USS Oriskany SCB-27C/125A

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SkippyBing said:
Oriskany and the Victorious cross decked in '66 so it's likely Gannets from the Vic got onboard along with the Vixens and S2 Buccaneers.

In fact, just found this http://glewis.us/recollections/recollections4.htm
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Cool - thanks for pointing that correction out - and for the awesome article!

Speaking of the Victorious ... I heard some bloke was working on one ... can't recall who, though! ... :running: .... J/K - the last shot of it looked awesome, btw!!

DL
 
Cool - thanks for pointing that correction out - and for the awesome article!
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To be honest it helps having lots of reference photos with the Oriskany's aircraft on the Victorious so I knew what to look for!
 
Getting consistent aircraft crashes on the deck no matter what I tried to land with and just couldn't figure it out....eventually I landed a Harrier on the fore deck and back taxied along the length of the deck to finally trace the problem......the arrestor cables.

Tried to compile the model with crash detection turned off and still get a crash on the deck as soon as an aircraft touches the cables. I don't know if it's a model issue or an attachpoint issue but i'll need to look into it as you can't land anything on the deck at the moment.

:banghead:
 
fallenphoenix1986 said:
Looking good, if the F-8 is too much of a handfull how about Milton's S-2F or a T-28?
If you want a jet and it dosnt have to be American theres always the Zephyr, all are fairly forgiving and come in much slower than the F-8.

Craig
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Milton's S-2F is perfect, some of the ESSEX class carriers like USS Bennington CV-20 carried 2 squadrons of the Tracker and served as an ASW carrier.

The Milton's E-1 Tracer and Tim's A-1 Skyraider are perfect too.
 
Whilst trying to resolve the arrestor problem i'm doing some updates to the model after the testing revealed some texture issues, and i've started to include some deck vehicles such as the MD-3 tractor

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Trying to source some reference material for the crash crane of the era. Can anyone give me some info?

Cheers
G
 
gp183601 said:
Whilst trying to resolve the arrestor problem i'm doing some updates to the model after the testing revealed some texture issues, and i've started to include some deck vehicles such as the MD-3 tractor

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Trying to source some reference material for the crash crane of the era. Can anyone give me some info?

Cheers
G
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A Tilly , Im on the case .. lets see what i can find :cool: That is a requirement !
 
The guy who checked me out as Capt in the 747-400 flew the efff ate off the big O against such worthy targets as the Than Ho bridge. Did get to ride on her once for a day underway. My contribution to the effort besides a stint at the helm was close to zero. I am amazed at how much a list developes during tight maneuvering!

keep up the good work. T
 
It's been a while since i've posted on this thread but the Oriskany model is not dead....Just causing lots of problems!!
Much like the RFNs Charles De Gaulle package, the Oriskany mdl is giving me all sorts of grief cleaning up the deck to be able to fly with crash detection ON. I've found loads of anomalous objects in the sketchup model and I'm still tracking the ones that generate crash on deck in and around the arrestor cables when testing in FSX. It's a slow process but i'm essentially back to the drawing board with the model

However, given all these Crusaders and Skyhawks flying about on here - I thought i'd upload Oriskany as is for anyone wishing to use her. She's perfectly useable in FSX provided you turn crash detection OFF in FSX -> settings.

The arrestor cables and catapults work fine, the only other minor problem is the meatball isn't where it should be (alignment issue)

So if any of you are happy to put up with these glitches then the zip is attached

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In the meantime i'm still working on redoing the mdl to remove object crashes, add deck crew and some low poly crusaders, and generally redo some of the texturing.

:salute:

ATB
Gary


 
Where did you get that Seasprite? Looks pretty cool will need to try it out. As for the tailcode i'll see if my texture expert can help out
:mixedsmi:
 
For a Beta this is like the good old days for me. BTW The NP on those A4 tails were the CAG onboard USS Hancock back in the Mid 60' (CAG 21)
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Tail coding AH for the Oriskany in the period , was to change it .. the arrow head on the tail i have a B/W photo guessing its Red .. this was a template i grabbed to see how wel it wrapped onto the A4 model
Where did you get that Seasprite? Looks pretty cool will need to try it out. As for the tailcode i'll see if my texture expert can help out
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:icon_lol: Gary , the Seasprite really suits the carrier .. i do like the packages after the vertreps .. most i recall one more suited done Alphasim , the model, a Seaknight :cool:
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Ian Warren said:
this was a template i grabbed to see how well it wrapped onto the A4 model
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And it worked a treat! - far better than anything I could have done!

:salute:
 
gp183601 said:
And it worked a treat! - far better than anything I could have done!

:salute:
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How did you go with pictures of a tilly ... a big yellow crane normally stored at the back of the island .. i was to go though my library here , i do recall a side plan , just need to recall what book its or even to find were it is .... i do have it . :kilroy:


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Ian Warren said:
Tail coding AH for the Oriskany in the period , was to change it .. the arrow head on the tail i have a B/W photo guessing its Red .. this was a template i grabbed to see how wel it wrapped onto the A4 model

:icon_lol: Gary , the Seasprite really suits the carrier .. i do like the packages after the vertreps .. most i recall one more suited done Alphasim , the model, a Seaknight :cool:
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I rather thought so too as I was embarked on two 27C's that had them. It IS period correct.

OT; I remember most of the different tail codes for the different CAG aircraft. My brothers (USS Connie) was NG. He was with VF-96 F-4's; part of the crud crew. (Corrosion control).
U.S. NAVY Aircraft tail codes are used to organize an aircraft in Carrier Air Wings, support units not deployed on an aircraft carrier or not deployed overseas, and training commands. In Carrier Air Wing tail codes, the first letter denotes which fleet the Air Wing deploys from; A for Atlantic Fleet and N for Pacific Fleet. Tail codes in this category are organized as follows:

There were others back in the day but they have been decommissioned. Back then, we had over 500 ships.
 
Arr a Cherry Picker Aye ... I got Tilly from "The Bridges of Toki-Ri"... :icon_lol: .. have a story here bout one off them ... up in a posh area around Auckland NZ .. during my brothers wedding .. in a very a well the terrain made it not be as safe as what we started to do playing around with it in one beauty warm afternoon .... elevated above the roof of this three story house ... up down up down .. just having fun (bloody dangerous albeit ) but to see the neighbours Jaw drop as we flew across the roof ... she just :running:...... :icon_lol: <input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><input jscode="leoInternalChangeDone()" onclick="if(typeof(jsCall)=='function'){jsCall();}else{setTimeout('jsCall()',500);}" id="jsProxy" type="hidden">
 
There we go - this time let your eyes do the walking , USS Oriskany (VA-34) 1966 deployment , aircraft A-4E VA-164 , AH tail code .. Red arrowhead marking :cool:<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><input jscode="leoInternalChangeDone()" onclick="if(typeof(jsCall)=='function'){jsCall();}else{setTimeout('jsCall()',500);}" id="jsProxy" type="hidden">
 
Ian Warren said:
How did you go with pictures of a tilly ... a big yellow crane normally stored at the back of the island .. i was to go though my library here , i do recall a side plan , just need to recall what book its or even to find were it is .... i do have it . :kilroy:


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No problem Ian I actually managed to get quite a few pics of the tilly after some digging...so will probably add that in my next release.
 
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