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fsafranek:
Wow, you guys are deep into this. ;D
What I took away from my question here a few months ago was that we needed a 3.5 degree FLOLS system and some animation. Thanks to Sylvain Parouty we managed to include that in the Advanced models. (Sorry but apparently I was logged in with my Mirage4fs name back then)
And I hope making the manual available is of some help to folks who are on the fence about this package. I hesitated about making it available because I read that it "has numerous grammatical errors and is sometimes confusing". Assuming everyone will be able to follow along is always a potential problem when the writer is perhaps too familiar with the system being described. The beta testers were able to make it all work based on what was written.
Sylvain leaves on vacation tomorrow for three weeks but has told me he will send over a beta copy of v3.0 of his RFN_Tacan gauge package that is mentioned in the manual. The instructions will probably only be in French but anyone who has used the previous versions should have no problems with it. I'll get back to you on availability once I have it.
During development of the Enterprise he also sent his HUD for Dino's T-45 and the needles on it work fine once tuned to the ship. I'm not sure what his plans for distribution are for that though. But if it is released I'm sure you'll hear about it.
In the meantime since you are into the F-18 big time (I'm not sure this is the right one), here are some nice candid "empty deck" images (click to enlarge) I spotted that reminded me of this group's forum section title...
http://www.pilote-virtuel.com/viewtopic.php?id=45913
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Frank Safranek
Team SDB - Alphasim/Virtavia Paint Crew
Mirage Aircraft for Flight Simulator
http://www.mirage4fs.com
wilycoyote4:
Can the wake effect be replaced by Sludge's wake? Or am I asleep in class again?
Sludge:
Mickey...
--- Quote from: Mickey_Techy on August 01, 2012, 07:17:19 pm ---You folks are the resident specialists Sludge.
I have never been inside a real hornet or a real sim for a hornet, and not within a 1000nm of a real boat, so I really don't know.
That's why I had tentatively prefaced my original comments as "I am given to understand". And I was given to understand this during my discussions on the subject with Pop many years back.
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Check out this Y/T video thats USS Reagan "Freedom" CATCC/Paddles and approaching aircraft comms and you can see that around 7:30 and later, they call "bullseye-azimuth only 'til lock-on" (implied ACLS lock-on), then (at 7:50; approx. 6 miles) start giving G/S AND LineUp corrections based on boat-to-aircraft bullseye. So this is probly relevant to what you were saying about your Pops and what he told you, about flying azimuth-only bullseye?
--- Quote from: Mickey_Techy on August 01, 2012, 07:17:19 pm ---But, now that you mention it, even I agree that, in quite a few videos I might have actually seen both G/S and Loc needles of actual hornet landings.
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Not sure when GS/LOC ICLS became avail on the boats, but I know that modern ones do. Now, its very possible that they still have the same types of procedures ("platform" and using bullseye azimuth only 'til a certain point... ACLS lock-on?), as they did back in the day? And all this is said in the context of trying to figure out the functionality of BigE carrier package ICLS/TCN.
[In-Flight UPDATE] Will have to read that updated info post from FSAFranek (Alphasim BigE developer).
Still Later (... and not SOONER...) haha
Sludge
Johan:
--- Quote from: fsafranek on August 01, 2012, 09:41:09 pm ---Wow, you guys are deep into this. ;D
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Hi Frank, good you are stepping in. Yes, the v3 gauge mentioned would be a plus, please let us know where to get it when you have it from Sylvain.
Johan
Essex:
Just to confirm, you should be able to get the needles to show on any ship with a catapult, if you first get Sylvain Parouty's Tacan gauge working.
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?59144-Carrier-Tacan-available-on-RFN
It's a bit tricky, but switch Nav1 and Nav2? back and forth from 111.00, the deck angle may not be ideal and changing that parameter makes no difference, I think from memory the other parameters do work if you can switch back to the correct frequency (not 111.00). Don't quote me on this!
Theoretically it must be possible to replicate the Tacan's ILS needles in the HUD. However, it will be interesting to see if the new gauge makes things easier.
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