Jon Stockill > > Vivian Meazza wrote: > > Well done. > > It was easier than I expected. > > > ftp://ftp.abbeytheatre.dynu.com/fgfs/Nimitz/ > > > > Warning: it's still under development, and some of the textures are > HUGE. > > I'll grab that and have a go tomorrow. > > >>That secondary ASI comes in rather handy :-) > >> > > > > > > It was called the Deck Landing ASI :-) IIRC. Judging by some reports, > the > > Seahawk was probably one of the easiest, if not the easiest, jet to deck > > land before the current era of auto-land etc. > > It's certainly easier than I expected - the approach speed is nice and > low, and there's acres of deck to aim for - obviously you want to hit > the bit with the wires, but at least you ca see what you should be > aiming for. > > I've just had a thought.... presumably now the ground cache code has > been added it would be possible to have a carrier with a ski jump for > the harrier model? That opens up another "interesting" area of deck > operations. >
Mathias would need to reply definitively, but I think so. Just by chance I have been fiddling with a model of HMS Hermes with a ski-jump, but I was going to remove it, and restore it to her strike carrier days. I served aboard her in her last commission as a strike carrier. Regards, Vivian _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
