Aircraft Carrier Catapult strength

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Anyone aware of a way to adjust this? For some reason I thought this was possible by doing an entry in the ships data ini but even after checking some old SF-1 files I can't find any evidence. Also checked some "Global" object ini files and found nothing.

 

Seems like I can only adjust the acceleration rate / distance and not the ultimate speed at the end of the cat launch.

[Fubar512 1,350]

Increasing acceleration rate does alter the speed at the end of the cat shot, often enough to snap landing gear right off a model.

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Increasing acceleration rate does alter the speed at the end of the cat shot, often enough to snap landing gear right off a model.

 

Along those lines, while experimenting, I managed to blow up the Gladiator with a very quick acceleration.

 

My intent here is to try and get some realistic 'Cat Free Take Offs" in my WW2 install. Still doing a bit of research but it seems many of the WW2 carriers had some form of a catapult system but many of the aircraft would do free take offs as well. I've been testing Geezers Gladiator on the WW2 HMS Eagle and found an interesting work around that seems to work. Not sure if the Eagle had a catapult but the work around seems to work to generate a no catapult take off. The AI Gladiator got airborne as well. Here's the edit that is in use on some helicopter equipped ships.

 

[Cat1]

SystemType=CATAPULT

CatapultID=1

StartPosition=-7.0293,-70.0,14.9099//-7.0293,18.8254,14.9099   ..........................Making the start and end point the same eliminates any acceleration.

EndPosition=-7.0293,-70.0,14.9099//-7.0293,97.7678,14.9099

LaunchTime=0.5//6.0........A half second after brake release, the plane is ready for a manual or AI take off.

LaunchEffect=

ReadyAnimationID=7

ReadyAnimationTime=5.0

 

I got this work around from the CG-47 ship, I think made by WhiteBoySamuri.

 

Will do more testing but it looks promising.

 

[KJakker 902]

Given the topic I thought you might like this info on USN Pre-1955 carrier catapults. I dug it up while researching the Essex Class catapult fit for WhiteBoySamurai.

 

---------------Catapult Info---------------

 

F MK II (10,000 lb to 35 mph) flywheel type aboard CV-2 & CV-3 from 1920's.

 

H MK II (7000 lbs to 70 mph in 55-ft); pre-war Yorktown class & Wasp fit (including hangar catapult).

 

H-2-1 (11,000 lbs to 70 mph in 73-ft); CVE/CVL fit, and late 1943 fit for CV-3 & CV-6.

 

H-4 (3,500-16,000 lbs to 90 mph in 95-ft); Essex class early fit.

 

H-4A (16,000 lbs to 85 mph in 72.5-ft); Essex Class hangar fit, removed from May 1943 on.

 

H-4B (18,000 lbs to 90 mph in 96-ft); Essex class later fit.

 

H-4C (16,000 lbs to 85 mph in 72.5-ft); CVE/CVL fit late war.

 

H-4-1 (28,000 lbs to 90 mph in 150-ft); Midway class early fit.

 

H-5 (16,000 lbs to 90 mph in 96.7-ft); seaplane catapult, all converted to H-4.

 

H-6 (60,000 lb to 120 mph); seaplane catapult.

 

H-8 (15,000 lb to 120 mph or 62,500 lbs to 70 mph in 190-ft); replaced H-4B & H-4-1 in post-war Essex & Midway class modernization's.

 

H-9 (45,000 lb to 120 mph or 100,000 lbs to 90 mph in 210-ft); for CVA-58 United States, cancelled.

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Thanks, interesting, got it copied.