DCS: Free Carrier and Hornet | Automatic Carrier Landing System 

trying to get people to pay again for something they already paid for was never going to be popular

@@HavocCompanyClan what was it that people would have had to pay for again that they had already paid for?

@@Dion-es6qx the ACLS is a hornet feature, not a carrier feature. They were gonna have you buy SC to get it. It would be like hiding the Harrier NAVFLIR behind buying Combined Arms.

@@upchuk556 Its also on the tomcat, just not as advanced as the hornets

@@Dion-es6qx ED back tracked last ngiht , so not a problem anymore

Absolutely! Once it's released.

@@alessiob8700 The super carrier was released a while ago

I've certainly got my money's worth from the supercarrier, and these improvements are a big step.

@@flightstatic4662 probably meant out of Early Access

@@JamesTyranski ah that makes more sense

TNX bro

And how to find out the ILS channel?

@@mahdisarrami9904 tacan and icls are listed in the briefing. You can also assign them/check from the editor

Nope its not. Rwy heading are marked in true north. but we have to enter magnetic northfor CRS(for F-16's ILS CRS LINE, or ICLS for F-18)

​@@Jacktherookie_ Accurate heading is not needed, ICLS (or ACLS if you're following the video tutorial) will give you needles, not an arrow, you're thinking about a TACAN approach which works differently and is only used on static runways. The magnetic deviation is irrelevant because you're looking to get lined up for the ACLS needles, nothing more.

The IFLOLS overlay is a feature exclusive to the Supercarrier.

@@Hardcover_Pilot ah ok, thanks for clarifying that.

You can set Humvees to help you taxi. Not sure exactly how, I know there are tutorials for it, but that's something you can do. It's not a guy on the ground directing you but it is ground personnel leading you.

No u

"high gain" there refers to the nose wheel steering, with high gain being the setting used to maneuver on the tight carrier deck. I think the carrier flood lights just happened to pop in at that exact moment.

Nothing to do with the NWS High Gain mode, that's purely from the game detecting a player controlled vehicle on the Stennis in a nighttime setting

Night vision goggles to on to maneuver on the deck ?

@@TheCasualCosmonaut Ah, cheers. That's what I suspected but I thought I'd ask in case something useful slipped by my knowledge :D

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@@MattWagner Thank you! I was refering to setting it up in the mission editor. But after messing around with the commands I found it, along the same lines you set up the ACLS and the TACAN :). Im glad to say the auto landing worked!

@@MattWagner I think I got ACLS and ICLS mixed up after checking it again. Sorry for wasting your time.

Yaah bring it on

I believe he meant the high gain nose wheel steering (hold in NWS button for a sec while wings are folding/folded) in order to maneuver tightly on the deck. As far as the lights coming on; they come on at night when necessary, but I haven’t done night landings in months, so don’t quote me on that. 🤙🏻

@@CumulusBurn Quick note it you have the wings unlocked aka handle pulled out the NWS High will remain on. It can be seen that before CAT launch pilots will unfold their wings and then wait till they are connected to the shuttle before locking them.

@@Relics_tv Cool, thanks. Good to know. I appreciate the clarification of my response. 🤙🏻

@@CumulusBurn - ah gotcha thank you 🤙🏼

You will need to ask the US Navy.

I was Army and not Navy, as a caveat. But logically speaking, I would imagine that if things are secure enough to where the carrier is launching/recovering aircraft at night, it's safe enough for them to have lights on the deck, including the meatball. Especially the meatball, as that's the primary indicator for the pilot for if they're on glideslope. Having the LSO talk you on is nice, but there's an inherent lag in having a human respond to what they're seeing on the PLAT camera and tell the landing aircraft the correction needed.

I'm prior Navy and to answer your question, no. Carriers never get close to combat zones. They don't have to since they can reach out and touch the enemy with aircraft that can fly very long distances away from the carrier and many of those aircraft are carrying cruise missiles that can travel even further still, giving carriers an enormously long reach. Carriers don't try to hide at sea or care if they have lights running or not since they are so far away from combat zones and they are also surrounded by lots of smaller lower profiles Navy ships (frigates, destroyers, cruisers, etc) and all of those ships are all very well armed with cruise missiles and sophisticated radar and sonar systems and they all relay information back to the carrier and the carrier relays information back to them as well, so that basically everything is seen and known about from extremely long distances. Now sometimes lower profiles ships (frigates, destroyers, cruisers, etc) will operate solo or in small groups and they will "darken ships" at night and do not even use running lights. Carriers basically serve one main function - sending up planes and recovering planes nonstop. Lower profile ships take on many roles. They escort carriers or they do hunter/killer/SAR solo missions or small group missions with other lower profile ships as in a hunter/killer/SAR pack. Submarines are the only ones that constantly try to stay undetected and hidden. They go out to sea and stay hidden underwater for six months before they return to port and surface. They are basically the snipers of the sea. They try to stay hidden and undetected while hunting down enemy submarines and ships, trying to detect them without being detected themselves. And wherever there's a carrier, you can count on there also being at least one submarine escorting the carrier from beneath the waves somewhere close by to the carrier.

You need to turn on the helmet sight.

This ACLS for the Hornet, which is Automatic Carrier Landing System.

Listen to the check in marhal brief.

You can also use the regular coupled autopilot to align with a tacan course line set to final bearing. That should give you a pretty good approach with minimal effort. On that note, I wonder if it automatically switches to ACLS once the glide slope appears.

You did not set a correct Link 4 frequency.

@@MattWagner I used the Truman and I put the frequency 256.0

@@PredatorFly Include a track file on our forum and we'll take a look. This YT channel is not really for support. Please use our fourm.

@@MattWagner ok

D/L toggles between L4 and L16

Use the forum with a track file.

Create a new mission. Old missions created prior to the update will not work properly with ACLS. I tried and tried and tried with an old mission I created and couldn't get CPL to work properly. It turned out that I needed to create a new mission in the editor and then it worked.

@@kevinmccallister1343 i think i did try a brand new mission in Marianas and it didn't work, i'll give it some time and try again thanks!

At three miles you should disable auto control and fly the ball manually

Ahh ok I guess I misunderstood I thought it brought it in all the way I just had to go full power at touchdown . Thanks Wags!

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Perhaps because there's a basic carrier in the game for free and and a Supercarrier if you want a really good carrier simulation?

@@tomriley5790 I am taking about ATC. Did you see any flight simulator that sales ATC basic feature

My understanding it's only with ED's carrier modules. The CV-59 is Heatblur.

No issue here. Please post a track to our forum and we'll try to help you.

​@@MattWagner just making a funny. I will find a way to crash even with all the automation.

Why is running through AI comms a deal breaker?

The comms are part of the Super Carrier Module. :SHRUG:

@@cebrady Because we have humans to do that instead

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Cfvv6F5HOI8.html check out that video.. its the one for the Supercarrier

@@Swift476 Then just use a different voice channel for comms and ignore the AI guy?

bro, the game includes two free aircraft, two free maps, and the option of free to play periods. Regarding having to push the stick forward, please take the time to learn about trimming the aircraft... it is quite accurate for the F-14 and older aircraft without auto-trim flight control systems.

nope