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Surprising it hasn't been there the whole time seeing as AEW is Helo based on the Kuznetsov.

I'm all for a CTOL CVF/QE class, however a (real) Typhoon is not capable of surviving an arrested carrier landing. It has a hook but this is for runway arrested recovery only, nowhere near as violent. There were plans drawn up for STOBAR and CATOBAR carrier based variant however the modifications were extensive, even then it was going to need the flight control logic re-written specifically to "hold the pilots hands" and come in particularly gently by naval standards. The idea was briefly revived when we tried to sell Typhoon to India, however after the Indian Air Force selected the Rafale B/C it was pretty obvious the Navy would eventually order the M... why take on the risk and expense of developing a "Sea-Typhoon" when Rafale M already exists? Had the UK decided to build a CTOL CVF then I suspect we would simply have ordered the F-35C, the Rafale M was politically impossible given it is the Typhoons direct competitor and the F/A-18C was too old. Maybe 18E/F's would have been considered but I doubt it.

Yeah, not knocking it at all, just wanted to highlight that somethings not quite right.

Using the updated EDM myself, Su-33 skinned to look like a J-15 and no weapons, handful of aircraft/objects on deck. Getting the following results, only difference between the two missions is the carrier itself and location of the Ka27 on deck: Type 002 = 9-45FPS constantly fluctuating: Kuznetsov = 140 FPS steady: Miz files attached, Alt = Kuznetsov version. ChineseCarQual - Alt.miz ChineseCarQual.miz

Wanted to keep it simple so in my case the "J-15" was just a re-skinned Su-33, also had about 3-4 more as deck statics and a few deck crew/pieces of equipment scattered around.

Really nice looking model but I'm having some FPS issues with the Type 002. Made a simple mission on the Marianas map and it fluctuates wildly from around 45 down to 8 FPS, swapped out the 002 for the ED Kuznetsov and I'm now getting 140 FPS with no other changes. Running on a Ryzen7 7800X3D, RTX4090 with 64GB of DDR5- don't think its my rig.

Very interesting, been trying to find the S-2 since I first noticed it in Bungo's HMAS Melbourne in the downloads library, would be happy to have it even as a deck static had no idea it was actually functional. For the Gannet I only became aware of this mods existence last week, would make for great eye candy on both the Melbourne and Hermes.

Hi Hawkeye, sorry to necro the thread, just installed the Gannet (V1.2) but I'm having a similar issue to that described by navyBtown above. Installed at : \Users\Saved Games\DCS\Mods, but can't launch unless I remove the Gannet from the mod folder. Would be a nice to have as as a deck static on the Melbourne and Hermes.

So I busted the left main gear on a cat shot... this isn't operator error, it's definitely too fragile: I've also managed to break it taxiing on deck at walking pace, its always the left leg:

Think there's something wrong to be honest.... I finally made it down in one piece then while taxing on deck I busted it again by crossing the wires at walking pace: null

Welcome to the club, I've busted the left main leg 4x in a row while coming aboard.... Always left and in isolation, never right. On speed, level and at an ever decreasing weight, to be fair I probably was a bit heavy on the first attempt but by the 4th I'd ditched all stores and was flying on fumes. Seems to be made of tooth picks now.

You can see a few of the skins in the video linked above, think you'll be pleased.