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vLSO Beta release
Paddles:
--- Quote from: PhantomTweak on September 04, 2016, 09:38:13 pm ---Would it be possible to make a version of vLSO for WWII planes and carriers? The pattern was a bit different, with the long, sweeping, curved approach, and the LSO's waved their paddles (hence the origin of their nickname), to direct the pilots down, giving the cut or go around signs, and all that. All with just their bodies, none of the lights, radio nav-aids and other things that have improved their survival rate so much.
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Pat, sounds interesting but I'm not quite sure how to implement a WWII LSO - a 3D human body model with paddles, a cartoon-like 2D image?.. A 3D model should be a part of a carrier, with huge problems in proper animations etc.
PhantomTweak:
Thanks, Paddles :)
It was just an idea we were kicking around. I figured it worth asking the "expert" .
Expert: X is an unknown quantity, and a spurt is a drip under pressure :D ;D ;)
Pat☺
Tregarth:
Paddles
In MS's Combat Flight Simulator 2: WW II Pacific Theatre the carrier had a pop up LSO for carrier landings. Also FlyingStations has a pop up Deck Landing Control Officer in their Swordfish add-on. He works very well.
The DLCO uses RN instructions which are mandatory whereas the USN LSO's instructions were advisory and hence the reverse of the RN's signals.
The RN tried adopting the USN convention to enable cross decking but it was too confusing and too many aeroplanes and crews were lost or damaged so the experiment was stopped.
In the attachment, the DLCO is instructing the pilot to "Descend".
I hope this helps.
Tregarth
SpazSinbad:
On the possibility of using the ILS needles in the real world it is definitely a NO GO as per the story in the four page PDF attached: [extract of text from story below but best read the PDF for good comprehension]
Naval Aviation News Winter 2011 ‘The Backup Meatball’:
http://nanarchive.omnitecinc.com/20102012.aspx
“…caused the Hornet to strike the flight deck rounddown at the point where the tailhook is attached to the aircraft.… The pilot ejected and landed on the flight deck, sustaining major injuries; the aircraft was lost.… …the pilot stated that his carrier landing technique was to use his Automated Carrier Landing System (ACLS) needles as his primary reference & use the Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System, or meatball, as a backup for glide slope information.
Grampaw Pettibone says: “…And our intrepid aviator? Well, Ol’ Gramps knows that every pilot has his way to do stuff, but using the ACLS needles in close instead of flying the ball is about as dumb as skinny dippin’ with snapping turtles. Gouge is great, but it’s no substitute for knowing the right way to do things and stickin’ to what’s worked for a long, long time. Gramps knows that none of this fella’s LSOs taught him that ACLS technique—he should have stuck with what he’d learned.…”
MartinM:
I upgraded to the latest releases yesterday and now I am getting an error, something saying "... out of bound ..." all the time.
Any ideas?
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