making an aircraft carrier-compatible....

[James]

hey all...I am looking to make the UKMIL T-38 carrier-compatible...you know, so I can use the cats on a carrier. How would I do that? Any help is appreciated. thanks in advance

[bmd]

Hello,

I presume that you have FsX / Acceleration.

First make a safegard copy of your aircraft.cfg under another name. Then edit the aircraft.cfg file and
add the following sections.

[TailHook]
tailhook_length=4 ; //feet
tailhook_position= -12.5, 0, -0.8 ;//feet longitudinal,lateral,vertical positions -> datum
cable_force_adjust=1

[launch_assistance]
launch_bar_pivot= 16.3, 0, -4.0
launch_bar_lug= 17.3, 0, -4.8

These examples are taken from Restauravia Zephyr. But you will find similar sectiions on the FA-18. You will have to addjust the parameters of these sections in order to fit them with the geometry of the aircraft model. It is a trials and errors tedious process, so do not worry if it is not working at the first trial.

Have a good day

Benoit

[James]

ok, thanks...and yeah, I'm running accel. Should've said that. thank you sir!:salute:

[hschuit]

A simple way to calculate the launch assistance coordinates:

1. Take the nosegear longitudinal and vertical coordinates from section [contact_points] :
e.g. point.0=1, 9.85, 0.00, -6.10, 1574.803, 0.0, 0.782, 42 etc.

2. Calculate the [launch_assistance] coordinates as follows:

launch_bar_pivot= nosegear longitudinal, 0.0, launch_bar_lug vertical + 1
launch_bar_lug = launch_bar_pivot longitudinal +1.5, 0.0, nosegear vertical +0.5

With the example above that wiould be:
launch_bar_pivot= 9.85, 0.0, -4.60
launch_bar_lug = 11.35, 0.0, -5.60

This will work in most cases.

A helpful little tool to visualize the contact points and also pivot and lug is Showmarkers (I got it from http://lc0277.nerim.net but unfortunately the site is no longer there it seems so I attached it:

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[Lateral-G]

RCBCO-30 (http://www.flightsim.com/file.php?cm=SEARCH1&fname=rcbco-30*) by Rob Barendregt works well too.

[BASys]

Hi Folks

Lamont Clarke's apparently changed ISPs.

His replacement site is at http://lc0277.gratisim.fr/

You'll find his WhisPlacer, AICarriers, ShowMarkers, FSX Log book editor, FSX scenery objects catalogue, etc. there.

HTH
ATB
Paul