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HMS Ark Royal was a light aircraft carrier and former flagship of the Royal Navy. She was the third and final vessel of Invincible-class. She was built by Swan Hunter on the River Tyne and launched by them in 1981.
The fourth ship in a series of enhanced AI Ships with a Weather responsive Roll/Pitch/Heave motion which is calibrated to the size of the vessel. Challenging rough sea landing can be simulated.
This ship is suitable for Hariier, F35 and Helicopters.
How to install:-
Unzip the package, you will find 2 folders:-
AI and Models.
Merge the AI folder with your FlightGear install/data/AI folder.
Merge the models folder with your FlightGear install/data/Models folder.
Run FG and you should have a scenario available called HMS_Ark_Royal-R07_Demo. This is the ship.
The Default start position  for the ship is South West of EGOD. The ship will automatically respond to the current weather or any changes in the weather.
How to change its start position:-
In your Data/AI folder, edit the Â= file HMS_Ark_Royal-R07_Demowith a text editor.
Edit fhe following section:-
<latitude>52.762</latitude>
<longitude>-4.217119</longitude>
<speed>10</speed>
<heading>200</heading>
Save the file and it will start at the new location.
Bugs:-
No ship lighting yet.
We need a way of securing the Helicopter to the deck yet.
Download::-
http://www.fguk.eu/index.php/hangar/dow ... -royal-r07
