Auto landing into carrier?

[Valerio]

I know you guys might find it a bit hard, a bit easy to land in a turning, or dead still straight moving CV. So i was thinking maybe add an automatic landing system on CV planes. Sounds good to me idk what you think so post your thought.

[stodd]

Ya,just like they did in ww2

[Valerio]

Your Sarcasm is hilarious,  but it would help alot of us. You disagree, good reason too. Thank you for your post. 

[Soulyss]

CV landing like most things in this game just take a little patience and practice.  There's really no point that I can think of to adding an auto-landing system.  As not landing really doesn't detract from what the game has to offer, it's merely a little icing on the cake. 

Auto-take off is another matter, if you can't take off then you're severely limited in what the game has to offer, with landing this just isn't the case.  After a little trial and error cv landing get's easier then after a spell it becomes automatic.  When that happens you start looking around for what other crazy things you can try and land on the cv.

 

[Valerio]

  Daing, you got me there, i could probably learn if i had some practice and patiance thanks for the help. 

[Spikes]

Personally I like landing on CVs more than airfields. It is much easier IMHO. You'll probably never get an auto lander.

[Widewing]

Your Sarcasm is hilarious,  but it would help alot of us. You disagree, good reason too. Thank you for your post. 

How about learning to land on a carrier... It's quite easy in Aces High.


Try this: Take off in an F4U-1D with full fuel, two 1,000 lb bombs and a full load of rockets. Then, keeping the gear down, fly around and land it with the same load. When you can manage that, you will not need to ask for training wheels in the future.


My regards,

Widewing

[angelsandair]

I know you guys might find it a bit hard, a bit easy to land in a turning, or dead still straight moving CV. So i was thinking maybe add an automatic landing system on CV planes. Sounds good to me idk what you think so post your thought.

CV landing is easy, you just have to go in kinda hard, pull back on the stick, and you are caught by the cables.

[zoozoo]

Ya,just like they did in ww2

 

CV landing is not the hardest thing to do in the world. Landing with tail hook down and gears down at 120mph is not too hard since slingshaot catches you.

[Coog03]

Took me a while but then got the hang of it. Just keep working on it then it will be natural.

[stephen waldron]

    I agree with Valerio.  Something needs to be done about Carrier landings, (and i would add take-offs as well).  There's NO WAY anyone can "practice" for having a CV change couse on them while they are taking off, or on final approach.  You can't even SEE the carrier the last few seconds before you touch down..  So how do you adjust to a turning carrier you CAN'T SEE ?
    The fix is SIMPLE.  If a running plane is on the flightdeck..  The Carrier waits to execute any course change until the plane takes off.  If a plane drops it's tail hook... the same thing happens.   The CV doesn't change course until the plane has landed and shut it's engine off.  That's how aircraft operations work on a REAL carrier.  
    So everybody who wants to change the course of a CV to "UNMASK" a gun on a cruiser or destroyer because all the other guns are occupied.. Will just have to WAIT.

[RTR]

You can practice this off line. You have complete control of CV waypoints.

I think you can even do this in the TA. Taking off isn't that hard on a turning CV. You just need to make sure auto take-off is off and use liberal aileron and rudder.  For landing just make sure you hit teh wire.

cheers,
RTR

[Lusche]

You are defenitely doing something wrong then. I have no trouble seeing the turning carrier. And yes, you can easily practice it. Go offline, plot a mad course for the CV and practice taking off & landing. If I was able to learn it, you will be too. 

   The fix is SIMPLE.  If a running plane is on the flightdeck..  The Carrier waits to execute any course change until the plane takes off.  If a plane drops it's tail hook... the same thing happens.   The CV doesn't change course until the plane has landed and shut it's engine off.  That's how aircraft operations work on a REAL carrier.

The only thing that would be fixed is CV survivability. No way to evade attacking bombers, because there's always someone landing or taking off. Sorry, but the CV is more worth than your plane.

And btw, it's actually not "how aircraft operations work on a real carrier." On a real carrier, it's not the pilots that decide whether the ship is allowed to turn or not. They are told if they are cleared for T/O or landing or not. And I guess every sane CV captain will always put the saftey of the ship above the safety of a single plane

[Rosscoe1]

I wouldnt make it home to benefit from this feature  kidding ofcourse... but for the sake of realisim i say no.

[stephen waldron]

For something so easily "practiced" and "adusted" for... i see DOZENS of planes CRASHING every night trying to land and take off from turning carriers.   Some of these pilots may be NEW to carrier operations, but they ALL arn't inexperienced and unpracticed pilots.  That bucket just doesn't hold any water.   I've heard plenty of people in this game claim they can do all kind of things nobody else seems to be able to reproduce.