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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

Etendard IVM still in Progress...

Illustration from Pilote-Virtuel.Com french website.

This beauty will also have Ladder + Intake covers + Wheel chocks
options.

Nice !
:kilroy:
VaporZ
 
Was sent a new beta link on Saturday. Had a nice long look last night. Marked up some edits to the English manual and sent it back to Sylvain. Make sure you have Acceleration and FSUIPC installed for everything to work.
:ernae:
 
SADT said:
Do I see a 3-D attitude indicator in the VC? :jump:
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You mean a "Boule" ADI with attitude and direction indication? Well, sort of. The attitude part works fine but the globe doesn't revolve to change the direction indication. Hopefully that might be addressed after the beta. I looked into using the fully functional one from Mark Harper's Mirage III/5 but that panel is all 3D gauges built into the VC and can't be shared like we used to do.
:ernae:
 
fsafranek said:
You mean a "Boule" ADI with attitude and direction indication? Well, sort of. The attitude part works fine but the globe doesn't revolve to change the direction indication. Hopefully that might be addressed after the beta. I looked into using the fully functional one from Mark Harper's Mirage III/5 but that panel is all 3D gauges built into the VC and can't be shared like we used to do.
:ernae:
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Hi,
All the gauge are in 3D, but the Etendard is a quite old plane (lol).
The main attitude indicator was a cynlinder one, and the backup ADI looks like a "Boule" ADI but it was not. It's made with a 2D disk for rolling, and a plane model for pitching. Former Etendard pilots says it was difficult to use it and some specific flies were dedicated to this instrument during their training course...

Thanks to the help of extra guys (by the way many thanks Frank!!), the English manual is ready!

Unfortunately, I'm fighting with an bad issue: the plane doesn't keep attached ont the catapult when the carrier is full speed.... When it is OK on one Carrier (Javier's Nimitz, Clemenceau, Skippy's ArkRoyal, FSX one, etc...) it is KO on all the others!! :angryfir:
I'm getting mad trying to find out how the catapult/launchbar works...

Regards,
Sylvain
 
Sylvain, try resetting the flight or restarting the sim & ai carriers. I have had the problem you describe with a number of FSX models on carriers. Sometimes the catapult holdback is fine when the cat is armed, other times it releases/disarms when I go to full power. The only cure I could find was resetting the flight or restarting the sim. I have researched the cause of this and have found nothing. Let is know what happens.
 
Try turning max realism off, seems the hold back is released after something like 4 seconds.
 
While we're all waiting for this beauty I think I should practice more:

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Or maybe it's time to dig out the Zephyr and try it.

VaporZ, thanks for posting the links to the French videos, great to watch.

Al
 
I can't get the zephr to work here just been practacing doing approches to the Clem with the mystere iva not very realistic but I can imagine the flight characteristics not to be to dissimilar to the Etendard!
 
oldpropfan said:
While we're all waiting for this beauty I think I should practice more:



Or maybe it's time to dig out the Zephyr and try it.

VaporZ, thanks for posting the links to the French videos, great to watch.

Al
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Great shot. Even though we know they're static, the deck crew men's position in relation to the flight deck adds so much to the "story" ... :)

Yes, the IVM will be a great addition to the numerous naval air enthusiasts in the community. The Super will be hotly anticipated too, but all in good time.

Great shots SFrank, and well done to the team - looking forward to it!

dl
 
There are no older French carriers but the Clem is available at flightsim.com as is the Charles de Gaule but it's not as nicely done as the Clemenceau!
 
Hi!
I gave up trying to have the holdback working fine with each different carriers... My issue is certainly due to the pitch taken by her for launching and the small differences between carriers (catapult attached points are not positonned at the same high above the flight deck from one carrier to others...

So it will be OK with Clemenceau, and for others you should have to try twice before keeping attached to the catapult (when the holdback is disarmed, I strike Shift+P for push back until she comes back to the catapult and again shift+I and then it's ok for launching).

No promise but it seems that the final packaging should be OK now, so it sounds like a "ready for launch procedure"?! :cool:

Regards
S.
 
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