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SOC-3 Catapult USS Idaho

Example: point.3=4, -6.5, 5.1, -6.29,
4, denotes float
-6.5, is the longitudinal offset(fore/aft)
5.1, is the lateral offset(R/L)
-6.29, is the vertical offset(up/down)

The vertical offset on the farthest aft pair of points needs to be more negative.
From your screenie it looks to be about 2 feet. That should help if the longitudinal offset points are positioned near the rear of the float
If the longitudinal offset is small, it will be more sensitive, so, use less vertical change.

Pain to T&E, but, that's the only way I know...Don
 
Based on our conversations regarding this in another forum and taking a hard look at your screen shot it appears the problem may not be with the contact points of the several aircraft you have tried but with the catapult itself. You have moved the vessel from Long Beach elsewhere (which you should be able to do)and it looks like the catapult invisible platform is missing. The platform is part of the .mdl file so it should move with the vessel. BTW, the SOC you show in the screenshot is not FSX native and I am not sure it will work in the FSX carrier ops scheme of things. Try reinstalling the USS Idaho fresh at it's original location and see what happens. Please use the FSX version of the SOC-3 for this test. I gave you the file names for 3 aircraft that do work with this catapult in the other forum.

Best, Paul
 
PutPut said:
Based on our conversations regarding this in another forum and taking a hard look at your screen shot it appears the problem may not be with the contact points of the several aircraft you have tried but with the catapult itself. You have moved the vessel from Long Beach elsewhere (which you should be able to do)and it looks like the catapult invisible platform is missing. The platform is part of the .mdl file so it should move with the vessel. BTW, the SOC you show in the screenshot is not FSX native and I am not sure it will work in the FSX carrier ops scheme of things. Try reinstalling the USS Idaho fresh at it's original location and see what happens. Please use the FSX version of the SOC-3 for this test. I gave you the file names for 3 aircraft that do work with this catapult in the other forum.

Best, Paul
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This is at Long Beach and I did reinstall. Using a different SOC-3. the one you are showing works' One question if I may, the Berliner Joyce sits level but when I launch it flips and crash. How might I correct this?
 
I mentioned the location because the coordinates in your screen shot are not close to Long Beach. Also, the scenery at Long Beach is oil wells and cityfied rather than tropical islands. Regarding the OJ-2, on my system it flies straight off the catapult. When you say it flips do you mean it goes nose up or nose down? I have no answer for a down flip but a quick nose up could be caused by too high a speed setting in the COP-3 ini.cfg file. Mine is set to reach 80mph at 80 feet travel which seems to be a good compromise for all the planes I use on the catapult.

Best, Paul
 
fxsttcb said:
Example: point.3=4, -6.5, 5.1, -6.29,
4, denotes float
-6.5, is the longitudinal offset(fore/aft)
5.1, is the lateral offset(R/L)
-6.29, is the vertical offset(up/down)

The vertical offset on the farthest aft pair of points needs to be more negative.
From your screenie it looks to be about 2 feet. That should help if the longitudinal offset points are positioned near the rear of the float
If the longitudinal offset is small, it will be more sensitive, so, use less vertical change.

Pain to T&E, but, that's the only way I know...Don
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I believe I'm about to get it. Thanks. 4 denotes floats. Other numbers 1,2,3, ect stand for like landing gear right?
 
uniform7 said:
I believe I'm about to get it. Thanks. 4 denotes floats. Other numbers 1,2,3, ect stand for like landing gear right?
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Open up the .cfg file of the default Cessna 172 and you will find a definition for everything in the contact points. Having said that I notice it doesn't define the gear class. They are:

0=Inactive
1=Wheel
2=Scrape point
3=Skid
4=Float

Best, Paul
 
SOC-3

Thanks all, I have tried without success though. got the tail up then the aircraft sat to low in the water. If anyone can add here are the contact points I'm working with. Almost had it.


[contact_points]
static_pitch = 0
static_cg_height = 6.2
max_number_of_points = 8
point.0 = 4, -11.8379, -0.6888, -6.2357, 1574.80315, 0, 0.534523, 0, 0.491423, 2.5, 0.8, 5, 5, 0, 0, 0
point.1 = 4, -11.8858, 0.8794, -6.2975, 1574.80315, 1, 0.534523, 0, 0.488916, 2.5, 0.8, 5, 5, 2, 0, 0
point.2 = 4, 10.0304, -1.3401, -6.1683, 1574.80315, 2, 0.534523, 0, 0.488916, 2.5, 0.8, 5, 5, 3, 0, 0
point.3 = 4, 10.1001, 1.3192, -6.2736, 1574.39, 0, 0, 0, 0.488916, 2.5, 0.8, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0
point.4 = 2, 0, 14.7525, -5.531, 1600, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 6, 0, 0
point.5 = 2, -17.7549, 0, -1.3311, 1600, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 9, 0, 0
point.6 = 2, 7.7626, 0, -2.3955, 1600, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 4, 0, 0
point.7 = 2, 0, -14.9264, -5.359, 1600, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0
 
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