Some long time ago- back in the heyday of FS2002 I downloaded an F/A-18 model that - I'm almost certain - had a working (ie: movable) tailhook.Unfortunately I can no longer find the zip file - I thought I had saved it on a CD but apparently not.None of the current F/A-18 downloads available in the library for either FS2002 or 2004 seem to have this. The very photogenic fs9fa18c.zip package by K Virtanen for FS2004 certainly has a hook but no apparent way of extending /retracting it.Does anyone remember the FS2002 one that did have this?Or does anyone know how to make it happen on the 2004 aircraft?MTIADave

If the file says it has a tailhook it probably does. You just need to configure a key to operate it (remember when you did that in FS2002?). Just go into the main menu/assignments and assign an unused key to the tailhook. I use Shift-T.

The problem is that that does nothing- every other carrier aircraft in my FS9 operates the hook using the assigned key( in my case-"spacebar") but this one won't do it.The aircraft.cfg file has all the correct entries- I ve checked that but still no go.Dave