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HMS Indomitable

6,860 Bogey  2.6 years ago

The last ship from the Illustrious-class carriers, which represented a revolutionary breakthrough in the development of aircraft carriers thanks to the introduction of an armored flight deck. In contrast to the lead ship, she had an additional hanger and so could carry more aircraft.

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Controls

VTOL: Throttle forward/backward
Yaw: Steer port/starboard
Trim up: Tractor lift up
Trim down: Lift down (or elevator down for yanks)
1: Turn on aircraft engine & controls
Throttle + 1: Throttle aircraft
2: Attach bomb to aircraft
3: Landing hook/brake
4: Turn on tractor engine & controls
5: Attach bomb to tractor
6: Jack up aircraft
7: Navigation lights
-8: Disable ship rudder


Instructions

Rearming

  1. Turn on the tractor (ag4), drive to the next bomb that will drop (you can see the reticle).
  2. Drop the bomb on top of the tractor. Lock with magnets (ag5).
  3. Call the lift (trim down) and drive the tractor up to the aircraft.
  4. Jack up the aircraft (ag6) then carefully raise the bomb (trim up) until it touch the magnets on aircraft.
  5. Now turn off tractor magnet & turn on aircraft magnet (ag2).

(i) This feature is buggy. The bomb sometimes fall off during the flight but most of the times will stick if neatly attached & no high G maneuver. Even in the flight, it visually wobble but still attached.

Take off

  1. Skip to step 4 if the aircraft is already aligned straight with the runway.
  2. Jack up aircraft then push the piston with tractor to align the aircraft.
  3. When there're no obstacle in front of aircraft, lower the jack and park the tractor somewhere safe.
  4. Hold brake (ag3), Turn on aircraft (ag1).
  5. 100% Throttle wait for the engine to power up.
  6. Release the brake. Ready to coloniz.. i mean launch!

(i) I recommend disable ship yaw (-ag8) then adjust the aircraft to not hit anything on deck.
(i) The engines are powerful enough you can take off without holding brake or headwind.

Landing & taxiing

  1. Slowly approach the carrier. Set the aircraft throttle to 20-25%
  2. Turn on the landing hook (ag3), 0% throttle when above the flight deck. Make sure the tailwheel touch the runway.
  3. Once the aircraft stopped, turn it off (ag1) for safety and go enjoy the tea.
  4. For taxiing, jack up the aircraft and drive the tractor there.
  5. Make sure the tractor is under the tail. Jack down, attach the tail on the tractor with magnet (ag3/5) then drive away.

(i) The aircraft can fit into lift with folded wings.


Credits

  • Many thanks to @MikeWallace another 200iq move. This project was stuck for long because the tractor was very hard to maneuver on solid parts. I recommend try this cool build too!
  • Thanks to @gunkanmarch for naval gun fire control FT codes.
  • Again to World of Warships for reference.
  • And to SP Community thanks for downloading. If you like, UPVOTE!

Additional notes

  • For 1200 parts version. In the aft starboard side. Between the lifeboat & 40mm AA there's a crane and on top of it there's a block (you can see the shade). Delete that block and it will delete all the decorative aircraft on deck.
  • To hide the black streaks on deck, turn the shadows to medium or off.
  • Real life DH.103 Hornet carry bombs underwing but this build has modification to carry bomb underbelly.
  • Yes. There're typos in thumbnail but it can't be fixed once posted

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 100.5ft (30.6m)
  • Length 687.5ft (209.6m)
  • Height 176.6ft (53.8m)
  • Empty Weight 175,378lbs (79,550kg)
  • Loaded Weight 208,965lbs (94,785kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.871
  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.047
  • Wing Loading 70.1lbs/ft2 (342.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 2,981.0ft2 (276.9m2)
  • Drag Points 68611

Parts

  • Number of Parts 1609
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 7,374
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    897 Xi

    @Bogey ok thx!
    Btw i manage to get this at 800+ parts
    By removing Some aa

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    Noodle Carrier

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    6,593 Samfpanzer

    What rearming land & taxing

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    0 URXA

    @Reeeeee1236 me too

    2.6 years ago
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    315 LAMBSAUCE

    @Bogey ah ok

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    6,860 Bogey

    @Megani I already updated the guide with image. That should be easier to do for anyone who read description.

    2.6 years ago
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    315 LAMBSAUCE

    Hey bogey can i post it without plane?cause a lot of people still don't know how to remove the plane (maybe) if you not agree thats fine

    2.6 years ago
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    I used the tractor to tow the plane to the hangar

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    my waifu

    2.6 years ago
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    6,860 Bogey

    @YamatoHotel Each decorative plane have 40 parts. The flyable plane have 70 parts.

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    897 Xi

    Noice how many parts does each plane have?
    Sry about grammar

    2.6 years ago
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    Nice ship !

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    6,860 Bogey

    @Megani Easy. You can make it yourself.

    For 1200 parts version: In the aft starboard side. Between the lifeboat & 40mm AA there's a crane and on top of it there's a block (you can see the shade). Delete that block and it will delete all the decorative aircraft on deck.

    2.6 years ago
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    315 LAMBSAUCE

    Can you make without plane version?

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    39.9k Rudeus

    Hot

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    Sexy

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    32.0k ShiroNeko

    very nice.

    2.6 years ago