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Interesting one this. Leaving buttons as is, the trim tab and cockpit indiacator are working correctly, but the effect is now opposite to the indication. Reverse the buttons and the opposite occurs. The worst of it is, the tab now does not have the same authority. Full nose up (indicating nose down) is not enough for a proper carrier landing. I don;t mind a bit of work round, but I'm not using this. Hopefully M3 will provide a hot fix soon. ..

I got a little bit of jitter in the tail on landing in the replay. Is that what you mean? ..

Back in the old days. We could sit on the seabed and Contemplate difficult situations. ..

I don't have Discord, but I tried some other jets and Harrier was a bit under, F 15e and Sabre, were about right. Onspeed at 17 units seems OK, so I will stick with that. Having a lot of fun with Carrier landings despite this bug. 118 kt shown here, is 130 kt on the HUD. with 12 kt headwind at 33'. The difference starts at around 600' and increases as the alt. decreases ..

I have the same problem, but only with the Corsair. Sudden frame drop to 20fps, same as Falklands. My cure for this is also the same. Reduce 'Unit Texture' (not 'Terain Texture), to Medium. This gives a minimum smooth 42fps at jungle tree top height. 80 at alt. ..

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It doesn't stop Carrier Ops because you don't turn round on a Carrier.. ..

The Corsair and Goshawk have rekindled my interest in DCS, with Carrier ops. which I have never considered before. (Except Harrier). Without the benefit of a manual, virtual or otherwise, I have a question or 2. Is there a landing weight limit? I'm at 60% fuel. Edit: Max landing weight is 13,360lb. (I now have a manual). I'm going for a 125kt approach, as it feels right. IAS is showing this on the tab. This shows as 141kt IAS on the HUD. 120kt/135kt at the deck edge. This can't be right. EDIT: I see what's happening here. The HUD is adding the wind speed to the IAS. (Maybe this is known bug) If you remove wind speed it reads correct IAS/TAS, which is what you want. E.g. 125 on the approach instead of 141, which we have here. 17units is onspeed. So far I havn't touched the Speedbrake. Is it usual to use it on approach? Edit: I find it best to use it, so that's what I'll do from now on. 2nd Edit: Use the speedbrake is normal operation from crosswind. close it at touchdown and full throttle. 1st wire. Just right. This mod ie exceptional! It's close to the Skyhawk in looks and size, which was used on this Colossus Class ship by Argentina. T/O is good at any weight, even without wind. Ship speed is 24kt. Lovin it. ..

Today I tried the Argentine Carrier which I have been using extensively for Corsair and Hawk training at 270 deg with no problem. It uses the same wire system as the Essex. Changed course to SW and sure enough the wires don't work. Therefore it is a DCS problem, not Essex. Forrestal works OK. It uses a different wire system. ..

Also bare in mind, a second Carrier in a group, the wires won't work. Only no1. will work. ..

The Hawk had a gun but it was never lined up with the sights and the devs were never able to cure it. Work rounds were in order. ..

Record of my first Carrier trap with the T45.. Although I posted on the 2nd page, I'd forgotten about this mod until this morning. I didn't realise how advanced it was. Downloaded v 1.2. Here is my second attempt at a landing on a Carrier. 1st attempt, the hook bounced the wires, but the 2nd attempt worked. I spent a lot of time in the Hawk. This is far better than I expected.. Edit: I found out that the parking brake is on by default, so a key needs to be assigned. This increased the T/O speed with full tanks to 123kt. ..

Yes this problem still exists. SW quadrant, wires don't work. This morning I set 1 Carrier and 1 F4u. Marianas WWII. Every course from 181 to 269 = no wires. All other quadrants OK. You don't need to fly it. Just roll fwd. from the spawn point with the hook down. There are 2 wires to catch, or not as the case may be. ''

In 1951, the worlds first Angled Flight Deck trials were undertaken, seen here on HMS Triumph, viewed from a Blackburn GR 17/45. Represented here by Ex. HMS Venerable.. ..

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As gulredrel says, it's the Argentine carrier, ex HMS Venerable, part of the 1942 Light Carrier class. (Collossus I've been almost exclusively on daily Carrier practice, since the Corsair came out, so hopefully I'm half decent at it, but stalling on the final part of the turn is the most common failure. It's good practice for when the Pacific pack comes out, hopefully in my lifetime. No working Cat, but you can still get offwith a couple of bombs and full tanks. ..

HMS Collossus, (straight deck) and Arromanches, (angled deck), both operated Corsairs. I found that Essex style approaches weren't working for me so a slightly different style of curve, maintaining altitude so I could keep visual on the angle, cracked it. overshoot the centre line, maintain alt. Keep speed up AOA low for a good view of the deck. ..

Afterthought. Maybe B/W. ..

More bytes for screenshots. Screenshots take more space than of old. 200mb is measly by todays standards. So it's nearly Christmas. Let's be more generous to I our creative talents. ..

HMS Indefatigable and Eric Winkle Brown pilot. DH Mosquito. Keep to the left of centre, to avoid island, said Eric. History has been made. ..

Here are some zero wind landings and T/O tracks from different directions. ..F4U pagan land 3 .trkF4U pagan land 4 .trkF4U pagan land 5 .trk

Changing from the Corsair to the Mosquito made my teats much harder for this tricky landing, but I found it very satisfying as I eventually got the hang of them right. ..

Nice one. I can't pass up the opportunity to teat my skills. ..

Recreating the 8 deg. Angled Flight Deck trials on USS Midway in 1952 Lines painted on deck and T/G only, to prove concept. ..