David TRIGGS 0 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I seem to remember (back in the days of FS5!) that there were several aircraft carriers in the basic MS Flight Simulator (ie with no addons) ... south of Hawaii, and just off the coast from San Francisco, if my memory holds up ...... do any forum members know if there exist now any carriers in MS FSX ......... ??? David Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 The Abacus Flight Deck series places carriers in various locations in FS. The Military Plus Paks for JF's Traffic 2005 (now called Traffic) placed them in FS9. Not sure if Traffic X adds carriers to FSX or not. John Link to post Share on other sites
simi_av8r 0 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 there certainly are a/c carriers in the default scenery, there were a good few in FS9 and, according to this website, there are plenty in FSX too... Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Who knew? Great info, Simi. I have seen the one at North Island in FSX. It's not realistic to land on one in port, however, except rotorcraft or maybe a Harrier. John Link to post Share on other sites
David TRIGGS 0 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Interesting! ...... "plenty in FSX" ... ? ...... where are they (anyone?!?) ......... David Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 His linked website gives a pretty good accounting of them Dave, though some are "in transit" along a route. The one at North Island is stationary and is about a mile NE of North Island Naval Air Station - pretty hard to miss. Does anyone have ICAOs for the stationary ones? The JF ones are BIG1 through BIG8 and are on the airport list once installed. Do any of the stock FSX ones show up as airports? Link to post Share on other sites
PanzerFodder 0 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hi David. Not sure if you have seen this one, and don't know if it's what your looking for, but it is FREE https://silvercloud-store.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=29817 Cheer's...Graham... Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Graham, Something's occured to me here after looking at that site. Aircraft Carriers in FS can either be an "airport" or a "vehicle" and are treated quite differently in FS. It's also possible, I suppose, for them to just be a static scenery object. FS is going to handle each one in a different way as those entities have very different properties and capabilities in FS. I know the JF BIG1 through BIG8 are in fact airports. You can pull them up in the Create A Flight list, can originate a flight at them and can schedule AI traffic to and from them. I've even seen them appear (rarely) in the AirHauler Jobs List. Obviously, the ones that move are "vehicles" or perhaps even airplanes to FS. That will give them the ability to move as AI, and you may even be able to land and subsequently take off from one of them but you won't be able to originate a flight from one nor will you be able to assign AI to operate from them. The ones that are static objects will just be a lump, i.e. an aircraft carrier shaped building placed at a particular place in the ocean as eye candy. For those, I don't think you could even land on one - you'd probably just find yourself inside it. Interesting topic... John Link to post Share on other sites
PanzerFodder 0 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hi John. from what I can see in FSX, in one of the training helicopter missions you have to land on a moving carrier and also I think that there is a couple of F18 missions that include taking off and landing on a carrier that looks like it's moving in the screen shots? . cheer's...Graham... Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 For all of these entitities, it would help to know what they are in FS, i.e. airport, aircraft/vehicle or scenery. If you're close to one, going to the map view in FS will show if it's an airport or not, and what the ICAO is. If it doesn't show on the FS map, it's not an "airport". By the way, the JF BIG1 through BIG8 look like they are moving, with a wake effect, but they are actually stationary. John EDIT: I just looked at the one in San Diego. It does not show up on the FSX Map view so is definitely not an airport entity. Probably just a very complex static scenery object. JDA Link to post Share on other sites
PanzerFodder 0 Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Just a shade off topic now! but I just saw that "Flight Deck 6" download, is on sale at PC Aviator untill 26/Jan/2012 if anyone wants to have a look?. http://www.pcaviator...productid=19002 Cheer's...Graham... Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 I checked the FSX static ones and they are definitely not defined as airports but do have a "hard deck" so you can land, taxi and take off if your AC performance permits it. I have Flight Deck 4 but only have it installed in FS9 so will check those out. John Link to post Share on other sites
M31 0 Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Its worth noting too that the FSX Acceleration add on pack adds more Aircraft Carrier content than the std FSX patched to SP2, you get the FA/18 Hornet as well that ACES outsourced to model for them that is pretty decent, not DCS hardcore avionic quality (That I suspect will be their next title ) but pretty good, the carrier landings and launches are quite exhilarating. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 The Abacus Flight Deck 4 carriers are airports, not just scenery. They have a tower frequency and navaids (including the Fresnel Lens Landing System) and some kind of stand-alone utility that simulates cat shots and traps. I've not used it much, but it works OK. I'm sure FD6 is better. Their carrier is in four locations and shows up in the aiport list as... AC20 USS Ronald Reagan India (Bay of Bengal) AC21 USS Ronald Reagan United States (off San Diego) AC22 USS Ronald Reagan China (South China Sea) AC23 USS Ronald Reagan Greece (Mediterranean Sea) Link to post Share on other sites
David TRIGGS 0 Posted January 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 More & more interesting ...... thanks to all you forum members ......... David Link to post Share on other sites
Gannet 0 Posted December 11, 2013 Report Share Posted December 11, 2013 Interesting! ...... "plenty in FSX" ... ? ...... where are they (anyone?!?) ......... David Hi David, have you tried Flying Stations, they have HMS Ark Royal and Victorious. jk Link to post Share on other sites
David TRIGGS 0 Posted December 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2013 Bonjour JK, "Flying Stations" ... ?? ... what is this? Can you give me details (publishers, etc)? ... sounds interesting!! David Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 I've got a few carriers in my system, most of which are landable if you're careful. Link to post Share on other sites
Christopher Low 63 Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 David, Check out the Flying Stations website using the following link...... http://www.flyingstations.com/ Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted December 26, 2013 Report Share Posted December 26, 2013 The Abacus Flight Deck 4 carriers are airports, not just scenery. They have a tower frequency and navaids (including the Fresnel Lens Landing System) and some kind of stand-alone utility that simulates cat shots and traps. I've not used it much, but it works OK. I'm sure FD6 is better. Their carrier is in four locations and shows up in the aiport list as... AC20 USS Ronald Reagan India (Bay of Bengal) AC21 USS Ronald Reagan United States (off San Diego) AC22 USS Ronald Reagan China (South China Sea) AC23 USS Ronald Reagan Greece (Mediterranean Sea) can you use any carrier aircraft with this addon, or are you limited to the aircraft incluses in the package? Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted December 26, 2013 Report Share Posted December 26, 2013 I don't know, John. There is some kind of software utility that comes with the Flight Deck Series to simulate traps and cat shots but I don't know if it can be used on other carriers or even at airports. I'm pretty sure it would not work on the "non-airport" style carriers however. Those are just scenery elements or non-flying aircraft so are not seen by FS as airports. The AC must have a tailhook for traps - not sure about a cat shot. The Flight Deck series is up to at least FD6 now and I only have FD4, so way out of date. John Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Thanks John. I would love to be able to fly Buccaneers from HMS Eagle or HMS Hermes, but it looks like you may be restricted to US Carriers with Flight Deck. Link to post Share on other sites
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