Idea for a "trainer-mission"

[SpazSinbad]

fsxnp, looking good. As seen in the NAS Whidbey Island 'carrier deck' photo on their runway above on previous page now (also now below), any chance please to have plenty of tyre marks in both touchdown zones - the proper runway and the FCLP carrier deck (both skid marks adjacent because the same mirror used - but on a different centreline)? Thanks. If not possible then no big deal.

[EDIT} Forgot that NAF El Centro would be the only mission with dual purpose runway, whilst NOLF Coupeville will have only skidmarks on the 'carrier deck' box because it is a 'no full stop landing' airfield. Whatever.    There is an OLF Coupeville video on Youtube: You will see the LSO shack & stuff (from 1m 15sec).

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4626964455504607327

[Razgriz]

A "training wheels" approach to learning the FCLP and later the actual carrier pattern.

Thats what I was thinking to get new guys into it, you can't go wrong unless you just can't fly.

[Tregarth]

Dear FSXNP,

I have had a look at NAF El Centro (KNJK) and see it does not have an ILS, only a VOR DME.  Will your trainer mission have one so the HUD will work?  Or am I missing something?

Thank you.

Tregarth

[Paddles]

Tregarth,

You're right, the default KNJK scenery doesn't have an ILS. But the FSX Blue Angels version does. My mission should work well with both these sceneries but I'm not sure that both the FLOLS and ILS glidepaths match... I'll try and see, and then decide 

[Tregarth]

Thanks for this, I didn't know there was another version of KNJK, I will have a look for it.

Thank you for the good work that you do.

Tregarth

[SpazSinbad]

FSX Blue Angels NAF El Centro Scenery on this page:

http://fsxblueangels.com/downloads.html  "NAF EL CENTRO ADD-ON SCENERY"
specifically:
http://fsxblueangels.com/downloadsNAFElCentro.html  [screenshots on this page]

[Paddles]

Tregarth,

I've conducted a quick test and yes, as you can see, the FLOLS and ILS glidepaths do [almost] match    So far so good...

[SpazSinbad]

Just might mention (because I have a habit of switching everything NOT to do with the aircraft down to zero - slider to left) that to see the IFLOLS one must have the setting in FSX as shown in the .GIF graphic - particularly for 'Scenery Objects' on the right hand column. The other left hand settings are not important (I think?).

[Tregarth]

Thank you both for the info, I will download the Blue Angels's scenery.

The alignment looks very good, well done.

Tregarth

[SpazSinbad]

Why FCLP (or MADDLS Mirror Assisted Dummy Deck Landings) are important. An A4G 'pretends' to approach HMAS Melbourne (in 1970s) - it is not possible to land when an aircraft is on the catapult (or over the foul line).

[Tregarth]

A WORD OF WARNING FOR WIN 7 USERS.

I have just downloaded and installed Blue Angels' El Centro scenery and it looks really good.

BUT, please read my previous post

One word of warning:  If you are using Win 7 scenery installation is NOT easy.  I suggest you look at Mutley's Hangar, topic

http://forum.mutleyshangar.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=4548

This refers to an marvellous Australian web site which is a tutorial on adding FSX scenery in Win 7.

Installing FSX Scenery using Win 7
http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=4426

I have used it and it worked perfectly first time (which, for me is unusual).  The only addition I would make to this helpful tutorial is that you

1.  Unzip the required files into a folder on the desktop.
2.  Follow the tutorial but after step 3 you copy and paste the required folder from your desktop folder into the Select Scenery Directory / Addon Scenery window
3.  Follow step 4.



If you don't you will likely screw up your FSX Scenery folder, trust me, I know.

I suspect the Blue Angels ReadMe was written for XP.

Tregarth

[Tregarth]

Dear FSXNP,

Not heard from you for a while, are you OK?  Have you had time to finish off your training missions?  The Blue Angels El Centro runway runway looks remarkably clean, do you have any plans to make it look more used?

Thank you,

Best regards,

Tregarth.

[Paddles]

Tregarth,
Thanks, am ok  The work is still in progress, here's a quick screenshot.

[Tregarth]

Thanks for the reply.  The important thing is to know you are OK.  The rest can follow, (but it is eagerly awaited).

Best regards,

Tregarth

[Paddles]

This is my FCLP at El Centro, Part 2 mission - dusk practice w/o hoops (for more advanced users)