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English forum => Ship Simulator 2008 => Topic started by: shipmania2007 on September 16, 2007, 14:51:33

Title: hovercraft & jetski
Post by: shipmania2007 on September 16, 2007, 14:51:33

hi

i can't work out what the hovercraft contraols are  ??? & my jetski is way to sentive  :-[

can anyone help

thanks

Title: Re: hovercraft & jetski
Post by: mvsmith on September 16, 2007, 15:58:58

Hovercraft:
Left throttle controls the fan that inflates the skirt; full forward to lift and move, full back to sit down.
Right throttles control the after fans for forward thrust—like twin screws on a ship.
Wheel controls thrust diverter vanes behind the fans. Works more like an azimuth drive than a rudder—requires power, but not way.
Knob rotates the two forward thrust ducts—like an azimuthing bow thruster. Use it to back up.
The High Idle position on the Skirt Fan keeps the ship up, but reduces the bow thrust.
The buttons below the green lights shut down the respective fan engines.
The buttons below the red lights start the respective fan engines.
The red lights light if you prang the boat.

Jetski:
Start slow—notch 1—until you get a feel for steering. Go up one notch at a time.
At high speed it is almost impossible to steer with the L/R keys. Use the mouse on the wheel instead.
Keep rudder angle below 2 degrees to maintain course. You need a very light touch. You might consider reducing the mouse sensitivity via the Windows Control Panel.
If you start overcorrecting wildly, recover by chopping the throttle.
I recommend disabling precision steering so you can chop throttle with one tap of the down arrow, and so you have self-centering with the L/R keys.
Wear a flotation vest!

Title: Re: hovercraft & jetski
Post by: shipmania2007 on September 16, 2007, 18:20:15

tahnk that really helps

Title: Re: hovercraft & jetski
Post by: mvsmith on September 17, 2007, 09:09:34

Quote from: martysweet on September 16, 2007, 18:20:15

tahnk that really helps

You're welcome.
Martysour

Title: Re: hovercraft & jetski
Post by: gzerovti on September 17, 2007, 14:39:42

I have read the information on the controls for the Hovercraft, thanks for these.
Knowing nothing about hovercraft operation my question is- can you reverse the craft or does it just swing round on its axis?
I tried the mission with hovercraft and at the pick up point got the craft into a nice little dock and could not get it out!
Thanks
Terry

Title: Re: hovercraft & jetski
Post by: seegurke on September 17, 2007, 15:31:20

Yes, you can reverse it. Just turn the exhaust pipes 180°. It's not that fast, but enaugh for reverse.