#4054263 - 12/21/14 11:31 PM
Re: Pretty turkey...
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Yes.. It's gorgeous. Hard to stop panning around the exterior views long enough to learn all the stuff... BeachAV8R
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#4054411 - 12/22/14 09:32 AM
Re: Pretty turkey...
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Trap that thing, sailor!!! I wanna see a carrier landing! My first attempt was...uh..not fit for consumption. My second attempt went better, but was still unacceptable. With the Tomcat, I think you have to have very strict attention to the centerline of the carrier. My second landing I survived, but was pretty far right and probably over the right "foul line"... These were manual landings at probably too high of weights too. Also, I haven't started using some of the Aerosoft tools that help with lineup and stuff yet.. The carrier comes with the package. Very, very nice... And yes, that is probably an "A" Tomcat, but you can toggle the Sparrowhawk type HUD if you want it... BeachAV8R
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#4054518 - 12/22/14 02:45 PM
Re: Pretty turkey...
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#4054695 - 12/22/14 10:07 PM
Re: Pretty turkey...
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Trap that thing, sailor!!! I wanna see a carrier landing! My first attempt was...uh..not fit for consumption. My second attempt went better, but was still unacceptable. With the Tomcat, I think you have to have very strict attention to the centerline of the carrier. My second landing I survived, but was pretty far right and probably over the right "foul line"... These were manual landings at probably too high of weights too. Also, I haven't started using some of the Aerosoft tools that help with lineup and stuff yet.. The carrier comes with the package. Very, very nice... And yes, that is probably an "A" Tomcat, but you can toggle the Sparrowhawk type HUD if you want it... BeachAV8R Very nice shots! And yeah, IIRC Even aerosoft was saying that you're in for a tough time if you don't use the Turkeys auto-throttle system on landing. I would think this goes double for the A model, which is very prone to compressor stalls (which Aerosoft models btw!), so you have to be real careful about last minute digs to get back on the ball.
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#4056380 - 12/27/14 01:37 AM
Re: Pretty turkey...
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Got it, it's a magnificient beast!! I managed to trap it on second landing, but was way off the center line, and should have been a bolter. The Turkey has A LOT of inertia when you're slow, damn...
Murphy's Law says, "Whatever can go wrong, will, and when you least expect it." (And, of course, we all know that Murphy was an aviator.)
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#4059247 - 01/03/15 12:58 PM
Re: Pretty turkey...
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Chris, I guess you use autothrottle for the carrier landing? I found it waaaaaaay much easier with them activated. I also have a recurring problem, with the plane beginning to roll almost out of control at speeds approaching or over mach 1, do you also have this issue?
Edit: never mind the snap rolls issue, it was caused by hypoxia, I forgot to put the O2 mask!
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Murphy's Law says, "Whatever can go wrong, will, and when you least expect it." (And, of course, we all know that Murphy was an aviator.)
*aka Flying-V*
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#4059259 - 01/03/15 01:30 PM
Re: Pretty turkey...
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Chris, I guess you use autothrottle for the carrier landing? I found it waaaaaaay much easier with them activated. I also have a recurring problem, with the plane beginning to roll almost out of control at speeds approaching or over mach 1, do you also have this issue?
Edit: never mind the snap rolls issue, it was caused by hypoxia, I forgot to put the O2 mask! The plane lands just fine with manual throttle, but you must think of power corrections as discrete additions or subtraction of energy. If you put in a power correction and leave it there, you will over control it. And that's pretty much just like landing any carrier jet. Deacon
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#4059272 - 01/03/15 02:54 PM
Re: Pretty turkey...
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Hi Deacon,
Yup, roger that. If I remember correctly what I gathered in the Aerosoft manual, you pretty much summed up what they are telling. That's funny, I never had any issue to land a carrier based plane in FSX before, but the F-14 seems to give me lots of trouble without autothrottle. Need more training!
Murphy's Law says, "Whatever can go wrong, will, and when you least expect it." (And, of course, we all know that Murphy was an aviator.)
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#4059286 - 01/03/15 03:37 PM
Re: Pretty turkey...
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Yes, as a matter of fact, I haven't used the auto throttle yet. I think it was the Aerosoft manual that suggested using a corrective power setting and then backing off it by a half as a way to prevent what Deacon was talking about. (I could be remembering that wrong though..) From what I've watched, the carrier approach usually involved a lot of throttle movements. I'm lucky enough to have a former A-6 pilot working at my job now..so next time I talk to him I'll ask him about technique on the throttles. Here is that excerpt from the Aerosoft manual..written by a Navy guy: I didn't even know about the O2 mask issue. I'm still coming to grips with the whole airplane. Last night I tried to fly that checklist carrier pattern thing and I could get any of the items to tick off automatically. Like I entered the upwind at the recommended 800' and 300-350 knots, did the break turn at 45 degrees, manual sweep to 65, speedbrake out...but never got any indication it was registering on the checklist thingy. I might have something configured wrong. Would be fun to get together with some guys and fly some patterns in MP.. BeachAV8R
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