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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 !

I was lucky enough to buy Rollus's Rafale C/M before they pulled it over the dispute with Dassault. I while back I was checking old orders at simmarket and saw my Rafale download links were still available as well as the C model's 30,000 hour scheme bonus repaint. I went downloaded the new scheme and made another backup of my original files. It is a shame this model isn't available anymore, it is one of the most well thought out models I've ever seen in terms of programing. There are many radar/map options for the MFD's, the HUD is 1st rate as are the animations, fire-able weapons, working ejection seat, but most of all, the custom FDE & simulated FBW system is incredible. The M model is very stable for AI Carrier operations. I plan on doing a number of tests with both the Rafale M and the CDG when I get FSX back up and running this weekend.
 
I would encourage anyone to try the merged default F-18 VC in the freeware Rafale model. Looks terrific and great fun.

Can't wait to try it on the new CDG. A big fan also of the TACAN gauge. Congrats to Sylvain, Frank and the Team.
 
expat said:
I would encourage anyone to try the merged default F-18 VC in the freeware Rafale model. Looks terrific and great fun.

Can't wait to try it on the new CDG. A big fan also of the TACAN gauge. Congrats to Sylvain, Frank and the Team.
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I've aliased Dino's F-35C. The Default F/A-18 VC causes a large light to appear outside the aircraft for me, just below the nose gear well. I may switch to the F-14 as it has twin engine gauge support. But the F35C is nice ATM.
 
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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Very easy to do mate !

Before you save the flight, make sure the ship has stopped completely! Pause it. Safe the flight and (this is important : save as starting flight !!)
Next time you start FSX, your carrier flight will be shown, but do for the rest nothing else like viewing the scenery library and such!
Start AICarriers, once activated, start fly now, unpause the flight (you'll notice you're floating above the water....logic right!), select the same ship you actually saved your flight with (due to deck altitude....) on current position.
And voila.......you can fly of the deck again.

Cheers,
Hank
 
I am not sure how to make the qauge work correctly. I have the freq correct as the gauge shows carrier but I do not get any lights or indications from the ship unit when landing.
 
I had some trouble getting the last version 3.0 to run. I recall having to reinstall the gauges and all the bits. It may be that stopping and restarting FSX once or twice was what go it going.
Great addon.
 
There is some further discussion on that over here:

http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?77487-Uss-Enterprise-scenery



hae5904 said:
Very easy to do mate !

Before you save the flight, make sure the ship has stopped completely! Pause it. Safe the flight and (this is important : save as starting flight !!)
Next time you start FSX, your carrier flight will be shown, but do for the rest nothing else like viewing the scenery library and such!
Start AICarriers, once activated, start fly now, unpause the flight (you'll notice you're floating above the water....logic right!), select the same ship you actually saved your flight with (due to deck altitude....) on current position.
And voila.......you can fly of the deck again.

Cheers,
Hank

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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One of the very best carriers made for FSX. Only comment is - as per the warning in the Readme - I could not land with crash detection on without a building crash. Similar problem with the Clem and Foch. I can sometimes manage the landing on the latter but get a crash when catting off either the side or bow cats. I know many do carrier ops without crash detection on but for me it loses a lot of the challenge and fun!
 
expat said:
One of the very best carriers made for FSX. Only comment is - as per the warning in the Readme - I could not land with crash detection on without a building crash. Similar problem with the Clem and Foch. I can sometimes manage the landing on the latter but get a crash when catting off either the side or bow cats. I know many do carrier ops without crash detection on but for me it loses a lot of the challenge and fun!
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Guess it has something to do how the ship ("scenery") has been build. Probably impossible to do for a moving scenery.
Non the less, with crash detection set to off, using different landing weights in combination with bad weather and flying in low viz is challenging enough :icon_lol:

Like their pevious Clemenceau/Foch carrier, the CdG is truly awesome, and highly recommended for all carrier flyers around the FS community.

Cheers,
Hank
 
Hi guys,
Thank you for the very nice welcome to our last carrier!

As Hank said, it is not always easy to clean up the deck and be able to fly with crash detection ON.
I'm still tracking objects that generate crash but it is not fine so far...

In parallel I fixed a small issue with the configuration1 (the clean deck one): when compiling the model some configuration2 objects remained...
We uploaded a small update on our website to allow you to just download the correct mdl file.
You can find it here : http://royalefrenchnavy.perso.sfr.fr/RFN-Creations-EN.htm

Regards,
Sylvain

PS : btw Crusader project is now on-going!
 
Congratulations once again for this great vessel.
Just a question, I've updated the model, but i can't reach the hangar by using the elevator, because when I come close to it, the aircraft goes to the sea...
What can I do? Thanks
 
cortomalteseit said:
Congratulations once again for this great vessel.
Just a question, I've updated the model, but i can't reach the hangar by using the elevator, because when I come close to it, the aircraft goes to the sea...
What can I do? Thanks
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As mentioned in the manual, the elevator surface is not hardened. There is no solution for this.
If you want to get to the lower deck you might try slewing. I think the lower deck is hardened.
:ernae:
 
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