If anyone uses the RFN TACAN gauge adding this entry to the Gauges/RFN_Carrier.xml file will add the Majestic class carrier to the mix. These are for the Melbourne but changing the "Carrier Name=", "Sim_Name=", and "Frequency=" lines will change it to another in the class. The frequency is just one that was available among my carriers.
<Carrier Name="HMAS Melbourne (R21)"
Sim_Name="HMAS_MELBOURNE_CVL"
CarrierType="1"
Frequency="113.10"
Language="US"
RunwayAngle="6.4"
GS_Angle="3.6"
ILS_Xcoord="1.00"
ILS_Ycoord="14.70"
ILS_Zcoord="-80.00"
TCN_Xcoord="14.50"
TCN_Ycoord="39.80"
TCN_Zcoord="16.50"
Sim_Name_Helo="none"
Helo_Bearing="0"
Helo_Distance="0"/>
The runway angle of 6.4-degrees is based on measuring the angle of the painted centerline stripe. However, according to wikipedia the deck angle was 5.5-degrees. Measuring the angle of the cable attachment points along each side and across the deck comes up with a rangle of 6.3 to 7.4-degrees. I figure 6.4 is good enough since it is the visual reference and I don't really use the ILS function of the gauge for these old carriers. So in this case these ILS numbers are mainly used by the LSO function of the RFN gauge to tell you if you are off course and need to make adjustments. Feel free to tweak these and report back if you like.
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