Need Help Setting Up A Saved flight with AICARRIERS

[hammer353]

I want to set up an saved flight with AICARRIER. I know i have to land on the carrier before i save the flight, but when i go and load the saved flight the next time i fly, the carrier that i landed on does not show up. What do i need to do and how do i do it?
Also is there a way to log my carrier landings using the FSX logbook?

[ryanbatc]

I dont think you can have the carrier appear.. it's simply an object that you place via the in-game menu...

[Rich]

It can be done though I have'nt managed it yet, I get the same select the flight and end up hovering in space.

There is lengthy tutorial here somewhere on how to do it.

[orionll]

Maybe with an AI carrier that has its own route, but not one spawned using AICarriers2r2.

[Rich]

If the carrier you landed on was moving at the time your saved flight will not put you on the deck, you will be static at deck height minus ship under you, I cheat a bit with my setup I land on when it is stopped between runs just before it is due to move off parking brake on then save the flight.

Select that flight and I am on deck, wait a few minutes for it to move off, be warned it does a aircraft type push back, turn and accelerate rapidly so be ready to apply a little throttle to stop you rolling off the back.

HMS Victorious comes with 3 tracks plus 3 saved flights which puts you aboard while it is moving so a study of that may give you some clues

This is carriers with their own routes not AI scenery

[Cleartheprop]

I saved many flights with Aicarriers. (for lauch training, landing training and so on), and I want the carrier to be at the same position each time I load my saved flight
Here are the several steps I follow :

1. Position your airplane somewhere in the middle of the ocean (where you want the carrier to be)
2. Select the carrier from the Aicarriers menu
3. Save the situation as a flight (Let's call it "carrier position reference flight")
4. Takeoff and save the flight. (Let's call it "carrier training flight#1")
5. Restart your FSX + Aicarriers

If you want to load your training flight i.e "carrier training Flight #1",
6. You must load the flight called "carrier position reference flight" first, in order to set the carrier at the pre-determined position.
7. then, load the appropriate carrier (and you see the carrier appear underneath your wheels at the exact position you expected)
8. Load "carrier training flight #1" and you'll see the carrier at the position you expected.

Of course, this works for any flight starting on the carrier deck or in the air, providing the carrier is not moving.
I hope it was clear! :)

[dswo]

Of course, this works for any flight starting on the carrier deck or in the air, providing the carrier is not moving.

Just to recapitulate: to save a carrier situation where the carrier is not moving, you can use AI Carriers. To save a situation where the carrier is moving, you have to use a programmed track such as

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