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Sludge Hornet Modifications
Sludge:
Thanks SUBS...
One of my favorites, because along with the viewpoint you get to see flashes of a realistic collimated HUD thats "projected forward" of the actual glass so you get to focus on it and the outside environment. Also, I like the Creed song in that video. That was big when I was going thru primary in the summer (insanely HUMID and HOT) of '01 at NAS Corpus, brings back some fun memories. Hehe, good ole T-34C Turbo TORMENTOR, as SNAs refer to it.
Spaz...
I think Raz has a valid point. This is without documentation, but have a gander at these videos... if you can find some documentation FOR or AGAINST, would like to read up on it. As of right now, I was under the opinion that 8.1 units was Optimum AoA for the Hornet to land at? Either way, after looking at these videos, I would think its safe to say, something needs to get fixed for the T-45 HUD as the T-45 and F-18 seem to land under different optimum AoA. If possible, just have to find out the FOR SURE, PUBLICATION-VALIDATED reasoning and implement that into the T-45 version.
Forward to :16, watch the landing, and freeze where the 15.8/15.9 AoA comes up when the AoA goes out of the plus-minus AoA "no-display" limits before he even lands. Then watch the landing and see that 13.5 AoA shows up on touchdown. Also, in the pattern, at 2:30, the high end of AoA displays for a few flashes and 18.6 shows up. Also on the second landing, 15.5 comes up on touchdown.
Same with this video, watch from 1:22 on, and watch the occasional flash of 15.7/15.8 when the AoA bracket goes a little too far out of paramters.
Now, compare that with this video at 3:24 where on touchdown, the Hornet shows 6.9
Also, JR...
Dont know if you answered this or not, but I think someone was asking you about the TACAN readings for the T-45 only going to 0.2? In all the videos Ive seen the its 0.3 crossing to 0.2 into the wires and going no lower than 0.2, so I think you have it right.
Later
Sludge
Sludge:
--- Quote ---The sound from the video you hear is not from the ILS, but from the altitude warning. You will notice the radar altitude starts to flash at the moment the sound alarm goes. The needles appear at that moment only by chance
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JR...
This is just something to file for later, but I noticed this while watching F/A-18 HUD dogfighting vidoes. I think it has something to do with a 10k BARO ALT, as it's common for fighters to set a hard deck of 10k. And it goes along with the logic of your previous post about RALT warning flashing the numbers.
At 1:29 and 2:28, you'll see the ALTITUDE drop below 10k, start flashing, and the BARO ALTIMETER SETTING (QNH) comes up flashing below it. Could this be what happens for a BARO ALT warning?
I really didnt want to bother you with this, as I've put enough on your plate, but you are a stickler for realism (good trait to have) and thought you'd want to know.
Later
Sludge
neutrino:
Sludge, this is correct - the barometric setting should appear and flash for 5 seconds when the aircraft descends below 10,000 feet at an airspeed less than 300 kts. It's automatic, you don't have to have the alt warning set at that altitude. Remember, I told you I was working on showing the barometric setting - this is what I was working on :D It also comes up when you adjust it (in the simulator by pressing the 'B' key) - this was pointed to my by jimi from the fsxblueangels. Unfortunately, I had a problem with programming that 5 second interval, so the version I sent you doesn't have this functionality yet.
Sludge:
JR...
OK, cool. So you're aware of it and working on it. Musta spaced-off the conversation we had about you working on it. Sorry.
Later
Sludge
SpazSinbad:
Sludge, Yes you were correct about the Optimum AoA setting for the Hornet being 8.1 units (degrees?). Earlier I did not have time to check and was guessing from the known Goshawk and Skyhawk OptAoA settings as indicated. The GIF graphic shows the NATOPS diagrams info for the Legacy Hornet. Looking at this info again I note that the 'degree' symbol is used instead of 'units'. I'll investigate further what this means - although it may be obvious that it is what it is (rather than using the 'units' of T-45C and A-4 for example).
Now attached is the NATOPS Legacy Hornet AoA Indexer info - once again showing 'degrees of AoA'. While the F/A-18A-D NATOPS carrier circuit diagram is thrown in for good measure. Also attached are some AoA PDF pages from the PCL (Pocket Check List) NATOPS for said Hornet.
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