Bankler's CASE 1 Recovery Trainer

[PanosI]

Finally, after countless tries !

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 3 by PanosI

[Bankler]

On 4/3/2025 at 9:48 PM, PanosI said:

Finally, after countless tries !

 

That is brilliant! Good work!

[PanosI]

3 hours ago, Bankler said:

That is brilliant! Good work!

Thank you sir, for your great mission !

[Bankler]

 VERSION 7.4.0

 

You can now download version 7.4.0 in the Original Post!

Spring update time!

It's spring, and it's time for a new update. I can't believe it has been 6 years since I first released this mission. It has been downloaded 33,025 times across the different versions. I wonder how many traps you guys have done by now.

Fixing the auto-cockpit-setup

A while back, there was a Hornet update in which they revisited the INS. This gave us a special state for the HSI page when you start airborne with the INS knob set to IFA, that you see for around 8 seconds before the HSI shows the old familiar set of button functions. Unfortunately, this change caused the timing of the auto-setup to fail, and instead of setting up the time in the HUD (TIMEUFC/ZTOD) engaged the RALT A/P. Not ideal. But this is now fixed! 

Discord and Patreon

When I first headed out on this journey, I had no thoughts on such a thing. But enough people have told me"You have supported this thing for 6 years(!), and it has helped so many people... maybe you should let people give something back if they want to?".

So, here goes! Please join the Discord to talk about DCS and carrier stuff. Maybe we can get some flying going on as well? Also, join the Patreon for some exclusive extras. Check it out! I wonder who's going to be my first patron, probably my mom... 

Discord: https://discord.gg/bYB4jXQWQW

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/banklerdcs

CHANGE LOG

7.4.0

* Fixed a problem with the auto-cockpit setup for F/A-18C, where the RALT A/P was engaged. This started happening after a recent INS update to the module.
* Tweaked the limit to what counts as a downwind extension during SHBs. It now gives you a little more room.
* Updated Moose.
* Started a Discord server.
* Started a Patreon page.

Enjoy!

[N0XID]

I've only just become aware of it. Thank you very much for this great mission. It will certainly be used for a few training evenings in our squadron.

Thx
Cheers

Edited April 9 by N0XID

[GrayFox23]

It is a funny coincidence that I started using this mission just some weeks ago (v.7.3.x), thought "wow, this is very well done" and now there is an update.

Only flying F-14 (and T-45), so if I read it correctly the update doesn't affect me too much, but still wanted to give out a big thanks  to you :).

Edited April 10 by GrayFox23

[Jar72]

After training since... forever with your mission. I decided to try what would happen with a sh... hot break in the F-14.

Thank you for this nice EASTER EGG in this must-have mission !!! I did not know it existed

I also got a cool easter egg from Jester by the way, who said for the 1st time : "Cobra would be proud of you". (Cobra is in HB team).

 

Edited June 12 by Jar72

[RacerOne]

Hey Bankler, you've taught me to land fast jets on the carrier, how about helping us out with the Corsair?  Reflected has a great video on how to do it: Reflected's Corsair Landing Tutorial , but your missions are the best for actually practicing!  Thanks for helping us all get better!

[G21pilot]

What a great mod!!! Thank you so much. Now running on my server with Tactica Paddles.
 

[Zev]

 

On 6/29/2025 at 3:04 PM, RacerOne said:

Hey Bankler, you've taught me to land fast jets on the carrier, how about helping us out with the Corsair?  Reflected has a great video on how to do it: Reflected's Corsair Landing Tutorial , but your missions are the best for actually practicing!  Thanks for helping us all get better!

Great request RacerOne!!

[Camel]

Hi,

I am using the supercarrier version.

When selecting cold start, I spawn on the deck, but there is no crew standing by and I don’t get a message ‘awaiting salute gesture’.

changing to other slots does not make a difference.

 

I do see some crew standing at the other side of the deck.

Anyone else having this issue? Am i missing something?

 

Thank you for this great mission file!

[Cepheus76]

Good evening,

Since the last update, I experience almost constantly CTDs of DCS upon touchdown on the carrier. This happens both in the Tomcat and in the Hornet. Does anyone else have, or had, the same issue?

Best regards.

[AdrianL]

5 minutes ago, Cepheus76 said:

CTDs of DCS upon touchdown on the carrier.

See this post 

 

[Cepheus76]

14 hours ago, AdrianL said:

See this post 

 

That seemed to do the trick, thanks a lot for the pointer!

[Camel]

On 7/25/2025 at 8:48 PM, Camel said:

Hi,

I am using the supercarrier version.

When selecting cold start, I spawn on the deck, but there is no crew standing by and I don’t get a message ‘awaiting salute gesture’.

changing to other slots does not make a difference.

 

I do see some crew standing at the other side of the deck.

Anyone else having this issue? Am i missing something?

 

Thank you for this great mission file!

Can anyone comment on this? Do you have the full super carrier experience in this mission?

salute to startup, salute before taxi etc?

[Despayre]

I haven't checked in a while, and I'm running v 7.4.0, so there might be something newer, I don't get the full experience, I'm on my own until my nose is pointed somewhere near a cat, and then I'm guided in by the deck crew, and everything is normal from there. 

[Camel]

8 hours ago, Despayre said:

I haven't checked in a while, and I'm running v 7.4.0, so there might be something newer, I don't get the full experience, I'm on my own until my nose is pointed somewhere near a cat, and then I'm guided in by the deck crew, and everything is normal from there. 

Thanks for getting back on this.

Thats a bit disappointing I must say.

@BIGNEWY Is this expected behavior or can this be a bug?

[BIGNEWY]

13 minutes ago, Camel said:

Thanks for getting back on this.

Thats a bit disappointing I must say.

@BIGNEWY Is this expected behavior or can this be a bug?

I would suggest posting a short track replay example in its own thread in the bugs section so we can take a look 

thank you