Thorsten wrote in Wed Nov 05, 2014 6:19 pm:Which carrier? It seems there's something odd going on with the Vinson. I've tried three approaches today and didn't catch either (and I have done this a gazillion times with the YaSim version of the F-14b) , but I can't launch from the Vinson - whereas launching from Nimitz worked fine,
I've been testing this tonight and whilst it is hard to land on a carrier the key thing is you need to come in with full flaps, high AoA (orange donut on the AoA indexer) - I haven't yet got the right figures; but I'm finding that around 124 knots with about 7degrees pitch up is quite good; there a lot of work on the throttle but only minor tweaks on the stick. Clearly I'm not a naval aviator and there are F-14 sized dents all over my the stern of the Nimitz that proves this....
When I use my script to position at the right position, altitude and heading, I can catch the wires most of the time which makes me believe that if I were good enough to get the aircraft lined up and what they call "in the groove" I'd probably manage a lot better.
I will recheck the hook length and position just in case there is something I've measured incorrectly.
I should be releasing an update with the ARA-63 Carrier landing system (and flight director bars) in the next day or so (it's on github already). It is a little easier with this new system active as at least you can see how badly you're doing before impacting the wrong part of the carrier.