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Kitty Hawk Class Aircraft Carriers

Thank you very much indeed for the HU, however....

expat said:
Available at simviation.com
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When you find something of interest...and obviously YOU are one of the first to know the URL... it would
save a lot of time hunting for it... wherever it is... if you also cite the URL...
Constructive criticism intended... no "rivet counting" here...
Thanks for the heads up... Now to go hunting for it... lol

TTFN,
G.
 
Point taken - of course. FYI - I saw this just as I was leaving for work today but didn't have time to post here, and certainly would have included the direct link had my firm's stupid new spam filter not blocked simviation, avsim and several other sim sites (not the SOH thank goodness - at least not yet :untroubled:). Will post the direct link when I get home - it's was on the front page under new stuff - but won't stay there for long, so will post the link for the benefit of future searchers!
 
91 MB at 30 KBPS. Feels like 2002. :dizzy:


Link:
hxxp://simviation.com/1/download?file=KittyHawkClassV1.00.zip&fileId=49144

Copy, paste and replace the "xx" with "tt".
 
I have the Kitty Hawk from the Aerosoft F-14X but am going to check this out anyway. Noticed just below this that there's a Forrestal Class Carrier 2.0. By chance is that a variant of the same one posted to a thread here some time back?
 
I've had a quick look and they're not bad. You get Connie too:encouragement:

The FLOLS move a little, both carriers have yellow anchors and the deck aircraft.. as they're not modelled on the carriers.. will all bounce up in the air if you hit a lumpy bit of sea but otherwise, they're okey dokey. Lot's of deck loadouts too.. clean, launch, recovery and full;)

ATB
DaveB:)
 
When you find something of interest...and obviously YOU are one of the first to know the URL... it would
save a lot of time hunting for it... wherever it is... if you also cite the URL...
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True, but sometimes a search result won't work when reposted, which is why I posted in another thread that Yanco carriers are at Simviation rather than posting my own search result.
 
StormILM said:
I have the Kitty Hawk from the Aerosoft F-14X but am going to check this out anyway. Noticed just below this that there's a Forrestal Class Carrier 2.0. By chance is that a variant of the same one posted to a thread here some time back?
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Both are by the same guy, WombRaider78.
:ernaehrung004:
 
Hi Navy81:wavey:

By statics.. do you mean the aircraft on deck?

If so.. what you have to do is add whichever deck setup you wish to use in exactly the same position as the carrier (in AICarriers that is). Here's one example taken from the conf.d file:

[formation.4]
title=USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 "Launch Cycle" (single)
unit.0=VEH_CV63, 0, 0
unit.1=VEH_CV63_Launch, 0, 0

It looks like you have 2 carriers in the same position but you haven't. VEH_CV63 is the carrier itself and appears in all Kitty Hawk formations. Unit.1=VEH_CV63_Launch, 0, 0 are the aircraft in Launch configuration 'ON DECK'. If you want a different deck setup (lets say crowded deck).. you add Kitty Hawk as above but add .. unit.1=VEH_CV63_Crowded, 0, 0 below it. This will give you a crowded deck:)

ATB
DaveB:)
 
Thanks Dave,
That worked. Thought i had that configured properly, but... no. Details.
I am working on basic paints for both Kitty Hawk and Constellation static aircraft. Once i have Wombraider's permission, i will upload them when complete.

Deke
Navy 81
 
No problem Deke:encouragement: When I first looked at the ships in FSX, I thought I'd make a quick formation with a few of them lined up. It was immediately obvious I'd not grasped the 'build' when I looked at them 'in sim' and saw a deck of aircraft without any ship underneath!!:biggrin-new: D'oh!!

Glad you're up and running;)
ATB
DaveB:)
 
Thanks Dave - interesting, but i can only get the "crowded" deck option to spawn static aircraft on the deck. I checked the mdl file of the other two in model converter x and all seems okay. In the end, if i try to launch one of the ai carrier formations that has either the "recovery" or "launch" static files, all i get is the good ol' empty Connie. Havent tried that yet with Kitty Hawk as i use the Aerosoft version.

Will keep tinkering. Gotta be something i am missing.

Cheers.
Deke
 
Deke..

Launch and Recovery work ok too..
kitty.jpg


Here's what I did to achieve that..
[formation.XX]
title=USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 "Launch and Recovery"
unit.0=VEH_CV63, 0, 0
unit.1=VEH_CV63_Launch, 0, 0
unit.2=VEH_CV63, 500, 0
unit.3=VEH_CV63_Recover, 500, 0

What do you reckon mate?
ATB
DaveB:)
 
Thanks for downloading my carrier. I also updated my Forrestal class. Unfortunately Sim outhouse said both files were too large, otherwise I would have uploaded them here.

I also approve of any repaints to the aircraft.
 
WombRaider78 said:
Thanks for downloading my carrier. I also updated my Forrestal class. Unfortunately Sim outhouse said both files were too large, otherwise I would have uploaded them here.

I also approve of any repaints to the aircraft.
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Thank you for taking the time and trouble to put this together and make it available:encouragement:

ATB
DaveB:)
 
It's weird. I have those entries in my ai carriers conf'd file. Everything else "spawns" fine - excep those two. will have to look closer.
Thanks guys.
Deke
 
DaveB, what is causing the ship to bounce? I only noticed jerky ships when I put my frame rate to unlimited. I tried to model the planes on the ship, but it would lock up the sim. You can edit the textures to fix the yellow anchor.

Any other advice/critisims are welcome. I also have the source files to all of my work upon request. I even left the positions text file so you know where the cable/cat zones are.
 
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