Doum76 Posted December 21, 2018 Posted December 21, 2018 (edited) Been away from the Sim for about 4 months or so, just back in a few days ago, and hop in my training mission, realised Dubai's international had PAPI (which i never noticed before for some reasons). So i decided to give a try landing with that light system and see if it can be used as a sorta FCLP airfield for when i wanna do tounch and goes and intercept glideslopes, since i'm having random track errors when using the carrier, airfields are the only place i can almost 100% synced tracks when i wanna watch replays. The airfield surrounding terrain is pretty much flat, nothing close to obstract the view, no mountains, buildings and it's elevation is +/- 20 ft, so makes it easier to follow the numbers for easy reference when using BALT, since there is no Tacan, adding a Waypoint on the ME works to setup a CRS on the HSI. Since we read that more likely, we'll never get any mobile IFLOS system for FCLP setups. This place can be a sorta alternative, though not perfect,. Can't say if the glideslope's degrees of the PAPI versus the Carrier's IFLOS is different as it is in real life, but so far it does the job even though not the best setup but can be life savers for beginners trying to get used to the birds behavior, without thinking too much of the ship's rear-end, and PAPI's are easier to spot from distance, specialy in VR, so might be a good training for beginners traning to intercept, follow a glidesope, without wasting too much time trying to spot the ball on the carrier wich need getting used to. Just felt like showing what it can look like for those who wanna feel the bird and get used to breaks etc without being stressed by missing the carrier or smashing onto it or simply getting used to intercept a glideslope from a pattern. Here's a small video to show what i mean, again i didn't made it for a perfect pass nor precedures or tutorial, was simply watching my replay to enjoy this beautiful module landing in my favorite map and decided to share the info for those who wants to try it out, i was a bit rusty after a few months when i hop in back a few days ago, but no ones was injured or killed on my landing, so that's a fair win. :) PS: If there is news or developement on a working mobile IFLOS ystem, let me know. :) Edited December 21, 2018 by Doum76
Doum76 Posted December 21, 2018 Author Posted December 21, 2018 (edited) MOD, can i ask why this has been moved all the way in here, first persian gulf map and most of all, wish list subsection, as i was trying to do something for Hornet people practicing carrier landings on shore with in-game existing systems (well, now working systems as PAPI were been broken for a while last time i was trying to find somewhere it has some), as it has nothing to do with any wishes? If move, at least move it in the proper section of the Hornet subsection as movie, i do not wish for a single thing as i am simply showing people then can have an alternative to train FCLP? Wish list is something not existing, hoping for, as in this video, Persian Gulf exist, PAPI at the airport exist and so does the Hornet? Edited December 21, 2018 by Doum76
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