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Maybe not easy, like some planes out there, but realistic. Every version gets more and more realistic. It has been a real honor to be included in this project! The rest of us who test, or make changes to, the FDE do our best to help out, but between Orion, the coder, and Jimi, the FSX Blue Angels XO and leader of the project since they created the FSX default bird, they just keep making it better and better. Or maybe they just hate everyone, I dunno. I think the ones in my sim hate me personally. Although I must say, those AI LSO's are mean, and grumpy. A great addon to the sim for doing Carrier Ops, especially if you couple it with vLSO. A huge improvement in the way the program works. Heck, he's the one who created the new version of AICarriers.NET. The man who has coded the most of the FDE, and instrumentation, named Orion, is a man who works on the Navy's simulators doing coding, and they obviously want theirs to be as close to real as they can get. Some of the tester crew are actual Hornet drivers, either past or present, and even they are impressed by it. Flies very closely to the way the 'real' plane does. The switch in that plane actually functions, and a glance will show you if it's on or off.

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In my opinion, for what it's worth, the best solution to your situation is to download and install the FSDT Blue Angels F/A-18C v18.3. It's pretty much the same model, but the FDE and instruments have been vastly upgraded. It was designed and coded by the same folk who made the default FSX Hornet originally, BTW.

It's switch actually works correctly, and really turns the anti-skid on and off. The v18.3 is the latest version released. Unless you get the FSDT Hornet I mentioned.

It's off when you first load in, by the way. Turning it on should be part of the landing checklist if coming off the carrier back to a shore station, or landing for the first time. Definately use it on shore-stations, though. Then simply.don't press it! No-no to anti-skid on the carrier deck. Only press it ONCE, unless you're flying out to the carrier. Like I say, it's just eye candy in the default Hornet.īear in mind, this is a toggle. The switch in the cockpit probably will not move.

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Make sure it's full left.Ĭlick OK to back out, and now, when you want the anti-skid to turn on, click the assigned joystick button. There will be a slider in the Repeat column for the Anti-Skid button you just assigned. Click OK and you will be back to the entire list of button assignments again, with the assigned button now showing in the Joystick column. Something like Button 12 or whatever it may be. The button's number should show up in the little box. When the next page appears, press the joystick button you want to be Anti-skid. Scan down until you see Brakes Anti-Skid (on/off).Ĭlick on that selection, and down at the bottom, select the New Assignment button. To set a joystick button, go to Settings>Controls>Button and Keys tab (up at the top)>Ensure that the Events Catagory Menu is set to All Events. If it is, yes the switch is just eye-candy. Is that the default FSX Hornet? Looks like it. They have cables to stop you without using your brakes at all! If you land a Hornet correctly, you won't need to use the brakes until you're down around 60-70 kts. Keep that sink rate right down till you actually hit the runway. If you're on-speed, at the right AOA and aircraft gross weight, your sink rate will be around 700 FPM. Helps with the braking.ĭon't ever flare either. It doesn't have a default key-combo, but it IS available. If the plane's switch doesn't work, and it SHOULD, like the Hornet I mentioned before does, you can assign a key-sroke or joystick button to it. Again, in a properly made aircraft.Īlso, before you land at a shore station, activate the anti-skid. Those stabilators are big as barn doors, and provide a lot of drag.

Then, keep the full aft stick deflection. Works quite well, with a properly modeled plane, like the FSDT FSX Blue Angels F/A-18C v18.3. That uses your wings and fuselage as a drag-source. Keep the nose gear off the ground until it settles down despite full aft stick deflection.

First, and best, is to do what's called aerobraking.