X-Plane Carrier for the iPhone and iPod Touch

The first X-Plane Mobile combat simulator

X-Plane Carrier is the most realistic aerial combat simulator available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. At the same time, it is the most realistic carrier operations simulator for the platform and, in our opinion, one of the most fun apps out there.

Your ultimate goal in the sim is to take off from the carrier, destroy your adversary in the air without being shot down yourself, and return to the carrier for landing. After successfully landing, you will receive a score based on your performance. How high how can you score? We have never managed to exceed a 90% here.

Catapults, guns, guided missiles, and arresting gear are all realistically simulated (more realistically than any other iPhone app by far), giving users the ultimate aviation challenges of aircraft carrier operations and aerial combat together in one simulation.

Once the user has licked the violent aerial engagements and tricky carrier operations in day, night, clear, cloudy, calm, and windy conditions, battling all different sorts of adversaries in all different sorts of weather at all times of day, there is still multiplayer! This gets really, really fun, of course, because this is the first-ever X-Plane simulation where users can shoot their opponents down to a flaming, horrible death.

Included Aircraft

The X-Plane Carrier app includes the following aircraft:

  • F4U Corsair
  • A6M Zero
  • F-4 Phantom
  • MiG 21 Fishbed

Four aircraft are included with X-Plane Carrier. First is the World War II-era F4U Corsair, a screaming 350+ mph fighter packing two thousand horsepower. This is paired up against the nimble Japanese A6M "Zero"--a much slower, less powerful, but much more maneuverable adversary. Users can fly either plane against the other, experimenting in the advantages of speed versus maneuverability.

Next is the mighty F-4 Phantom, with over thirty-two thousand pounds of thrust, four air-to-air guided missiles, and guns if those fail. This bird flies against the surprisingly fast and agile MiG-21 Fishbed, which puts up an amazing fight with it's light weight and tight turns. Users can also take the MiG up against the Phantom to try the battle from the other side. Which plane is better in the dogfight?

Missions

X-Plane Carrier gives the user two different locations to run through two different missions. The first area, San Francisco, California, is used for carrier training--no "bad guys" here. The second region, though--Honolulu, Hawaii--will feature the enemy aircraft corresponding to whichever plane the user has chosen. That is, users flying the F-4 will have a MiG-21 in their skies, users in an A6M will have an F4U approaching, and so on.

Get it from the iTunes Store

Purchase X-Plane Carrier using this link.

X-Plane Carrier--found in the main X-Plane Mobile manual

The main X-Plane Mobile manual (which includes X-Plane Carrier) can be downloaded using this link. Alternatively, users can view the manual online at the X-Plane Carrier entry in the X-Plane Wiki.

If you don't need the full manual, but only a quick introduction to the flight controls in the X-Plane Mobile apps, check out the Mobile Instructions page.

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See X-Plane Mobile in action!

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What do other people think?

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What sets X-Plane apart?

It's blade element theory, of course. By breaking down every surface of the airplane and calculating the forces acting on each piece individually, X-Plane Mobile delivers the most realistic flight experience available--in a portable form. Learn more...

Try the trainer, or buy an app

X-Plane Trainer is free--why not download it now? If you've already flown the trainer, maybe you want to buy an app, too. Click here for more...

Get the manual

In either PDF or Wiki form, the X-Plane manual can answer many of the questions you may have. See the Mobile Manual page...

Get quick instructions

Don't need the full manual? Looking for a brief introduction to flying on the X-Plane Mobile apps? See the Mobile Instructions page...

What's the difference...

...between the iPhone/iPod Touch and the Palm Pre version? The answer is... almost nothing. The user interface, flight controls, and all other features are identical. The most noticeable difference is... the loading screen. Find info on both here.