it really hard to watch, almost laugh, but if this eye candy could be in FSX or some other flight sim engine in the future, that would pretty awesome combined with high fidelity carrier ops. Frame rates be damned.

GOONIE

[Orion]

Now available from the FSPilotShop for $28.95.

[Johan]

Hi Orion,

Thanks for the info, it looks like a high quality product.
A couple of questions, if you can answer.
1- What does the word "optional" mean in the following description? Is it something that we can purchase later?

    "-Optional advanced FLOLS system with settable glide slope and audible LSO"
    "-Optional Advanced launch trigger and realistic launch speed tailored to individual aircraft"

2- Can we use the Big E with AICarrier2 like Javier's carriers?

Thanks a lot, I will definitely purchase it.

Johan

[Orion]

I honestly have no idea.  I've had nothing to do with the development of it, and have no affiliation with the authors.  I just saw the release announcement at SOH and though you lot would appreciate it here as well.

Edit: Anyways, I may as well try and be of some help.  I'd read it as optional, as in it's your choice to use those features or not.  And if it's a standard boat SimObject, it'll more than likely work with AICarriers2r2.

[Johan]

Thanks Orion, I will try it too.

[Mickey_Techy]

Thanks Orion, I will try it too.

Johan,

Could you post a review after you have checked it out.

[Johan]

Johan,
Could you post a review after you have checked it out.
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I will, but I am off to Europe for 2 weeks...

Johan

[micro]

I just bought the Enterprise and am pretty impressed so far. However, I'm finding out that if you want to use the advanced functions (LSO, Advanced FLOLS) you will need to tweek a few CFG files. That's the way it's set up. I'll post more as I tinker with it.

[Johan]

Agreed with Micro. The detail on the ship is very impressive. I landed Dino's new F35B in VTOL mode on it, but haven't tried the traditional landing and catapult launch which involve aircraft.cfg tweaking. I haven't checked yet if the tweaking conflicts with Sludge's and/or Jimi's parameters on the F-A/18, but will do.

Johan

[micro]

First impressions:

Pros:
-Good scenery
-16 Pre-determined AI tracks
-Easily compatible with AI carriers
-Fairly easy to modify CFG's for advanced features
-Good end speeds on "advanced" cat shots
-Nice launch delay on "advanced" cat shots

Cons:
-"Cheezy" LSO calls
-Poor wake effect
-Aircraft must be in burner for "advanced" cat shot
-Plane guard helo is in a very odd place
-The manual has numerous grammatical errors and is sometimes confusing
-The "advanced" FLOLS documentation is vague at best
-I can't find documentation on how change the FLOLS glideslope
-The "advanced" FLOLS simply does not appear for me despite numerous attempts (It looks like the lens has been turned off).

My 2 cents. Take it for what it's worth.