Skyhawk fun

[Fauville]

Having got the TA-4 skyhawks for 1/2 price, thought i'd have some carrier fun



On the cat


There's one more shot that follows, check the July screenshot comp for it.....

[redkiwi]

I'm pretty sure there was a repaint set available of the Skyhawks when the additional batch of A-4G's(?) were delivered from the RAN, still in the low-vis grey Naval scheme but with RNZAF roundels. Would look cool with those birds flying off the deck!

[Daniel]

Nice shots mate What FS is that?

[deeknow]

Hey Fauville (and others, I know there are lots of Air Force fan-boys here I bought this skyhawk pack too, had a blast around the other night but found the bird was real slippery, was real hard to manage speed and esp to slow up for approach. Now I know this is probably the whole idea of a fighter to be fast and slippery, but does seem crazily so compared to some other fighter types I've flown in fsim. Anyone else got this model or have any feedback?

[Ian Warren]

I found it to be light and responsive , been meaning to see how easy it is to put it the FSX carriers espec's the Ark Royal

[Fauville]

QUOTE (Daniel @ Jul 14 2009, 05:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nice shots mate What FS is that?

FS9 Daniel.

I agree with Ian, the Ta-4s are quite stable, found the 2 seaters more fun to fly than the singles, but still quite a handful juggling attitude and airspeed on carrier approach. Rather unforgiving if you let the airspeed drop below 120 close to the fantail I added the RBCO-20 gauges to the Ta-4 with the miljet ball hud, spent to much time looking at the moving lines on the hud and not watching the airpeed etc, so settled for visual approach now I've a few traps under the belt.

Deeknow, airbrakes on with higher throttle setting on approach

Redkiwi, the Ta4 pack has the TA-4G in that 1982 scheme, just need to swap out the Kangi-roo with a kiwi roundel, might have a play around....

Also swapped out the HUD with the one from Kirk Olssen's F-16 on the Kahu models, much better. Check your config for Turbine data on the A-4kahu, reads 7700, should be 9300 for the J52

[shotgun]

Wow nice pics