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micro:
Phantom, you are indeed correct on the natops break. But, remember, occasionally guys stray from natops in order to break the monotony. This type of break is case in point. It's usually done by the first guy back to the boat when no other planes are in the pattern yet. It speeds up the recovery and gives everyone watching a "hell yeah" type feeling. It's referred to as a "Sh!t Hot Break" (SHB), and the version I did is called the "Triple Nickle". You fly at 500ft, 500kts, and break at 0.5 miles prior to the boat. Here are a couple of real life vids:

GOONIE:
Phantom,

Here is some more details on the $HB.

http://fightersweep.com/837/the-ultimate-carrier-break/

Give it a shot.

PhantomTweak:
Thank you guys! NOW I understand. I knew about the SHB, having spent 10 years in Marine Aviation, I'd just never seen one.
The one guy I knew of (personally) that liked to do stuff like that, was a Phantom Phlyer in VMFAT-333 just before I got there. He had a habit of flying under a bridge in Beaufort. At least until his RIO got fed up and threatened to eject them both if he tried it again, so he did it inverted. The RIO went to the CO, and was going to turn in his wings, but the CO got the pilot's wings first...
And then there was the Hornet driver in Yuma that decided to pop up off a bombing target by turning the wrong way. His wingtip went through his lead's canopy, helmet, etc. It was ugly. Apparently this guy had a bad habit of hot-dogging a lot. The SAR chopper was in such a hurry, I thought the blades were going to take my head off as I was watching them from the VMFAT-401 flight-line. We could actually see pieces of helmet (and other...things) in the remains of his wingtip when he got back and was taxiing past on the way to parking. The other plane, obviously never came back...And the hot-dog never flew in the Corps again.
I am sorry, memories strike at certain times...Come to think of it, I have known a few :)
Thank you for the vids, and explanations. I understand, but untill I get a lot better, I'll stick the NATOPS version :D
Pat☺

Paddles:
micro,
That was a perfect sample of a SHB pass! Beautiful!


--- Quote from: micro on October 13, 2015, 03:38:02 am ---...no luck getting some love from the vLSO for the break.
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Yes, this vLSO feature is still 'under construction'. One good thing is that the program does determine a SHB attempt (the 'Very nice' call means your SHB pass is perfect), The other, and bad, thing is that the program does not grade it as intended (there should be the only comment 'SHB' with a solid Ok). By the way, what grade was recorded in your logbook for that pass?

Definitely I have to rewrite SHB grading part of the code.

Johan:

--- Quote from: micro on October 13, 2015, 02:22:50 pm ---You fly at 500ft, 500kts, and break at 0.5 miles prior to the boat.

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Hi Micro,

Impressive precision on your demo! Is there a particular radius value that the plane should fly on that circle? It looks like the farthest away you are from the AC is about 1.3kt?

Johan

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