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F-18 carrier brake problems
SpazSinbad:
subs17, I don't know where you get your information about the KAHU: "...all Kahu A4s used the chute to land or they used field arresting kit." The last phrase 'or they used field arresting kit' is not true. The KAHUs could land on ordinary runways (such as NAS Nowra at 6,000 foot length) without the chutes but of course they liked to use them when possible. However they did not have an USMC style portable field arrestor gear (USMC used a portable field catapult also particularly in South Vietnam). However most RNZAF airfields including NAS Nowra and most RAAF airfields in Australia have some 'short field arresting gear' (which includes the other end for an aborted takeoff arrest or a last ditch landing arrest). Mostly the short field gear would only be used for practice or demonstrations at 'flying display days' for example OR for a real emergency which happened from time to time.
The drogue chute for the A4K is being worked on. Here is a pic of the real deal:
SUBS17:
SpazSinbad send me a pm with your email address and I'll email them to you. I can tell you on NZ airfields 99% of the time I saw the chutes used on landings. I also saw the portable arrester kit used when it was first being trialled in NZ as well as one incident where an A4 had a problem with its gear and so the pilot used up most of his fuel and then used the hook to land.
SpazSinbad:
subs17, I agree that would be the way to operate with the chutes if they were available. I'll post some pics of their arrests and PM you also. An RNZAF correspondent has just informed me that the A-4Ks were the first Skyhawks with the brake chutes (with the container modified a few years later to match the A-4M model brake chute container) with the first Israeli brake chute aircraft following on from the A-4Ks.
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SpazSinbad:
A4G-FAA_scrapbook_11may09 4.49GB PDF* download
http://www.a4ghistory.com/
This PDF or similar has been discussed earlier so I thought the FREE download notice might be useful?
Bear with me. This is a 'refresh' of a previous 4.4GB PDF made available at
the end of last year approx. Some new RAN A4G & other RAN aircraft content
has been added at the expense of irrelevant content, such as the USAF
Thunderbirds (no reflection on them). The PDF is about the RAN Fleet Air Arm
Aircraft and A4G Skyhawks in particular but included are examples of the
other users of the Skyhawk; with again emphasis on the USN and RNZAF A-4s.
Website text follows: [Please do NOT left mouse click on the URL below]
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A4G-FAA_scrapbook_11may09 4.49GB PDF* download:
*(Right click on the link below & 'Save Target As...')
This very large PDF has all the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm jet
aircraft, with emphasis on each individual A4G Skyhawk aircraft history.
Included are the other fixed wing (prop & jet) and helicopters in the RAN
FAA are highlighted. Also included are other users of Skyhawks, in the past
and today, with an emphasis on the RNZAF & USN A-4s. Necessarily this PDF is
large to be able to include the various aircraft described above.
Please use Adobe Reader 9 or higher on Windows XP SP2 or higher to get the
best viewing experience from this PDF. There are popup graphics or embedded
video clips in some pages that require the latest Adobe Flash Player &/or
Windows Media Player 10 or above. MAC users may be disappointed by being
unable to see these popups or videos.
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mouse clicking' on the URL below) because the download will FAIL. Best to
use a File Download Manager OR the 'right click' 'Save Target As...' from
the Windows menu method.
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http://www.a4ghistory.com/A4G-FAA_scrapbook_11may09.pdf
SUBS17:
--- Quote from: SpazSinbad on May 11, 2009, 01:15:42 pm ---subs17, I agree that would be the way to operate with the chutes if they were available. I'll post some pics of their arrests and PM you also. An RNZAF correspondent has just informed me that the A-4Ks were the first Skyhawks with the brake chutes (with the container modified a few years later to match the A-4M model brake chute container) with the first Israeli brake chute aircraft following on from the A-4Ks.
--- End quote ---
So for a realistic Kahu you would need to script the chute to be activated by the player and modify the FM to reflect the drag. You would also need to have a script to release the chute and to reinstall the chute. BTW the protable arrester kit was tested by a Kahu Skyhawk unlike the above photos with the fixed arrester gear.
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