Essex class hangar deck

[C_casber]

is it wip that the essex class got a hangar deck to store aircraft in it ?

[-Rudel-]

I personally don't know how to add static objects to the hangar deck, but it is there.

[C_casber]

i mean to store player and ai aircraft in the hangar after the landing to make room on the deck 

just like one the airfield when they land the ai go to a parking spot and shut down

 

just like on the nimitz class from ED

 

Edited August 18 by C_casber

[-Rudel-]

There is a connector at the center of every lift.  It will lower as long as the player and/or AI  is placed correctly over it.

[C_casber]

oke thx

[Tshark]

What is considered correct placement over the connector?  Does the engine have to be stopped to engage lift?

[-Rudel-]

Good question, because, even we at Mag3 have difficulty.  The AI doesn't seem to have any issues, since they use the connectors as reference.

[GTFreeFlyer]

27 minutes ago, -Rudel- said:

Good question, because, even we at Mag3 have difficulty.  The AI doesn't seem to have any issues, since they use the connectors as reference.

Great to know!  Thanks for sharing.  A couple of the guys in vCTF-58 were testing this out not long ago and came to the same conclusion.  

[C_casber]

what about make it from the f10 menu 

talk to the ground crew to lower the elevator when the player is on the elevator

[toan]

Hi, I noted that after a 2 hours long mission (!), when the deck of the Essex carrier was full of parked F4U-1D (although some of them dissapear after a certain amount of time). The next landing airfcraft parks on the center elevator, which then lowers and the aircraft goes parking in the lower deck hangar. The following aircraft parks on the port side elevator BUT a little too far aft, so that the tail wheel is off the elevator platform, an easy glitch to update !). It then goes parking in the lower deck hangar. Please, see the screenshots below. One more comment : the single barrel 20 mm guns on each side of the ship should point outboard, and not forward to the ships's bow. Great addition to DCS ! Thanks ! Enjoy.