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Topic: Sea Hurricane successfully launched from Merchant ship
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mace:
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posted 10-26- 10:32 PM
   
Like the original, this Sea Hurricane is a modified Hurricane Mk I with the addition of folding wings, tail hook, etc. It has an effective carrier launch and landing system that makes operating from correctly scaled carriers like the Ark Royal or Zuikaku practical and fun.More interestingly the aircraft can be launched from a catapult ramp (similar to a V1 launch ramp) on a merchant ship. During WWII the Admiralty called such vessels, CAM ships, for Catapult Aircraft Merchantmen. These ships were designed to follow the merchant convoys from England to the United States, putting them in the path of German aircraft so their fighters could intercept before the enemy could attack. Pictures of the CAM launch and conventional carrier 'traps' can be viewed at the world's slowest web site:
http://members.nbci.com/sdoe_mace/seahurr2.html I hope to have the 'beta' ready for down loading in a week or so. Special thanks to Bryan Russell for his Hurricane Mk I on which the Sea Hurricane is based and AUI for his outstanding merchant ship. IP: Logged |
Aladar
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posted 10-26- 10:46 PM
COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How did you get it to start off on the ramp?! Mace: You work in obscurity!!! Great JOB!!! CAN'T WAIT!!!!!IP: Logged |
ArgonV
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posted 10-26- 10:47 PM
Now that has to be the neatest thing!  I LIEK I LIKE! IP: Logged |
Jerry
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posted 10-26- 11:33 PM
Keep up the good work Mace. It blows me away!! Friggen awesome!!!IP: Logged |
Robert
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posted 10-27- 02:33 AM
Looking very good, Mace!/Robert IP: Logged |
AGAS - 5
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posted 10-27- 03:26 AM
Now THAT is one the most inovative addons I have seen since....well...the Seafire I guess Well done Mace. Can't wait to get her.  Cheers, AGAS 5 IP: Logged |
gt
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posted 10-27- 04:01 AM
COOL! Verrrryyy gooood idea!Thanks alot ...looking forward the downloadable beta-version!
(Can't wait do defent my poor ships against
those german 'Schiffzerstörer'/Ju88..hehe) gt IP: Logged |
jedi
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posted 10-27- 12:09 PM
Hehe I wondered what you were up to! I wonder if there's a way to mount a rocket underneath to simulate the booster thing (at least I thought they had some kind of booster, or was it just a catapult?)Now all we need is an FW-200 patrol bomber to fight with 
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spin
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posted 10-27- 01:56 PM
That is so cool. Where can I get that merchant ship?IP: Logged |
Aui
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posted 10-27- 06:55 PM
Cool idea Mace! I was going to do some catapult tenders for my BV138 later on but I actually forgot about that catapults were used also on the merchantmen (but I do think I have some nice photos).spin, actually that merchantship isn't quite ready yet (although I've had a working version of it for half a year now... sorry). I however have a newer, better, more detailed and with less polys version that will get released eventually I guess. Seems mace used a newer one with her shading errors - I think you should have actually chosen the older one, at the moment it looks much better than the newer one with both better aligned textures and shading. Got a little surprised of this thing but you're allowed to release it mace if you want to. And if you can, please fix the shading too! Please everyone remember though that this ship is an Alpha-version (or rather pre-alpha) that is *not* finished. Also; the damage properties may have to be changed as I haven't tested the damage model completely, but maybe you've fixed that mace? Btw I think I'll post the old version here on Monday/Tuesday, it would also probably be better if you used that one mace. I can't do anything about this till then as I have an exam *and* an essay or whatever it's called to be finished on Monday. Very old model in game...
 New model in Max...
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Pete Hawk
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posted 10-27- 10:57 PM
Awesome Mace! (And Aui, that ship looks great too!).Mace, does that cat launcher thing actually "throw" you into the air, or are you applying full power and just riding up the track?
That is so cool, another breakthrough? IP: Logged |
Da Jug head
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posted 10-28- 09:42 AM
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!------------------
"Where'd he GO!?!?"
thunk-thunk-thunk-zing-OUCH
That answered my question IP: Logged |
Aui
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posted 10-30- 01:17 PM
As posted above this version is an alpha version that is not finished. Use at your own risk. This will also be the version mace are going to use for his cool catapult version, but I don't know when he will have that one finished.The ship is the Amasis, torpedoed and sunk during the Axis invasion of Norway in 1940.  http://home.swipnet.se/our_stuff/Amasis_alpha.zip [This message has been edited by Aui (edited 10-30-2000).] IP: Logged |
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