Falling in love again...

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Falling in love again...

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... I can't help it!

Now that DG 'n' RP's glorious Hunters have their cockpit glass reinstated in FSX Acceleration I'm rediscovering them all over again. Its amazing what a difference a small thing like that can make. I love it, I love it, I love it!! :kissu:

Buzzing the AI ships at dawn in the FRADU models is such a joy. Now if I could only get that tail hook to function I could pretend to trap on a Nimitz Class! :)

Life is good again... and the future is bright (just imagine bump mapping, VC reflecting glass and even VC self shadowing... the mind boggles)!

OK, must calm down...!

Andy

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Re: Falling in love again...

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Add this to the aircraft.cfg...

[TailHook]
tailhook_length=2
tailhook_position=-21.27, 0.0, -1.91

[launch_assistance]
launch_bar_pivot=11.6, 0.00, -0.09
launch_bar_lug=11.6, 0.00, -5.42

...and you can trap and make cat launches on the FSX Acceleration carriers :dancer:
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WOW, now that IS something else!! :)

My first trap in a Hunter...

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Ready on the bow cat...

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Interesting nose low attitude during launch...

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... leading to an even more interesting attitude as the deck disappears and the sea fills your vision! If you're quick enough you can easily recover though...

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Think I need to tweak the nose gear settings a bit :think: :lol:
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Andy, what carrier was that from?

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That was the FSX Acceleration default Nimitz class carrier. I used lc0277's aicarriers1.zip to place two of them steaming around the Isle of Wight. FIle can be found at the bottom of the page here:

http://lc0277.nerim.net/
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