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vLSO Beta release
ESzczesniak:
Can somebody help me figure out if I'm a bad pilot of am using the program wrong? I'm having an impossible time not getting a "wave-off" on case 3 night approaches. I've gotten the day down ok now, but basically just can't land at night. I understand this is much more challenging even in real life. However, it seems like anything that is anything out of dead on OK get's me a wave off. I finally decided to let the Aerosoft F-14X autothrottle/ACLS have a try and even this can't do it...in fact I get a better boarding rate without it. My settings and debrief at below:
Settings:
Glideslope:
Lineup:
I see I trend low, but only briefly drop below (LO) and then come back up in the center. The only setting I know that's caused a problem is manual ball call, which I do not have enabled. What gives?
Orion:
Oh, I just had an idea: Serge, could you possibly use SimConnect_RequestReservedKey to set up a keyboard command for manual ball call? That way people don't have to assign the water rudder to anything.
pyroperson87:
ESzczesniak I think you are getting waved off as soon as you cross the (LO) threshold. Try flying a cresting high ball and see what you get with that. Do you have other waveoff examples that you can post?
ESzczesniak:
--- Quote from: pyroperson87 on January 06, 2015, 10:51:16 pm ---ESzczesniak I think you are getting waved off as soon as you cross the (LO) threshold. Try flying a cresting high ball and see what you get with that. Do you have other waveoff examples that you can post?
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I'll have to fly some more passes to get an example, but yes, I get waved off. (anything) waves me off.
sonofabeech:
Hi ESzczesniak
Im just a virtual pilot so open to correction..As I understand it as soon as you dip below the dotted line the LSO is going to start nagging you to "add a little power"
or "your'e a little low". As you get closer to the ramp, the margin for error becomes a lot smaller indicated by the narrowing
cone. The point at which you were waved off was in close. At that point to be below glideslope (dotted line)is dangerous enough but to
be outside of the waveoff limits (cone) under the green line in close means you are in danger of becoming a red smear on the fantail of the carrier.
which is why they waved you off. To recover from that low position in close would probably require some gymnastics with the throttle and stick
and would result in unsettled flight dynamics which in turn will also result in a wave off. Sludge , Jimi feel free to jump in anytime.
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