HMS Eagle Free Take Off Mod

[+baffmeister]

Attached is a modified data ini for HMS Eagle that I've been playing around with. The catapult has been moved to the back of the flight deck and doesn't generate any force to accelerate the aircraft. It's a work around to allow free take offs.

 

This mod may not work with some aircraft. Most of my testing has been done with Geezers Sea Gladiator and I have seen a few AI Glads go "over the side" during testing but haven't seen any do that with the current settings.

 

I think this concept should be confined to the carriers that were sunk early in WW2. That way you don't have to worry about trying to launch some of the heavier late war aircraft. The HMS Eagle was sunk in 1942.

 

I have started testing the Raven/Wrench Sea Hurricane with my BoB Hurricane FM and it is getting airborne OK.

 

Take off procedure is similar to a normal cat launch. Full power, release brakes, and after that get the tail raised early.

 

Make sure you back up the original Eagle data ini. Here's the new one: Eagle_DataFTO_0.50.zip

[+Coupi]

Very good! Thanks a lot!!!