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General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: FlyGhost on June 18, 2008, 05:30:57 AM
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sometimes after i re arm my plane is faceing the building so it gets stuck and i have to tower.
how bout after you re arm... the game centers you on the runway...
in real life you would have guys on the ground helping you and you would even be able to go in reverse. making pilots do all the work doesnt need to be in the game. :aok
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Get some practice. If you can't successfully rearm a Lancaster bomber you need to work on your ground handling :)
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On Carriers you can go in "reverse". Drop all flaps and put your throttle up just a wee bit.
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Cut across the grass, so your looking at both the rearm pad and the end of the runway.
Do NOT nose into the rearm pad, all you need is 1 wheel on the painted pad. Stop, rearm, a bit of throttle, left brake, and left rudder puts you back on the taxiway, ready for your turn to runway.
Like everything else in AH, its not broken, it just takes a plan, and practise.
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Like everyone has said (and I say it, too), practice ground taxiing. Look at where you go before you go there.
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If you aren't already doing it, when you are on the ground use the F3 view. I also usually hit F3 then F8 and rotate my view so I am looking slightly down on my plane. It's a lot easier to see where you are going that way.
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On Carriers you can go in "reverse". Drop all flaps and put your throttle up just a wee bit.
The flaps are unnecessary. It's a throttle + rpm limit.
I put RPMs to minimum and throttle to max to roll back.
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The flaps are unnecessary. It's a throttle + rpm limit.
I put RPMs to minimum and throttle to max to roll back.
Flaps do work though...
I will have to try your method,,,
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It does take practice. Learn to use stearing brakes with your rudder and you'll be well on your way...
In fact I saw a guy in the MA the other night land an AR-234 on a Carrier turn 180 degrees rearm turn another 180 degrees and take of again...he did this several times that night. Maybe take one of your favorite rides to the TA or Offline and practice a bit
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On Carriers you can go in "reverse". Drop all flaps and put your throttle up just a wee bit.
Actually you can only do that on moving carriers, none moving carries you cant back up on.
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I just wish the F4U's were a little easer, if you get it landed without tearing a wing off i seem to tear it off trying to take off again! :cry
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The flaps are unnecessary. It's a throttle + rpm limit.
I put RPMs to minimum and throttle to max to roll back.
Flaps always seem, at least for me, to backup a little faster, though I have done it without flaps. Actually you can only do that on moving carriers, none moving carries you cant back up on.
Yes, I forgot to add that in...sorry long night.
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Actually you can only do that on moving carriers, none moving carries you cant back up on.
Which carriers don't move? :)
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Flaps always seem, at least for me, to backup a little faster, though I have done it without flaps. Yes, I forgot to add that in...sorry long night.
The CV is moving forward at 35-40mph depending on what it's doing.
That means you have that much wind passing around you as you sit on the deck.
Lowering full flaps is a giant airbrake and will push you backwards faster than if you tried it without these sails.
The planes in AH have wheel brakes that automatically kick in below a certain throttle setting. You have to throttle up just enough to turn that off (allowing you to roll backwards) but not enough to actually produce forward motion. It's a small window, but easy to reach with practice.
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sometimes after i re arm my plane is faceing the building so it gets stuck and i have to tower.
There's your problem.
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The CV is moving forward at 35-40mph depending on what it's doing.
That means you have that much wind passing around you as you sit on the deck.
Lowering full flaps is a giant airbrake and will push you backwards faster than if you tried it without these sails.
The planes in AH have wheel brakes that automatically kick in below a certain throttle setting. You have to throttle up just enough to turn that off (allowing you to roll backwards) but not enough to actually produce forward motion. It's a small window, but easy to reach with practice.
There's your problem.
I can take off of a CV fine without backing up, and I can backup perfectly fine as well. The only times I back up is when I'm carrying a full load in a -4 hog or Chog and I don't want to risk accidently dumping my perk ride in the water. Other times is when I rearm say a P47 or P38 with a heavy load as well. It's quite easy to take off with any plane on a CV when you have that extra deck space.
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Can i ask were the re supply building is? I seem to always get the wrong one and then, POP! My plane hits the building and my air bags go off. :lol
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Can i ask were the re supply building is? I seem to always get the wrong one and then, POP! My plane hits the building and my air bags go off. :lol
There usually at the ends of the larger runways.
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...The planes in AH have wheel brakes that automatically kick in below a certain throttle setting. You have to throttle up just enough to turn that off...
I never knew that. All I have to do is chop throttle when rolling down runway to stop. I used to use the brakes.
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There usually at the ends of the larger runways.
It's at the end of all runways.
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Unless you're on a specialised map like the one we used for the Japanese scenarios that had the rearm pad in the middle.
It was tragic yet funny watching the carnage that ensured when people landed to rearm only to taxy into the acks at the end of the runways :O