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Questions on catapult officer
burner12:
--- Quote from: SpazSinbad on December 17, 2009, 10:25:50 am ---I don't know when the launch weight is passed to the catapult crew but according to Hornet NATOPS: "Catapult Hook-Up. Before taxiing past the [catapult] shuttle, aircraft gross weight should be verified." There is a chap on deck with the weight board. USN personnel should say more about this though.
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I'd agree with you Spaz. While the yellow shirt is bringing the plane forward onto alignment with the track a green shirt will have shown him the board at which his plane's weight should be. the pilot, if need be, will correct the green shirt. then while still taxing forward they will pass that info on to the cat operator who will set the catapult pressure for the right weight setting. And I also read that the Cat O has to check the cat settings, so IMO that's why he points at the green shirt. to tell the pilot the cat settings are correct, that it's pressurized to the right amount.
JamesChams:
Mr. "Spaz,"
I'm glad you have access to all these resources and have posted them here for all to see.
Cheers! ;)
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Virtuali,
If your reading this, "we" (FSX Users) need ground crew that can do the correct US NAVAL hand signals for the default and Mr. Javier's Nimitz/Eisenhower Carriers as well as on all Military bases. If you can fit that in to any of your developments with a Marshaller, I know it would be greatly appreciated by all. Grazie!
burner12:
--- Quote from: JamesChams on December 17, 2009, 04:35:30 pm ---Mr. "Spaz,"
I'm glad you have access to all these resources and have posted them here for all to see.
Cheers! ;)
I second that. You have been a big help to us all. Thank you.
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Virtuali,
If your reading this, "we" (FSX Users) need ground crew that can do the correct US NAVAL hand signals for the default and Mr. Javier's Nimitz/Eisenhower Carriers as well as on all Military bases. If you can fit that in to any of your developments with a Marshaller, I know it would be greatly appreciated by all. Grazie!
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Razgriz:
--- Quote from: JamesChams on December 17, 2009, 04:35:30 pm ---Virtuali,
If your reading this, "we" (FSX Users) need ground crew that can do the correct US NAVAL hand signals for the default and Mr. Javier's Nimitz/Eisenhower Carriers as well as on all Military bases. If you can fit that in to any of your developments with a Marshaller, I know it would be greatly appreciated by all. Grazie!
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+1
I'd buy it if it was payware.
SpazSinbad:
burner12, in the instance(s) you point out in videos the Cat O is returning Pilot salute. No one is pointing at greenshirt IMHO. Perhaps at a different time in a different video that may happen; but not in the two Hornet videos you mention IMHO.
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