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Yes PLEASE, the TBF Avenger!!!

I'd be more than happy to just see the ships get some kind of AI that would let them take evasive maneuvers when being attacked by aircraft

The only thing that could top this would be them bringing an IJN carrier out along with the Zeke!.......well. maybe not thoe ONLY thing that could top it, but fairly close

"Damage must be seperated from flooding (buoyancy), meaning a "destroyed" ship can still float and a "not destroyed" ship can still flood and sink" I get the first part, about a "destroyed" ship could still remain afloat, but the second part about a "not destroyed" ship can still flood and sink doesn't make any sense to me. I recon that the whole point of attacking a ship is to sink her, thus "destroying" her. That said, I do agree with your comments over all. ED could definitely use some improvements in the shipping department as far as damage is concerned.

Just a quick addendum to this; I found that the helicopter will come back to land on the SC at night. The pisser is, it lands in the forward part of the landing area thus blocking any fixed wing from recovering for the remainder of the mission since the helo doesn't disappear after shutdown.

Thanks for the response That's good to know.

I have placed an SH-60B (stock AI) on the carrier deck with a "Follow" command and wypt #1 is landing aboard a screening Perry class DD. The follow command is terminated at the carrier's first waypoint, where the helo leaves the carrier and heads to the DD to land and shut down. This all works perfectly in the daytime but at night, once the carrier reaches its first waypoint, the helo flies to the DD and then just orbits a couple hundred meters behind it and will not land. Has anybody come across this before? Just out of curiosity, I changed out the DD for the LHA Tarawa to see if it had something to do with instrument landing systems or something like that. It made no difference. I am stumped. I have included the mission below. It is on the Persian Gulf map. The mission is very much still a WIP so no need to comment on any other aspect of it. Thanks in advance for any help or advice you may provide. Retribution.miz

I am under the impression that if you are not running the same version as the host, you simply can't join.

I used to be one of those "it'll be released when it's good and ready and I'm OK with that" kind of people but now, at close to 73, I'm thinking that I'd be willing to settle for a less than perfectly accurate rivet count in order to get my hands on the Intruder before I reach the point of no longer being able to identify one as an A-6!! "If I'd have known I was going to live this long, I would've taken better care of myself!!"

The F-4 also used a bridle, just like the A-4 and F-8. If I'm not mistaken, the A-6 Intruder was the first plane with a launch bar followed by the A-7 Corsair II.

It's looking great =Katze=! Best wishes for a merry Christmas and a very happy New Year!!

C'mon Fellas, it's not like this is a very difficult question to answer and it's not going to influence my decision to purchase the Tomcat since I already have it. I'm just wondering about how much longer it will be before we see the rest of the carriers in the Forrestal class.

Yeah, ED needs to figure out how to instill fear into the AI gunners LOL!!

Thanks for the heads up.

Can you clarify your intentions regarding the F-4J? Will it come to those of us that have purchased the F-4E or will it come as a completely new module that needs to be purchased separately?

Hey there HB, I just recently saw a video by an influencer of your Tomcat release for another platform and noticed that he mentioned there were 4 other Forrestal class CV's included in that release. What are the chances of us seeing them in the world of DCS anytime soon??

I could not agree more with rkk01's request for a map of the Solomon Islands. This would be the mission builder's dream map for early to mid Pacific war battles!!

Yes, of course I was

Awesome job with the Bonny Dick and the Maddox!!

As I understand it, M3 is working on an AI Zeke, not ED.

I seem to recall my Dad telling me that the deck edge lights that define the landing area were what he called, "dustpan lights" which could only be seen from astern.

It wouldn't be necessary since the tanker knows which type is calling. Try this easy experiment; get in a mission with both a straight -135 and an MPRS, regardless of what type you are flying - an air force or navy a/c - and give one of the tankers a call for "rejoin". If you are in a probe and drogue type, the Boomer (straight KC-135) won't answer you and if you are in an Air Force type, he'll give you a call back. And obviously, if the tanker is an MPRS, IL-78 or S-3 Viking, they won't respond if you are in an Air Force type a/c but will if you are flying something with a probe on it. So, the tanker is programed to know what type of a/c is calling for fuel. Likewise, they would know which type it is when you call "ready pre-contact" and could either reel out a basket or 'lower the boom' so to speak

Hey, I didn't even realize that they weren't the M3 Corsair for DCS. I just figured that the picture was a little distorted. Not a jab at the Cuesta Bros at all!

The Ham Standard prop hub seems a bit elongated and conical looking and the front windscreen looks a little too slanted. Maybe a result of the screen grab?

"I'm On The Hook"........be careful there lad. This FIS-Donny is the mother of all pushers and before you know what's hit you, you'll be more "on the hook" than you bargained for!! No worries though, he's good for a hit about once a month.