norman99 Posted March 4, 2021 Posted March 4, 2021 (edited) Generally, AI aircraft sequence them self quite well around the Supercarrier. The big issue I have is the time interval between recoveries of different flights. Currently aircraft within the same flight break correctly from the overhead, creating a landing interval of about 45 sec, which is perfectly manageable. The issue is the following flight currently checks for the entire preceding flight to have landed, before it will leave the marshall stack, and commence its maneuvering towards initial. This creates a gap of a 2-3min between recoveries of different flights. May I suggest that each time a flight reaches the 9 o'clock position and checks the status of the preceding flight (this seems to be the current position of the check, and is correct), that the trigger to commence be changed to the preceding flight passing the initial point, rather than landing. This would greatly improve recovery flow and be much more realistic. The video below shows the current situation, with each flight in the marshall stack effectively flying an additional, unnecessary orbit of the stack. Also, if you compare the position of lead marshall stack flight as it passes the 9 o'clock position, and the flight currently in the landing pattern, you can see a trigger point of the 'initial point' would work extremely well. The subsequent flight would basically be overhead the carrier entering the break, as the last aircraft of the previous flight is abeam the boat on downwind. I know a lot of work is apparently going on behind the scenes, both on the Supercarrier, and on ATC in general, but these do seem along way off. A small change like this would be a great short term fix/improvement until a more complete carrier/ATC update arrives. Cheers, thanks for considering. Edited March 5, 2021 by norman99 6
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