Forums » Air Combat & Civil Aviation » DCS World » DCS: P-51D Mustang » Carrier Landings Active Topics You are not logged in. [Log In] [Register User]
Topic Options
Rate This Topic
Hop to:
#3577844 - 05/23/12 01:22 AM Carrier Landings
FearlessFrog Offline
Senior Member

Registered: 01/08/09
Posts: 4325
Loc: Vancouver, BC
Of course possible, with a slow enough landing speed and are great fun to try.

I tried to get some pictures but my FRAPS sort of died. Placing down the Carl Vinson off Batumi in the mission editor takes only a second as well so it's very easy to try. I started off with the carrier moving at about 25kts but just about managed with it still (with a face plant on the brakes).

pilot


Top
#3577854 - 05/23/12 01:41 AM Re: Carrier Landings [Re: FearlessFrog]
FearlessFrog Offline
Senior Member

Registered: 01/08/09
Posts: 4325
Loc: Vancouver, BC
Ah, pics. See, I had at least 20 feet left before I turned, no worries smile




Top

#3577856 - 05/23/12 01:44 AM Re: Carrier Landings [Re: FearlessFrog]
Sim Offline
Hotshot

Registered: 09/18/01
Posts: 8915
Loc: Vegas
Problem with landing on carrier is that after you land, it goes into weird balancing where you go off the boat.

Top
#3577857 - 05/23/12 01:56 AM Re: Carrier Landings [Re: FearlessFrog]
FearlessFrog Offline
Senior Member

Registered: 01/08/09
Posts: 4325
Loc: Vancouver, BC
It does. I'm trying to taxi around and take off but have yet to make it. Glad I'm not paying for these P51's smile

Top
#3583774 - 05/31/12 10:22 PM Re: Carrier Landings [Re: FearlessFrog]
wheelsup_cavu Offline
Lifer

Registered: 12/03/08
Posts: 20388
Loc: Corona, California
That P-51 looks so lonely on that flight deck...


Wheels
_________________________
Cheers wave
Wheelsup_cavu

Mission4Today | Get RoF Templates @ Combat-Asylum
Planes of Fame Air Museum | March Field Air Museum | Palm Springs Air Museum

Top
#3585464 - 06/03/12 04:11 PM Re: Carrier Landings [Re: FearlessFrog]
Chris2525 Offline
Member

Registered: 03/07/11
Posts: 315
Loc: Ottawa, Canada
Just did my first one with the Vinson moving at 30kts, and an 11kt headwind. Piece of cake.

I'd like to have tried a takeoff, but you can't taxi around on the deck properly.
_________________________
Windows Vista x64 SP2
Intel® Core™ i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
9206MB DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
TM Warthog
TrackIR5

Top
Topic Options
Rate This Topic
Hop to:

Moderator:  EinsteinEP, Panther, RacerGT 
 

Forum Use Agreement | Privacy Statement
Copyright 1997-2013, SimHQ Inc. All Rights Reserved.