Firefly

[TARPSBird]

A really nice airplane. But...
I'm having a hard time trapping aboard a carrier without nosing over. Maybe I've lost my touch, but at around 80 kts at the ramp I'm not coming in too fast. Any slower and I'm in the water. Has anybody else had problems? Cees, how have you been doing?

[Cees Donker]

Hey Jerry,

I managed to get her trapped on deck. I use these settings:

[TailHook]
tailhook_length=4.000 ;(feet)
tailhook_position=-14.000, 0.000, -1.000 ;(feet) longitudinal, lateral, vertical positions fromdatum
cable_force_adjust=1.0

The hardcoded hook had me tip over time after time.



Cees

[JensOle]

Thanks Cees! I had the same problem with nosing over on every landing over the entire speed range. The new hook cfg entry works excellent!

[YoYo]

Hey Jerry,

I managed to get her trapped on deck. I use these settings:

[TailHook]
tailhook_length=4.000 ;(feet)
tailhook_position=-14.000, 0.000, -1.000 ;(feet) longitudinal, lateral, vertical positions fromdatum
cable_force_adjust=1.0

The hardcoded hook had me tip over time after time.



Cees

Thx, I'll try it because I had this always , even in proper approach:

[TARPSBird]

YoYo, if I had made a landing video it would've looked just like yours!
Cees, thanks for the tailhook settings, I knew you'd come through. Will try them out after Thanksgiving dinner.

[Cees Donker]

It's not mine actually, but I don't recall where I got it! Glad I could help!



Cees

[RKinkor]

Thx, I'll try it because I had this always , even in proper approach:

The reflector sight seems to be working as an ILS Gauge is that built in to the the Aircraft or is that an add-on?

[JensOle]

From what I can see so is it just the ordinary reflector sight you see in the film.

[WarHorse47]

Just for fun.

Cees

Hi Cees. Did you ever post this one??

[Cees Donker]

No, not yet! It looks very different now!



Cees

[Cees Donker]

Well, here we are! Let me know if you like it?

Cees

[WarHorse47]

Yes, I like. Well done. Thank you.

[JensOle]

HMS Triump with excort fleet; HMS Belfast, HMAS Bataan and one C-class destroyer.

The British carrier approach was also a bit different than the USN way, it was a curved circular approach where you kept the carrier in the left side window all the time.

[SkippyBing]

I'm in the process of adding TacPack to the Firefly. As I don't have it for FSX is there anyone with the Firefly and TacPack who can confirm my updates work in that sim?

[luciano mesquita]

Before I expend too much effort, would there be much interest in an FSX version of the Firefly?
It won't probably have all the features of the P3Dv4 version, but it'll be more or less identical.
Also it wouldn't be before the end of October because I'm away for a bit!

You better count on it!!! yeahhhhhhh!

[luciano mesquita]

The reflector sight seems to be working as an ILS Gauge is that built in to the the Aircraft or is that an add-on?

I assume UR using ezdok, am I right?

Can you teach me how to cycle between the cameras inside and outside? I used to have the tower view....since ezdok I can't see anymore...

Thanks in advance!

BTW, what a nice airplane and movie!!

[SkippyBing]

Just to let you all know that the installers have been updated with TacPack compatibility and a few other tweaks and should now be available from SimMarket and Store.Flightsim.Com.