Jackjack171

There are so many things that I personally would like to see. Cyclic ops is a no go IMHO as it is just too dynamic and the ins and outs are vast. There are so many variables. Keep in mind while all of this is happening, you have deck personnel of all colors going in every direction that you can think of, while trying to not get ran over, blown over or decapitated! I'll cut right to what I think could/should be implemented and would be within the scope of things. 1. Arm/De-arm of weapons. When an aircraft gets into position on the catapult, red shirted ordnance personnel have to arm the weapon BEFORE the launch bar engages the shuttle. When an aircraft traps, before the wings fold, those ordnance personnel line up aft of JBD 1 and 2 on one side, and an opposite line on the other. The aircraft clears the LA and stops just long enough for the arming pins to be inserted and missile caps to be put on. After that, the director tells the pilot to fold the wings and sends the aircraft to the parking spot. Another thing DCS doesn't simulate is proper parking. We usually send recovering aircraft to the bow, or to the Fighter line. Not aft to the fantail. That happens later! 2. Catapult end speed. Currently in DCS you can get shot off at any weight and any load. As I stated earlier, IRL the Shooters get a weight chit to calculate how much Oomph an aircraft will get to get airborne. There are many variations to aircraft weight, and they are usually close but still different as you can imagine. Contrary to what some think, burner shots don't always happen! I've seen more Mil shots than burner shots. That too is weight dependent. 5 wets' usually (obviously) use burner. Growlers are usually heavy also! 3. Better LSO interaction. I'd like the LSO to recognize a Touch and go from a bolter. More sugar calls. If I perform a CAT-trap-cat or want to have my own personal CQ session, I shouldn't have to contact CATCC every time. 4. Recovery tanker. There used to always be a recovery tanker circling overhead. Sometimes IMHO, the S-3 in game ventures way too far out. 5.Beter CATCC interaction. If you are bingo on the ball, CATCC directs you to the hawking tanker. 6.One Shooter one the bow and on the waist. Currently in DCS there are Shooters for each CAT. IRL there is one on the bow and one on the waist. Anything else would be a conflict. Simultaneous launches don't happen IRL. While there can be an aircraft going off of the waist and one off of the bow very near simultaneously, they are kept staggered for safety issues. Hence the clearing turns! They never go off of the bow at the same time, as I've seen in some Youtubers videos. When this is coordinated and authorized, a covey launch can be performed. This is an aircraft leaving the bow and leaving the waist nearly simultaneously. This is done to save time trying to form up with the wingman. But it has to be coordinated. 7. Last but not least, the Barricade. IDK if that's too much but I think it's way more doable than Cyclic flight ops! I'd like to see Helo ops, but I first would like to see a new helo model. Our SH-60 needs some love, or we need a new MH-60R/MH-60S! I hope I answered your questions. Please feel free to ask more.

You may want to go back and read the post about Lawyers...or the one right above yours!

Hello, Do you mean, after you re-enter the groove, the LSO won't answer your ball call or immediately off the angle after the bolter? If it's the later, that's how it should be but if the former, I've seen it as well yet only once or twice. I'm in the groove and he's not rogering my ball call. I press it repeatedly yet nothing. And to add insult to injury, I get a "no grade, improper communications" label. It's probably a bug!

I've always loved the Tomcat, so when this stick was available in 2021, I got it! I'm a niche kind of guy and will not fly the F-14 without it. It's a nice build and nostalgic, I'm glad I got it when I did. Was my first Virpil purchase!

For the record, I'm a retired flight deck chief. Contrary to what you said, we launch and recover into the wind. We have to wait for the ship to steady up when we do it! The ship is on a PIM (position of intended movement). When flight ops commence, the ship HAS to turn into the wind. There are variables such as: Helo blades folding and unfolding, the E-2's and C-2's need a certain amount of wind. When pilots go up on deck, they have to stop by Flight deck control to give the Shooters a weight chit. The Shooters have to calculate the WOD (wind over deck) along with Asymmetry, (fuel and ordnance carried and on what wing stations) Which CAT is suitable for which aircraft (can't just put any aircraft on any catapult like you can in DCS). One other example, I can't shoot a Jet past a prop because the exhaust will flame out the prop aircraft. If an E-2 is landing, I cannot have hot exhaust blowing into the LA (landing area) because if the prop A/C bolters, it will fly right through that exhaust and flame it out. DCS doesn't simulate this! When we are finished shooting, the recovery of the previous cycle is commencing, sometimes simultaneously! After the last aircraft traps, more often than not, the ship will make a turn and change course again. She may make several turns, but in order to get the winds up, she HAS to turn back into the wind. Now, the catapults are designed to shoot in a no wind situation, but that is not optimal nor favored. When the next cycle starts, she shall turn again, if she already hasn't, wash, rinse, repeat. In all honesty, I'm surprised you posted that Air plan. Those things are FOUO and should never leave the boat! I've stated this before, ED is doing the best it can but tackling an Air Plan, let alone cyclic ops is a complex feat. I'm not surprised that it hasn't been replicated and that's ok. The average person has no idea the complex nature of flight ops at sea. YouTube and such don't count and doesn't help, it's like the Matrix, you have to live it to believe it! If you have any questions, I'm open to conversation but your info about flight operations is in error. IMHO, DCS is just fine! Yes, there is always room for improvement, but it is the better sim out right now, unless one is looking for the Ace Combat type of stuff. ATC in DCS has been my biggest peeve since forever, yet I choose to play it the way I need to play it. DCS is a sandbox and the choice is yours! I'm not sure about the defrauded and scammed part either. If you do, I'd suggest a divestment! It's a buyers' market and people are free to spend their money at their leisure. It never ceases to amaze me at the number of DCS players that claim to love aviation, yet one can always tell whether they did the heavy lifting on anything that they claim. There is a lot of information out there. Some of it is hogwash. I think there's maybe too much access to info as most have gotten lazy and interpret what they see. For example, the amount of folks that think a Block 30/40/50 Viper are one and the same (just go through the Forums). Or which countries fly which models, and the one ED simulates. It's not that difficult, yet it seems it is. Anyway, feel free to ask me any questions about CV Flight ops and please give ED a break! The stuff that they've created, a few others and I have waited a lifetime for.

Check six Fiends! Shout out to @Mach3DS

That Block FIDDy!

44TH FS out of Kadena, Okinawa. Would go well with Marianas map!

Thank you for the more in-depth explanation. I had read the book before the movie. And yes, Hollywood HAD to be Hollywood! I concur with everything you said, especially the rivet counting. I later found out that Thomas Hudner went back to North Korea in 2013 to retrieve Jesse's remains. That is truly the measure of a man, and a friend in my eyes. Talk about badass!

It is the story of Jesse L Brown; The US Navy's first African American aviator and the first African American Naval Officer killed in the Korean war. It also highlights the friendship that he had with fellow squadron mate Thomas Hudner. The Corsair action just added more flavor to the movie!

None of those flight deck uniforms existed back then...in case you didn't know!

May I ask, where did you get this livery?

Thank you for being much more concise than I was. Well said!

Completely agree! From Flight model complaints being off (most of us have never touched an aircraft) or the pilot body being off. DCS players can be a hoot. Personally, it's a warbird and autopilot is sort of lame. Like @Rudel_chwsaid, just pause the thing...it's not that difficult! Nor worth the resources and time to implement.

Not sure if this is authorized or if you've seen it but here you go. I fall asleep to this!

Thanks brother!

Please excuse me if I missed an announcement but are we ever going to get an HGU-55 helmet for our F-14A/B?

Thanks for that. It's cool except one thing, the KAI cockpit is extremely different from what we have (I'm not asking for a KAI, IJS). That Hud in the KAI is actually a real HUD. I guess I'll have to let my imagination run wild! Thanks again!

Fun fact that I just found out about a few weeks ago; JASDF F-4EJ's never had the bombing computers added to them. They also were sold without IFR receptacles but those were added sometime later. They were operated strictly in the Air defense role. I tried to find pictures with air-to-ground ordnance but couldn't. If anyone knows otherwise, feel free to let me know. My OCD won't let me put A/G weapons on her now when I'm using a JASDF livery!

Thank you. I never have used VIACOM. How does it work and where can I get it? Thanks, draconus. I will deactivate the deck crew until it is improved upon. Didn't know that I could as it had been sometime. Now to re-qual! Lol

Has anyone found a workaround to ignore the directors or to not get sent to the fantail every single time you land? I had been away from Naval ops for some time (AH-64 and F-4E are way too fun) and recently tried the Tomcat again with the Supercarrier. I thought that I would start with CQ...wrong! Forget about going to the CAT after a trap, nope. You go all the way to the fantail (not in a very realistic way either) and must park. I was a yellow shirt once upon a time and the directing was triggering me something serious (not really but). Add to that, I had a brown shirt directing me (blasphemy to a yellow shirt)). I eventually ended up going back to using the Forrestal for CQ. It was more manageable albeit, quiet as a church mouse (no deck crew at all)! I sure hope that ED is actively working this. It would be nice if the menu included: 1. Relaunch 2. Bingo state, refuel 3. Park/turnaround/shutdown This way, the directors know what you want/need. Also, the director (gear puller) getting me out of the LA (landing area) should get me clear of the foul line at least. Btw, he's standing in the wrong place. He should be slightly forward of JBD #2, but clear of the foul line. He clears the deck after passing you off to another director, then clears the deck for the next aircraft. I'm also surprised that the ball call and LSO are still rigged for a Hornet. I'm still getting called "slow" even when I'm fast! A Tomcat kneel would be nice to have from the directors as well. I'd like to add that aircraft do not go aft immediately after they land. They go to the fighter line along the foul line, or they go to the bow (1 row/ 4 row). Sometimes, the last 1 or 2nd aircraft down will go to the fantail but that's after the "recovery complete" call. Depending on space available, the 2nd to last aircraft will spin around in the de-arm area and wait for the last aircraft to land. The last aircraft lands and then spins in the LA, (under yellow shirt direction of course) and is sent back aft. BTW, I should not have to call the marshal controller just to get the LSO to acknowledge me when I go into the CQ pattern off of the CAT. When I perform a touch and go, that should be noted that that's what it is instead of a bolter! I know that this is all very complex as carrier operations are IRL, but I just hope that ED takes some of this onboard and improves upon what they have now. It was not my intention to rant; I just got carried away. I try and throw a bit of humor in their as well. Love what you guys are doing and have done. JJ