One way to get a carrier of course is to get into any of the default carrier missions such as the Carrier Practice mission. It is a good idea however to check the option "
Enable changes in selected Mission (no rewards given)" at the bottom of the mission selection screen, and then once in the mission change the weather so that there is no such severe turbulence. Also, once in the mission, reduce your fuel to below 75%, so that you can approach at lower speeds.
Another way is to get a carrier in free flight. This is how to find the
carrier near San Diego in free flight:
1) In
display settings->
traffic move the slider "Ships and ferries" all the way to the right (100%).
2) Click FREE FLIGHT, choose July 1st, 2009 for date and 06:00 local time. Select North Island NAS (KNZY) for airport and runway 29. You can save the flight at this point if you want.
3) Once you take off from the runway turn left on course 270 and climb to 600 feet. After 30 seconds you will see the carrier
Since these are both default carriers and not the Nimitz carrier, the frequency for the ILS/TACAN would be 111 MHz or TACAN channel 47X.
The Nimitz carrier you can get if you have Javier's Nimitz package and use the AICarriers utility and place the carrier wherever you want while in flight. The freq is 112MHz or TACAN channel 57X.
You can enter the frequency by pressing the TCN or ILS button on the Up-Front Control panel and then dial either 1-1-1-0-0-ENT or 4-7-X on the keypad. Either way will activate the ILS/TCN reception.
If you were already familiar with these methods, I apologize, I just wanted to list all methods.
J.R.
I am curious how to get the ILS working. Where do I need to place my Nimitz (and with what programs), and what is the ILS freq?
