Hooked on...

***Cees Donker*** · October 1st, 2015, 10:15

....trapping! Oh boy!

Cees (

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***Navy Chief*** · October 1st, 2015, 12:26

Originally Posted by Cees Donker

....trapping! Oh boy!

Cees (

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Assuming you are referring to aircraft carrier ops?

NC

***Dangerous Beans*** · October 1st, 2015, 12:45

Fun isn't it
and were only doing it on dead flat seas, just imagine what it would be like with the ship going up and down

**orionll** · October 1st, 2015, 13:04

Originally Posted by Dangerous Beans

Fun isn't it
and were only doing it on dead flat seas, just imagine what it would be like with the ship going up and down

You don't need to imagine it; you can try it. :P

http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/ind...c,10539.0.html

**expat** · October 1st, 2015, 13:36

Hooked on...

....trapping! Oh boy!

It is the only way to be "welcomed aboard!"

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***Navy Chief*** · October 1st, 2015, 13:53

Night traps are a real challenge. Day traps can be tricky, but night ops are a different animal. USN pilots readily admit how their heart races during a night trap.

NC

***Cees Donker*** · October 1st, 2015, 14:47

Originally Posted by Navy Chief

Assuming you are referring to aircraft carrier ops?

NC

Of course NC! What else? It's very addictive! Beware!

Cees

**Stinger** · October 1st, 2015, 15:10

as in my sig......

Three great things in life are a good landing, a good orgasm and a good bowel movement. The night carrier landing is one of the few opportunities in life where you get to experience all three at the same time

***TARPSBird*** · October 1st, 2015, 18:07

It's a lot of fun scaring yourself behind the boat! My "virtual" LSO routinely dives for the nets when I "call the ball"!

**Stickshaker** · October 2nd, 2015, 02:19

TacPac also has a pitching deck option now.

**stansdds** · October 2nd, 2015, 02:57

I've heard night traps, especially in poor weather, described as placing a postage stamp, adhesive side up, in the middle of a dark room. Get a running start, leap forward, stick out your tongue and if you lick the stamp you successfully trapped.

I tried carrier ops in Combat Flight Simulator 2... pretty sure the LSO was intentionally trying to kill me.

I did learn how to do it in IL2 Sturmovik: 1946 and with the F4U Corsair! The arresting cables in that sim were incredibly and unrealistically elastic.

***Cees Donker*** · October 2nd, 2015, 03:57

Originally Posted by stansdds

I've heard night traps, especially in poor weather, described as placing a postage stamp, adhesive side up, in the middle of a dark room. Get a running start, leap forward, stick out your tongue and if you lick the stamp you successfully trapped.

I tried carrier ops in Combat Flight Simulator 2... pretty sure the LSO was intentionally trying to kill me.

I did learn how to do it in IL2 Sturmovik: 1946 and with the F4U Corsair! The arresting cables in that sim were incredibly and unrealistically elastic.

Cees

**mal998** · October 2nd, 2015, 03:58

Expat,
Glad to see you are enjoying the Banshee. If I get time I'll start working on the dash 3.

(OT...BTW...I posted an update for the TSR.2 FDE Check the threads)

That's a real nice carrier #45. Whose is it and where can I get one?

**expat** · October 2nd, 2015, 04:24

That's a real nice carrier #45. Whose is it and where can I get one?

Yeah, since your FDE redux I can't stay out of the Banshee and Korea ops. Many thanks again for your fine work on this.

Carrier is an FSX convert by Lazarus (thanks Laz!) of Collin G's CFS2 Valley Forge. Also one for CV-21 Boxer here at the SOH

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforum...celeration-zip

I did an FS Paint mash up of the brown deck from the escort carrier USS Sicily (also here) but it is still a WIP. Deck colors of Essex boats from late WWII through Korea are weird. They are teak wood, stained blue, but the brownish red wood color then bleeds through to varying degrees over time.