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[cbradbury]

I have no problem with takeoff - landing is a different matter.

Its hard to get it right.

You did not say what kind of aircraft you would normally fly.

From the perspective of something like in WW2 like an F4F or F6F I would give these tips:

- gear down, full flaps, fuel mix 120%, prop pitch 100%, hook down
- keep watching the carrier as you come around to line up, pass it on left wing at about 3000Ft.
- adjust your speed so you can fly level at just above stall speed
- come in from way out, you need plenty of distance to practice keeping your speed just above stall
- watch your angle indicator, you want to be loosing altitude gently
- you want to make sure you do not drop below the deck height
- cut your throttle just before you reach the carrier to stall onto the deck
- if you are coming in too high at the last second, close your flaps for a faster/harder drop
- flare up to stall as you come up to the deck to stall your speed and drop on the deck

-----> ALSO, AT NEAR STALL SPEEDS, powering up suddenly to fly off the deck or to abort the landing with torque your plane and will easily cause you to spin out and crash.


You do need to practice it to get good.

Thanks for that - I will keep practising. I can usually land a Swordfish ok. I can also do helicopters 

[Vampire_pilot]

additional comments, insert after gear down:

- canopy open
- seat (viewpoint) into upmost position for best possible view.

[Griffon_301]

Mace' LSO object is a good additional help as well... Best way for me is the curved approach technique developed by the British for landing with Seafires and Corsairs... I do not do straight approaches any more because on some aircraft, it's hard to judge the correct height above deck and without a proper LSO you end up cutting power either too early or too late...

Ps.: For good challenges, try the B6N, the Albacore or the Barracuda...if you can land those consistently,.you can land virtually all planes (with the exception of the Seafire XV, but that's a different story....)

[cbradbury]

additional comments, insert after gear down:

- canopy open
- seat (viewpoint) into upmost position for best possible view.

I do that anyway so that I can get into my dinghy quickly...

[asheshouse]

Also ensure that the carrier is moving at max speed into the wind, as would be done in real life.

[Wing Walker]

Wasn't there a tutorial in 4.12 showing you how to land on a carrier?  I think one of the recorded mission files that you watch.

Originally I remember making a check list on paper to fallow and then just tried to land several times in a row until I could at least crash on the deck and not die.

[elot]

Wasn't there a tutorial in 4.12 showing you how to land on a carrier?  I think one of the recorded mission files that you watch.

Yes, there is a campaign (sort of) with the name: straight from the farm. Version 1.2 i think is the current one.
There you fly a lot of missions, just to take-off and land, also on carriers.
I still go back sometimes to 'learn it again'

[tomoose]

For what it's worth there are practice missions in the game.
Single Missions/Air Force = USA (USN)/Mission Type = F4U/Missions=Carrier Landing 1

I assume you can change the aircraft to whatever you want as I've done the practice missions with F4F, F6F and F4U.
As I mentioned before this technique (which appears to be from a training manual) works well but takes practice: https://381st.nfshost.com/Page20.html
If you check the videos on this page too you'll see just how sharp an angle some of the approaches were.