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The Cool Video Thread
GOONIE:
Lots of recovery footage from the flight deck. The jets look like they are going really fast from this perspective
SpazSinbad:
Thanks Goonie - great to see the action on deck - beware the man with the CHAINS! ;D And now for some sprogs who would be old and bolds by now.
Buckeye T-2C FCLP & Carrier Quals New Pilots
Paddles:
Spaz,
I attach your images with AoA indexer marked. As you can see, this indexer is a pretty small thing, compared to the one we have in the FSX Hornet.
SpazSinbad:
At moment I'm plagued by thunderstorm activity so I'll be brief and return when I can. On another forum I asked the question with this reply:
--- Quote ---"There was no throttle lock or grip in the Super Hornet, you just had to brace your arm - but you most definitely had your hand on the throttle. In fact I'm not sure there was a towel rail on the port side to hold."
--- End quote ---
--- Quote ---" In the Hornet we put our left hand behind the throttles to make sure the throttles don't inadvertantly slide back during the cat stroke."
--- End quote ---
Not definitive sadly. However I did see a photo from the side front quarter of the Hornet HUD which may account for the 'small' hudlike feature you point out. From the front on colour photo it seems to me the AoA indexer is wider than what might be seen when in shadow. I'll have a look again for this other photo.
I will say that IF the VX-23 Hornet is modified in some way for a two hands completely off controls (as seen in the F-35C catapults recently) it may be a test item for these 'special' Hornets? OR the towel rails may be on either side but only the left one used? I have never seen a Hornet in real life.
http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=4057.0;attach=10330;image
http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a208651.pdf Hornet HUD evaluation from 1989 (2.5Mb) Only download if interested.
Never noticed the towel rail in this photo before (from a magazine story about the Classic Hornet RAAF simulator): http://www.milskil.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=CBcBwLq%2F9qQ%3D&tabid=61 (may not be available now - have not tried). So then perhaps VX-23 do their two handed thing as a test? Not enough information. :-)
So apologies - I could have looked for more information. In this photo of the RAAF Super Hornet Sim: http://defence.boeing.com.au/ViewImages.do?id=40143&Year=2008 (link not working now) we can see the 'other' towel rail on the left (a bit hidden). So I hope we can agree that the Hornet family have towel rails either side and it is quite possible for the VX-23 test pilot (if that is who we see in the video clip) is having 'both hands' on the towel rails either side?
I'm not trying to be difficult - just curious - the RAAF sims shown may have the extra because that reflects a modification in the RAAF Hornet family? These RAAF Hornets do not catapult. I know that the Classic Hornet for the RAAF was especially nobbled to be unable to be used on a carrier - don't know about the RAAF Super Hornets (perhaps NOT because when they were first mooted to be bought there was a justification that they could be sold back to the USN after replacement F-35As were purchased many years hence). Anyway I'll look for USN Hornet photos when I have a chance.
Paddles:
There are definitely two towel rails on both sides. On many youtube videos I saw Hornet pilots put their left hand on the left rail when doing hard turns during BFM and other manuevering. Not sure if they're doing this during cat shots, though... ;)
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