USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is a supercarrier in the United States Navy, one of the largest warships in the world. She was laid down, launched and commissioned on 30 June 1975. The carrier was named for World War II Pacific fleet commander Chester W. Nimitz, who was the Navy’s last fleet admiral. The Nimitz is 332.8 metres long and has a displacement of 100,000 long tons, and is capable of 32.5 knots.

The model is NOT drivable, it is a static scenery item, with attached track for parking, landing and takeoff of aircraft. Additional track is placed in Surveyor to join with the attached track, so aircraft can navigate around the deck – in Surveyor click the ? on the carrier for information on using the model.

A tractor for deck operation is available to park the aircraft. The model allows the operation of my F-14 Tomcat, FA-18 Hornet, V-22 Osprey, E2D Hawkey and various helicopters. The aircraft have tail hooks and animation to enable realistic takeoff and landing on the carrier model.

The model has a number of animation for launching aircraft: It has animated launch figures, the blast doors raise, and the aircraft launch deck bubble is animated. The aircraft action trigger should be placed on the tracks and configured to operate various aircraft animations, such as landing stops, take off, and aircraft folding wings for example. See the individual aircraft models, such as the FA18 and E2D hawkeye aircraft, for the trigger settings.

Take Off

Triggers are placed on the track on the deck to operate animations. Taxi an aircraft slowly to one of the catapults (both operate), the trigger will stop the aircraft,lowere the launch bar to contact the catapult, raise the blast screen then launch the aircraft when the deck operateors signal.

The Elevator

The aircraft elevator on the side of the carrier can be hidden and replaced by the animated lift table model, kuid2:60238:60043:1, to raise aircraft from the hangar to the flight deck. The selection box for hiding or displaying the elevator is in the Help screen in Surveyor – click the ? on the model.

While you can place an alternate invisible lift table under the deck for helicopters, the new helicopters are able to lift off using the H key (hover) so a lift table is no longer necessary.

Night Landing

The aircraft land on the angled deck, the image shows a night landing. If the speed is low enough, the tail hook will be lowered and the placed triggers will stop to aircraft. It can then be taxied to a parking bay on the deck or to a catapult for launch. If the speed is too high, the aircraft will be a “bolter” and the trigger will accelerate it to flying speed and it can go around again for another try.

The aircraft carrier is a scenery object with attached track for aircraft parking, landing and catapult takeoff. A user can join invisible track to the model for taxiing on deck, from landing or parking to the two catapults. The Pink track is the user placed track, the Red and Green tracks are part of the model, for parking, landing and launch tracks.

The FA-18 is suitable for operations on the carrier. Using trigger 8 setting, the catapult will launch the aircraft, with afterburners and automatic acceleration.

On landing, the tail hook deploys and the carrier brings the aircraft to an immediate stop, using trigger setting 9. If the landing speed is too fast, the aircraft will pass junction 47 and the trigger set to 12 will relaunch the aircraft for a go around.

A demonstration map and session is available showing how the triggers are set up for operation, see the Auran Download Station for those. It does not have AI operations configured, it is for manual operation.

In Surveyor, use the ? symbol from the Scenery Object menu and click on the model for a explanation page of how the track is set up on the carrier model for operations.

The de Havilland DH 82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland. It has been used in both military and civil applications, and it remains in widespread use as a recreational aircraft in many countries. It has a maximum speed of 175 km/h at 300m and a range of 486km.

These are the commercial paint schemes for the aircraft.

The military and Air Force Base airports have three parking bays for aircraft, a helipad and rail unloading track.

For the military airport, parking bays and helipad will load and unload general goods and products such as tanks, dozers and jeeps carried in my military aircraft. This version does not handle passengers. The rail track will unload Avgas (Aviation fuel).

For the Air Force Base airport, parking bays and helipad will load and unload general goods and products suitable for the airforce such as jeeps and missiles carried on my military aircraft. The rail track will unload Avgas (Aviation fuel). This version does not handle passengers.

Missiles handled are Paveway, Sidewinder, Maverick, Paveway2, Python5, Phoenix, Sparrow, Cruise missiles and Fuel tanks. These appear in the storage building of the Air Force Base.

This is a series of small airports that will handle passengers and freight. The models have buildings, control towers, fuel tanks and parking tarmac as part of the model. Each airport has three tracks or parking bays for aircraft. The smaller aircraft use the bays closest to the buildings. Some have an attached helipad. The pictures show:

A small domestic airport with three aircraft bays and a heliport for loading and unloading passengers.

A small commercial airport with three parking bays and Avgas unloading by train. It is suitable for large or small aircraft, that carry passengers or general freight. The airport loads or unloads passengers on Parking Bay 1, unloads general freight on Parking Bay 2, loads general freight on Parking Bay 3 and unloads Aviation fuel at the train track depot.

The control towers for the airports.