joystick controls hack for f18 carrier landing

Whether pilots use ACLS or not is up to them, I can see some using this as a tool to get more confidence in general carrier landings before stepping into the intimidating darkness of real Case III. The goal is to get the carrier as visible as possible for Case III ACLS recoveries as a training aid for some of us mere mortals that would appreciate a bit more visual perspective in improving our carrier landings. The Long Range Laser Lineup is visible at 20+ miles and I'm trying to limit the fog so the flight deck is visible at 5 miles.

I set up a mission at 13:00 and get Case III (with the COMS) by adding a little fog. That seems strange IRL.I would think that new aviators need to go thru Case III in daylight Case I conditions. If this works it would probably be a hack of a job - but could work as a workaround. One thing I do know is that I can skip steps (ie, I can go straight to platform, and don't have to first start with established, commencing, etc). it may be possible to do a 'COMMENCING' call via Vaicom and have the carrier switch to CASE III mode.

I'm able to execute commands and radio calls directly from within the app as it hooks the exports lua file (even if the radio menu isn't available in the F10 list). There may be one way (untested) that it might work. I doubt that will work, because you won't get the radio coms menu. Now that I think of it, you can do it from a quick start mission, just ignore the AI ATC. You have your BRC so all you would need to do is the math to come up with a radial and distance. But there is nothing stopping you from building that in a mission.

Joystick controls hack for f18 carrier landing