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Carrier Landings
SUBS17:
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--- Quote from: fael097 on January 12, 2008, 08:56:33 am ---i can't even maintain the suggested speed.... what should i do? lol
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In FSX acceleration I've found that 140-150kts to be the best approach speed any faster and it tends to be too fast resulting in a crash. (IRL its 134kts )Slower than 140kts tends to give a high AoA which results in the tail hitting the deck.
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That is exactly what I am finding out now. I also learned that landing with nearly a full fuel payload is almost next to impossible...to keep the donut i need to have a fairly high airspeed. So I have been dumping my fuel to under 5000lbs and that seems to help me with my landings. I still need to practice though but it is getting better thanks to the info in this thread.
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Ya know I don't bother dumping fuel and have no problems landing with full tanks I suggest you do the tutorial but just use a slightly higher speed like 140kts for your approach. Also if you use the aicarrier mod from AV sim you can practice on a stationary carrier which is alot easier.
Razgriz:
Real hornet traps at 140
micro:
--- Quote from: SUBS17 on January 18, 2008, 01:05:27 am ---Really I'm traping at 140-150kts no problem at 126kts the sink rate is too high as is the AoA so answer me this are you flying the Hornet in acceleration and are you really landing on the carrier or are you just making this up? Seriously the real Hornets trap at a higher speed than 126kts IRL.
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You are not reading my posts. You are right, real hornets do trap at a higher speed (about 134kts usually). However, real hornets do not come back to the boat in the configuration and fuel state that you are in. Landing on the ship with full tanks and nothing hanging off of the wings is just not going to happen "IRL". The only time that you are going to have a clean airplane like the one in Acceleration is when you are doing CARQUALS (carrier qualification). The only thing that I can figure is that you are not using your flaps full down. Look from the spot view when you are set up. Are the flaps full down?
Yes, I really am landing in Acceleration. All of these landing were mine.
http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php?topic=291.0
micro:
--- Quote from: Razgriz on January 18, 2008, 02:06:35 am ---Real hornet traps at 140
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Where did you hear that?
deltaleader:
Ya know I don't bother dumping fuel and have no problems landing with full tanks I suggest you do the tutorial but just use a slightly higher speed like 140kts for your approach. Also if you use the aicarrier mod from AV sim you can practice on a stationary carrier which is alot easier.
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I have done the tutorial and use the aircarrier mod for practice. I use full flaps and probably just need to come in with a little more speed like you said.
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