GAUGE: Airport Approaches - Carriers
Gauge v1.2.001 - Current Version 31st Mar 2024

Features:
For MSFS 2020 onward Only and REQUIRES any or all of the following Mods. Carriers not included with gauge but Links to some free carriers below.
 
This is one of many of our Aircraft Teleport / Relocation gauges.
Relocate your aircraft to any of the listed locations at a click of a button.
Visit more of the world than you would normally consider.
This opens up the SIM to much more exploring.
Also ideal for practicing approaches over and over again.
 
If you have any issues with relocations crashing the plane then please turn off crashes in sim.
 
Hard Deck Simulations - Carrier Control Module (payware - simmarket) x 5 Carriers
https://secure.simmarket.com/hard-deck-simulations-functional-aircraft-carrier-msfs.phtml
 
Aircraft Carrier Group - by superspud:  (freeware) x 44 Carriers
https://flightsim.to/file/4930/aircraft-carrier-uss-msfs-uk-mooring
 
Aircraft Carrier Group (Volume 2) - by superspud:  (freeware) x 56 Carriers
https://flightsim.to/file/18058/aircraft-carrier-group-volume-2
 
Carrier Ops - USS Enterprise:   (freeware) x 1 Carrier
https://flightsim.to/file/24323/carrier-ops-uss-enterprise
 
Aircraft Carriers Global: (payware) x 10 Carriers
MSFS 2020 Market place - Search "Aircraft Carriers Global"
 
Gauge includes working arrestor cables and catapult built into gauge so no need for external mods.
Sound FX for touchdown and launch too.
 
116 Carrier Approaches and 116 Hard Deck starting points at a click of a button.
 
1) Carrier Approaches
2) Airspeed Adjustment
3) Start Altitude Adjustment
4) Optional Auto Pause
5) Random start heading and bank
6) Set time of day of approach
7) Arrestor cable function
8) Catapult function
9) Adjustible Landing / Takeoff Force
10) Brightness control (Physical FIP)
11) Mini Menu
12) Touchdown and Catapult Sound FX
13) 5 x Status Icons
14) Glide Slope guide on ILS enabled carriers
 
 
List of carriers:
MOD - HARD DECK SIMULATIONS
APP - CAR1 Carrier Key West 27
GND - CAR1 Carrier Key West 27
APP - CAR2 Carrier San Francisco 09
GND - CAR2 Carrier San Francisco 09
APP - CAR3 Carrier New York 27
GND - CAR3 Carrier New York 27
APP - CAR4 Carrier Gibraltar 00
GND - CAR4 Carrier Gibraltar 00
APP - CARR Carrier Dubai 00
GND - CARR Carrier Dubai 00
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MOD - Aircraft Carrier Group - Worldwide - By SUPERSPUD
AMERICAS
APP - ACSF Carrier San Francisco
GND - ACSF Carrier San Francisco
APP - ACNY Carrier New York
GND - ACNY Carrier New York
APP - ACVI Carribbean Virgin Islands
GND - ACVI Carribbean Virgin Islands
APP - ACRJ Rio de Janeiro
GND - ACRJ Rio de Janeiro
APP - ACNV Norfolk Virginia
GND - ACNV Norfolk Virginia
APP - ACSD San Diego
GND - ACSD San Diego
APP - ACNF Newfoundland
GND - ACNF Newfoundland
APP - ACFM Falklands Extravaganza
GND - ACFM Falklands Extravaganza
APP - ACSC Falklands One Unstarred
GND - ACSC Falklands One Unstarred
APP - ACGP Galapagos
GND - ACGP Galapagos
APP - ACAM Amazon River
GND - ACAM Amazon River
APP - ACPC Pensecola
GND - ACPC Pensecola
EUROPE
APP - ACNS North Sea
GND - ACNS North Sea
APP - ACCY Cyprus
GND - ACCY Cyprus
APP - ACFR French Riviera
GND - ACFR French Riviera
APP - ACIW Carrier Isle White
GND - ACIW Carrier Isle White
APP - ACLD London (Thames)
GND - ACLD London (Thames)
APP - ACLV Liverpool
GND - ACLV Liverpool
APP - ACFJ Norway Sognefjord
GND - ACFJ Norway Sognefjord
APP - ACBI Biarritz
GND - ACBI Biarritz
APP - ACLS La Spezia
GND - ACLS La Spezia
APP - ACSM Sicily - Tunisia
GND - ACSM Sicily - Tunisia
APP - ACOH Outer Hebrides - Uist
GND - ACOH Outer Hebrides - Uist
AFRICA
APP - ACCT Cape Town
GND - ACCT Cape Town
APP - ACLG Lagos
GND - ACLG Lagos
APP - ACCB Casablanca
GND - ACCB Casablanca
APP - ACSZ Gulf of Suez
GND - ACSZ Gulf of Suez
Australasia / Asia
APP - ACSY Sydney outside the harbour
GND - ACSY Sydney outside the harbour
APP - ACWN New Zealand - Cook Strait
GND - ACWN New Zealand - Cook Strait
APP - ACBS Black Sea Near Istanbul
GND - ACBS Black Sea Near Istanbul
APP - ACHZ Straits of Hormuz
GND - ACHZ Straits of Hormuz
APP - ACNK North Korea off Wonsam.
GND - ACNK North Korea off Wonsam.
APP - ACYS Vietnam - Yankee Station
GND - ACYS Vietnam - Yankee Station
APP - ACDS Vietnam - Dixie Station
GND - ACDS Vietnam - Dixie Station
APP - ACHK Hong Kong
GND - ACHK Hong Kong
APP - ACTW China/Taiwan
GND - ACTW China/Taiwan
APP - ACGW Near Bahrain
GND - ACGW Near Bahrain
APP - ACYK Yokohama
GND - ACYK Yokohama
OCEANS
APP - ACAN Carrier Atlantic
GND - ACAN Carrier Atlantic
APP - ACTC Tristan da Cunha
GND - ACTC Tristan da Cunha
APP - ACGU Guam
GND - ACGU Guam
APP - ACBA Battle of the Atlantic
GND - ACBA Battle of the Atlantic
APP - ACAC Antarctica
GND - ACAC Antarctica
APP - ACTH Tahiti
GND - ACTH Tahiti
 
MOD - Aircraft Carrier Group - VOLUME 2 - By SUPERSPUD
APP - AC3K Taklamakan Desert
GND - AC3K Taklamakan Desert ***
APP - ACBD WW2 Bermuda
GND - ACBD WW2 Bermuda
APP - ACBE Bering Strait
GND - ACBE Bering Strait
APP - ACBL Baltic Sea
GND - ACBL Baltic Sea
APP - ACCC Corpus Christi
GND - ACCC Corpus Christi
APP - ACCI WW2 Santa Catalina
GND - ACCI WW2 Santa Catalina
APP - ACCU South China Sea
GND - ACCU South China Sea - (Heli)
APP - ACEC English Channel
GND - ACEC English Channel
APP - ACGC Grand Canyon
GND - ACGC Grand Canyon ***
APP - ACGT Guantanamo
GND - ACGT Guantanamo
APP - ACHA Horn of Africa
GND - ACHA Horn of Africa
APP - ACIS Irish Sea
GND - ACIS Irish Sea
APP - ACIZ Ibiza
GND - ACIZ Ibiza
APP - ACJE Jinhae
GND - ACJE Jinhae
APP - ACJH Japanese Pearl Harbour
GND - ACJH Japanese Pearl Harbour
APP - ACKG Kerguelen
GND - ACKG Kerguelen
APP - ACKK Kodiak
GND - ACKK Kodiak
APP - ACMD WW2 Battle Mediterranean
GND - ACMD WW2 Battle Mediterranean
APP - ACMY County Mayo
GND - ACMY County Mayo
APP - ACNG Nagasaki
GND - ACNG Nagasaki
APP - ACOK WW2 Scapa Flow
GND - ACOK WW2 Scapa Flow
APP - ACPE WW2 Pearl Harbour
GND - ACPE WW2 Pearl Harbour
APP - ACPT Pitcairn
GND - ACPT Pitcairn
APP - ACPN Point Nemo
GND - ACPN Point Nemo
APP - ACSA Shangahi
GND - ACSA Shangahi
APP - ACSG South Georgia
GND - ACSG South Georgia - (Heli)
APP - ACTO WW2 Battle Taranto
GND - ACTO WW2 Battle Taranto
APP - ACVV Vladivostok
GND - ACVV Vladivostok
APP - ACWA Salish Sea, Washington St
GND - ACWA Salish Sea, Washington St
APP - ACAE Aegean Sea
GND - ACAE Aegean Sea
APP - ACBG Beagle Channel
GND - ACBG Beagle Channel
APP - ACGF Gulf of Finland
GND - ACGF Gulf of Finland
APP - ACGS Gulf of Sidra
GND - ACGS Gulf of Sidra
APP - ACIO Indian Ocean
GND - ACIO Indian Ocean
APP - ACMT Mid Atlantic
GND - ACMT Mid Atlantic
APP - ACMU Mumbai
GND - ACMU Mumbai
APP - ACMV Malvinas
GND - ACMV Malvinas
APP - ACQO WW2 Quonset
GND - ACQO WW2 Quonset
APP - ACRT Rota
GND - ACRT Rota
APP - ACSO WW2 Solomon Islands
GND - ACSO WW2 Solomon Islands
APP - ACF2 Patrick AFB South
GND - ACF2 Patrick AFB South
APP - ACF1 Patrick AFB North
GND - ACF1 Patrick AFB North
APP - ACF3 Miramar West
GND - ACF3 Miramar West
APP - ACI1 Amendola
GND - ACI1 Amendola
APP - ACJ1 Nyutabaru
GND - ACJ1 Nyutabaru
APP - ACM1 Beaufort
GND - ACM1 Beaufort
APP - ACM2 Iwakuni
GND - ACM2 Iwakuni
APP - ACQ1 English Channel West
GND - ACQ1 English Channel West
APP - ACQ2 Marham
GND - ACQ2 Marham
APP - ACAI CVN 77 Admiralty Island
GND - ACAI CVN 77 Admiralty Island
APP - ACMQ Martinique Charles Gaulle
GND - ACMQ Martinique Charles Gaulle
APP - ACU2 WW2 The Hornet/Enterprise
GND - ACU2 WW2 The Hornet/Enterprise
APP - ACU1 WW2 Yorktown
GND - ACU1 WW2 Yorktown
APP - ACJ3 WW2 Midway Japanese Group
GND - ACJ3 WW2 Midway Japanese Group
APP - ACJ4 WW2 Midway Hiryu
GND - ACJ4 WW2 Midway Hiryu
APP - ACJ2 WW2 Maizuru
GND - ACJ2 WW2 Maizuru
 
MOD - Carrier Ops - USS Enterprise
APP - PZ61 USS Enterprise Wallop
GND - PZ61 USS Enterprise Wallop
 
MOD - Aircraft Carriers Global
APP - CV71 USS Theodore Roosevelt
GND - CV71 USS Theodore Roosevelt
APP - CV72 USS Abraham Lincoln
GND - CV72 USS Abraham Lincoln
APP - CV73 USS George Washington
GND - CV73 USS George Washington
APP - CV74 USS John C. Stennis
GND - CV74 USS John C. Stennis
APP - CV75 USS Harry S. Truman
GND - CV75 USS Harry S. Truman
APP - CV76 USS Ronald Reagan
GND - CV76 USS Ronald Reagan
APP - CV77 USS George H.W. Bush
GND - CV77 USS George H.W. Bush
APP - R08 HMS Queen Elizabeth
GND - R08 HMS Queen Elizabeth
APP - R09 HMS Prince of Wales
GND - R09 HMS Prince of Wales
APP - R91 Charles de Gaulle
GND - R91 Charles de Gaulle

Aircraft Compatibility:
Simulator: Fully Compatible
3rd Party: Fully Compatible

Buttons & Dials Summary:
[S1] Setup Menu:
[S2] Airspeed +5:
[S3] Airspeed -5:
[S4] Time + 1 Hour/Long Press Toggle Follow the Sun:
[S5] Time - 1 Hour/Long Press Toggle Follow the Sun:
[S6] Go to Selected Airport:
[L Dial] Airport in List Increment/Decrement +/- 1:
[R Dial] Airport in List Increment/Decrement +/- 5:

About Airport Approaches - Carriers:
The gauge requires crashes to be turned off in MSFS 2020 due to unpredictable things happening while new location scenery is loading.
 
Because the gauge includes arrestor stopping and catapult take offs, external plug ins from other carrier mods are not required (Just the carriers). If you wish to continue to use external arrestor and catapult then turn off either or both in the gauge menus.
 
The arrestors work on any flat surface, not just hard decks but you can turn off arrestor function if you want to land normally.
 
To use the catapult launch place parking prakes on and full throttle until you hear the catapult attach sound and if displayed the catapult ICON will turn Amber to indicate launch is ready. Release parking brake to get catapulted. You can cancel catapult launch by lowering the throttle.
 
Now don't expect re-location to a NEW carrier harddeck to work first press 100% of the time. I have massively improved the relocation code to check for stability before releasing the SLEW now. But this still depends on individual system speed. If something odd happens during the relocation then just press the [S6] Relocation button again.
 
You can set the starting approach speed and time of day in the menus as well as the volume for the added sound FX for landing, catapult ready and launch.
 
The force applied to stop and catapult the aircraft is also ajustible in the menus.

The Main Gauge:
Here we have one in a series of approaches Gauges. Well they aren't really gauges, more utilities. The "gauge" is designed to open up your flight simulation experience by gettingyou to try out flying at other carrier locations.
 
There are 116 carrier approaches and 116 hard deck relocations programmed around the globe.
 
Select a location from the list press [S6] and off you go.
 
The distance is hard coded in the and unfortunatly can't be made custom due to the fact gauges can not access airport data. Starting point were all hand placed so not too long for light aircraft and not to close for jets. I tried to strike a balance. The grid location can be edited for each, but wouldn't recommed it as they would get lost if a gauge needed update.

Variables:
INTERNAL VARIABLES:
FG_AIRPORT_CARRIERS_MENU (Session)
     Menu Item Index (0 to 12)
     0 = Menu Closed
     1 = Version & Info
     2 = Random Heading
     3 = Pau se On Start
     4 = Time Of Day
     5 = Airspeed
     6 = Altitude Offset
     7 = Arrestor On/Off
     8 = Catapuilt  On/Off
     9 = Hard Deck Force (Stop and Start)
   10 = Sound FX Volume
   11 = Light and Dark Theme
   12 = Brightness Control
 
FG_AIRPORT_CARRIERS_MENU_ACTIVE (Session)
     If Menu Preview Mode is Active (Off = 0, On = 1)
 
FG_AIRPORT_REPOSITION_LICENCE (Session) - Retired
FG_AIRPORT_CARRIERS_RADIOHEIGHT (Session)
FG_AIRPORT_CARRIERS_DECK_HEIGHT (Session)
FG_AIRPORT_CARRIERS_TOUCHDOWN_SPEED (Session)
FG_AIRPORT_CARRIERS_SET_ALTITUDE (Session)
FG_AIRPORT_CARRIERS_ARRESTOR (Session)
FG_AIRPORT_CARRIERS_CATAPULT (Session)
FG_AIRPORT_CARRIERS_FX_VOLUME (Profile)
FG_AIRPORT_CARRIERS_ARRESTOR_ON (Profile)
FG_AIRPORT_CARRIERS_ARRESTOR_FORCE (Profile)
FG_AIRPORT_CARRIERS_CATAPULT_ON (Profile)
FG_AIRPORT_CARRIERS_PAUSED (Profile)
FG_AIRPORT_CARRIERS_RANDOM (Profile)
FG_AIRPORT_CARRIERS_TICK (Profile)
FG_AIRPORT_CARRIERS_PAGENO (Profile)
FG_AIRPORT_CARRIERS_AIRSPEED (Profile)
FG_AIRPORT_CARRIERS_ALTITUDE (Profile)
FG_AIRPORT_CARRIERS_DAYLIGHT (Profile)
 
SHARED VARIABLES:
FG_GLOBAL_DIAL_SPEED (Session)
FG_GLOBAL_GAUGE_BRIGHTNESS (Profile)
 
FG_GLOBAL_GAUGE_BRIGHTNESS_MODE (Profile)
     Variable used when editing Global or individual Brightness (0-1)
     0 - Global Brightness
     1 - Individual Brightness
 
FG_GLOBAL_GLASS (Profile)
FG_GLOBAL_HIDE_MENU_LED (Profile)
FG_GLOBAL_JET_COLOUR (Profile)
FG_GLOBAL_JET_BACKGROUND_COLOUR (Profile)
FG_GLOBAL_MIN_VOLTAGE (Profile)
FG_GLOBAL_MIN_VOLTAGE_CACHE (Profile)
FG_GLOBAL_PANEL_LIGHTS (Profile)
FG_GLOBAL_PRESSURE (Profile)
FG_GLOBAL_STYLE (Profile)
FG_GLOBAL_VOLTAGE (Session)
 
SIMCONNECT Vars Used:
(PLANE HEADING DEGREES TRUE)
(GENERAL ENG THROTTLE LEVER POSITION:1)
(SIM ON GROUND)
(BRAKE PARKING INDICATOR)
(VELOCITY BODY Z)
(AIRSPEED TRUE)
(SURFACE TYPE)
(RADIO HEIGHT)
(NAV DME:1,Nautical miles)
(AIRSPEED INDICATED)
(Indicated Altitude,feet)
(GEAR LEFT POSITION,percent)
(Attitude indicator bank degrees,radians)
(TAILHOOK POSITION)
(FLAPS HANDLE PERCENT,percent)

Release Notes:
1.2.001 -
     1) Left Dial Acceleration
     2) Right dial changes Time of Day
     3) Light and Dark Theme
1.2.000 - Massivly improved harddeck starting, A LOT less likely plane will fall through Harddeck now or bounce in the air.         
1.1.002 - Improved Altitude Offset Menu GFX and Time of Day Menu GFX and Controls
1.1.001 - Added New SPAD 0.9.15.x Brightness controls
1.1.000 - SPAD.neXt 0.9.15 Compatibility (Convert "PRESS" to "PRESSSHORT") Fixes short and long press both firing on long press.
1.0.004 - SPAD.neXt 0.9.13 Compatibility (Author ID)
1.0.003 - If NAV:1 has carrier glide slope then glide slope is indicated on gauge now.
1.0.002 - Physics improvements and added Parking Brake Status ICON
1.0.001 - Public 1st Release
1.0.000 - Pre-Release Beta
0.0.xxx - Beta Versions
 

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Document Published 05/04/2024

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