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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning

RFN Charles De Gaulle Aircraft Carrier Out !

Hi Guys, and many thanks for the kind comments!

delta_lima said:
...Also, as Sylvain pointed out, there's a new RFN Tacan gauge v4 out. I had v3 working just fine before, so I added this one - now I've lost all my meatballs :)mixedsmi:) and the gauge, while it shows up, doesn't work (doesn't pick up the carriers, indication messages, etc don't work).
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Basically, the V3.0 and 4.0 have the same pre-requires. Check if text is showing up when changing nav frequency. If not, check then your panel.cfg file => did you copy past the entries from the doc ? Note that some new names are used with V4.0 and also parameters are now needed. If the text is OK, then the gauge is running so check that you had well copy-pasted the 2 xml files (1 for carriers, 1 for feature configurations) => it's a change from the v3.0...
Let me know if you still have issue...

TeiscoDelRay said:
I have never installed anything like this yet and the boats I have installed in the past went into the airplane folder, so how do I find this and use it?
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Well, AI boats like this carrier need to be inserted into your session using FSX AI trafic engine (like every other type of AI objects) thanks to compiled traffic file (traffic .bgl file) or using addon program which the most well known is AICarrier2. In the documentation we wrote some comments on both solutions but you will find easily some more information in this forum for instance.

Regards,
Sylvain
 
TeiscoDelRay said:
I have never installed anything like this yet and the boats I have installed in the past went into the airplane folder, so how do I find this and use it?
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After unzipping the download copy the files of the "Effects" folder to FSX/Effects. Overwrite when prompted. Then copy the "VEH_Charles_de_Gaulle" folder to FSX/SimObjects/Boats.

In the "Options" folder are the parts you need for use with AiCarriers or to add Traffic files. Explained on page 4 of the manual. You can get Lamont Clark's AiCarriers (highly recommended) here: http://lc0277.gratisim.fr/software.html

I helped proof the English manual before it went out (I know, I see I missed a couple things and I forgot to sneak my name into the manual :kilroy:) so I tested it all out. Some of the animations do require use of the RFN TACAN Carrier Gauge v4.0. And for folks using previous versions of the gauge, some frequencies have been changed in the "RFN_carriers.xml" file in the "Gauges" folder (the file was named "carriers.xml" in previous versions).

Hope this helps.
:ernae:
 
Its no fun having to sit on this great piece of art work. Michel sent this to me before release, so when I did a few traps and captured some screens, I had the problem of not being able to show it off. That was a bummer.

Well done guys, another great Carrier to add to my collection. And the TACAN, works GREAT!!!

Thanks for another superb addition. X2

RD
 
TeiscoDelRay said:
Thanks, got it now What easy and fairly slow freeware plane would you recommend for some practice?
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The freeware T-45 made by Dino Cattaneo is quite slow on the approach, and very stable on landing. It's one of the easiest planes I know to land on a carrier.
The freeware Fouga Zephyr made by Restauravia might be even slower, now that I think about it... And its virtual cockpit is very high quality too !
 
TeiscoDelRay said:
Thanks, got it now What easy and fairly slow freeware plane would you recommend for some practice?
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If you want to be fairly realistic (at least French) - get the RFN Zephyr. Roughly equivalent to a T-2 in terms of it being advanced naval carrier trainer jet - it's fairly docile, and really completes the French flavour. Down the road, get the RFN Etendard IV - it's a freeware masterpiece of payware proportions.

If you don't care to be accurate to the time/country - then many choices abound. The T-28 (either from Alphasim, now freeware or Piglet's) is a great choice, as is Piglet's A-1 Skyraider (H or J variants). Other options include the SNJ variant of Wozza's Harvard; you could go British and try Rob Richardson's awesome Gannets, and for the absolutely easiest (and least historically/nationally accurate choice, for this carrier) choice would be the Flying Stations Swordfish. It's superbly easy to fly, very accurately modelled, and just a nice bit of biplane naval nostalgia. If you fly with a headwind over the deck, and trimmed right, you can actually keep station with the carrier, it's that slow.

Hope that helps,

DL
 
Marine0326 said:
Its no fun having to sit on this great piece of art work. Michel sent this to me before release, so when I did a few traps and captured some screens, I had the problem of not being able to show it off. That was a bummer.

Well done guys, another great Carrier to add to my collection. And the TACAN, works GREAT!!!

Thanks for another superb addition. X2

RD
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I can relate. But at least we can talk about it now. :applause:
:ernae:
 
One more question; How can I save a flight with my plane on the carrier deck? I have tried but the carrier is not in the saved file and only the plane shows up. It is a bit of a hassle getting your plane, than getting the carrier, and then slewing you plane onto the deck so hope there is a way to avoid this.
thanks
 
One of my favorite aircraft for carrier ops is the A-6 Intruder. Its wingtip spoilers make it easy (for me at least) to control the approach speed.

NC
 
TeiscoDelRay said:
One more question; How can I save a flight with my plane on the carrier deck? I have tried but the carrier is not in the saved file and only the plane shows up. It is a bit of a hassle getting your plane, than getting the carrier, and then slewing you plane onto the deck so hope there is a way to avoid this.
thanks
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I'm not sure and never tried it but I got an idea that when you save your flight on the carrier deck and when you load your flight,only the plane shows up then can we call up the same carrier again so we'll get our plane and carrier at the same place and time as the last flight?
 
found this bad boy on the same site as the new carrier - but I dont read french atall so I have no idea why there is no VC...pity it has no pit
 
heywooood said:
found this bad boy on the same site as the new carrier - but I dont read french atall so I have no idea why there is no VC...pity it has no pit
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You can alias it to the default Acceleration F/A-18 VC. Copy the FA-18_Interior.mdl file over to the Rafale's model folder. Copy the base F/A-18's texture files over to the Rafale's texture folder. Copy and paste the respective VC sections of the panel.cfg from the F/A-18 over to the panel.cfg file of the rafale. Make sure you have a copy of the F/A-18 gauge file in the main FSX gauges folder.
 
DaveKDEN said:
You can alias it to the default Acceleration F/A-18 VC. Copy the FA-18_Interior.mdl file over to the Rafale's model folder. Copy the base F/A-18's texture files over to the Rafale's texture folder. Copy and paste the respective VC sections of the panel.cfg from the F/A-18 over to the panel.cfg file of the rafale. Make sure you have a copy of the F/A-18 gauge file in the main FSX gauges folder.
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ahhh...so thats the alchemy then - much appreciated info Dave..thank you
 
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