Determining carrier moving and landing strip direction

[mcfleck]

Hello guys,

 

i do not know wether it has been mentioned already but it seems that th CV responds with the wrong runway information to an inbound request.

 

Practising case 1 in sp all the time i didnt even bother contacting the ATC. Switching to case 3 however that suddenly became very much mandatory as you need atleast some information about the carrier.

 

It seems that it adds 90 degree to its moving direction.

 

Exmple:

Carrier moving to 310.

 

Its response to an inbound call:

Fly heading ... For ..., qfe ..., runway 04, to pattern altitude.

 

So if i am right in order to determine the actual landing direction i have to substract 105 degrees from the announced runway direction. Can anyone confirm this?

 

Might be usefull if you are flying a mp mission and have no clue regarding the carrier orientation.

 

As Wags said in one of his videos, the ATC is WIP right now but i thought it could be worth mentioning the current workaround for those who are interested.

 

Best Regards,

Fleck

[mcfleck]

Well if you are doing case 3 you have to know atleast the orientation to fly your pattern.

So what are your other preferred methods?

[Jabbers_]

Look at the briefing for the carrier heading, subtract 10 for the final bearing for case III. If the briefing doesnt show BRC for the ship, you need to figure it out with the F10 map unfortunately.

[TonyG]

Caucasus map has a magnetic declination of 7°, meaning of you set it for 007°, BRC will be 000, and final approach bearing will be 351° (9° of angle for the flight deck).

 

Sort this all out in the ME before hand and disregard ATC calls, only need them to turn on the lights.