F18 Supercarrier Launch

[JOEM423]

Hay All,

Any reason I always wind up in the ocean after launch??? Wings locked, gear up, Flaps auto but I still loose altitude even on full afterburner!!! What am I doing wrong???

thanks in advance,

JM

[norman99]

Trim set correctly?

12° is only used on takeoff from land. On the carrier, the following, based on aircraft weight, is used:

 

Edited February 3, 2022 by norman99

[rob10]

9 minutes ago, JOEM423 said:

Hay All,

Any reason I always wind up in the ocean after launch??? Wings locked, gear up, Flaps auto but I still loose altitude even on full afterburner!!! What am I doing wrong???

thanks in advance,

JM

My 1st thought would be this.  Need to be 1/2 for takeoff, THEN moved to auto.  If you don't you'll get what you're experiencing.

[JOEM423]

Ohhh!!! I’ll give it a shot and post my results!!!

thanks a bunch!

Joe

[Habu_69]

Remove chocks?

[BuzzU]

I believe the flap setting will give you what you want.

Plus, the chocks of course.

[Zyll]

Remove chocks?

Yeah this is what I'm thinking. If you cold start and spawn on the catapult specifically, your chocks may be placed, and worse yet, the ground crew can't remove them.

[JOEM423]

Ok, this is unexplainable! Takeoff from a regular carrier, same way, same load out, I takeoff fine! When takeoff from Supercarrier, same weight, I sink like a brick! Hard to keep altitude with full burners

[Swift.]

9 minutes ago, JOEM423 said:

Ok, this is unexplainable! Takeoff from a regular carrier, same way, same load out, I takeoff fine! When takeoff from Supercarrier, same weight, I sink like a brick! Hard to keep altitude with full burners

Have you managed to save a track so we can see whats happening?

[JOEM423]

Ok will do! It’ll take me a bit but I’ll save both tracks Supercarrier v Carrier to compare!!!

[JOEM423]

For now, I’m comparing the Supercarrier Mission for Launch to the F18 Training mission for carrier takeoff! Let me get home and I’ll create separate missions!

[JOEM423]

Ok All, Heres the track file from a simple Supercarrier Mission Launch of the F18. Why is it so difficult to maintain and increase altitude? Am I doing anything wrong? And this is just a Mission right out of Supercarrier!

Thanks in advance

Joe

F18-Brick.trk

 

[Foka]

You failed to trimm the plane properly. 

You have trimm set to 16, but the plane weight is over 50k lbs. You got a table some comments above. Use it!

Edited February 4, 2022 by Foka

[BuzzU]

1 hour ago, Foka said:

You failed to trimm the plane properly. 

You have trimm set to 16, but the plane weight is over 50k lbs. You got a table some comments above. Use it!

 

Why does the same load and trim setting work on the Stennis?

[Swift.]

That looks like a classic case of Game Flight mode, have a check in the options to see if you've got that enabled. 

[Foka]

1 hour ago, BuzzU said:

Why does the same load and trim setting work on the Stennis?

No idea, I never used Stennis. Why do that if you have SC.

[BuzzU]

8 minutes ago, Foka said:

No idea, I never used Stennis. Why do that if you have SC.

That's not the point. It doesn't matter if you use the Stennis. Why does it work for him?

[JOEM423]

Well We’ll, someone was correct in that the Game Flight Mode was causing the problem! I unchecked it from the Gameplay and now the F18 Launches as expected! She takes right off and gains speed and altitude! Who’d have thought! Thanks for all the help guys!!!

Joe

[BuzzU]

Give yourself a fish slap.

[JOEM423]

1 hour ago, BuzzU said:

Give yourself a fish slap.

Lololol, Sorry