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vLSO Beta release
micro:
Guys, after doing a full CQ phase tonight, I have to say Paddles' vLSO program is fairly "nice". I'm a marginal pilot at best, and the vLSO is awfully nice to me. Just keep practicing and try and figure out what the virtual LSO is looking for. Then....... Nike!!! (just do it).
GOONIE:
Nice flying MICRO, what WoD do you typically fly with?
micro:
On that CQ phase, I set it up for 20kts WOD at max trap weight for 3 passes. Then I would refuel and do another 3 passes and repeat.
Sludge:
Fellers,
Been following all the FSDT developments with my laptop and now finally able to respond now that I'm established up at Whidbey Island.
I noticed alot of posts about WOD and if Paddles calculations of FSX ball is correct (~4.12 I think?), then any wind <35kts is not right. Of course that will throw TIG long, but its what NATOPS and LSO guides have said. I'd have to confirm that with my old guides but that's what I recall off the top of my head.
Bear in mind that IRL all the environmentals (time of day, sea state, etc) affect how the ball is set. Since we can't do that in FSX other than the carrier that comes with Aerosoft F-14 (3.5 IFLOLS g/s), we have to set the wind to match the 4.12 ball.
BTW, for those of you that don't know, I got a job as a Grizzly (EA-18G) sim operator up here at NAS Whidbey Island. And yes, I have flown the sim many times now and you'd be surprised how good a job FSX does for as little as you pay for it in comparison.
Later
Sludge
Tregarth:
Sludge,
Delighted to know you are back with us. I hope the new job goes well.
Can you please clarify Wind over Deck? If the carrier is progressing at 25 kts ( I think that is the AICarriers ship speed) and the F-18 landing speed is 175KIAS the the ship to aircraft closing speed is 150kts.
If the wind speed is 20 kts then I think the Wind over Deck is 25 + 20 = 45kts.
So the plane's landing speed on the carrier is 130 kts.
Do I have this right? If not how are the sums worked out?
Best regards,
Tregarth
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