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vLSO Beta release
SpazSinbad:
Probably I have not viewed enough ILARTS / PLAT footage to take notice of the lower right corner number. My other guess would be WOD? Bearing in mind that wind over the sea can be variable to some extent but not turbulent as seen over land/obstacles/etc.
Next question: Does a CVN keep a constant speed during long night carrier ops (probably not worthwhile changing speed during breaks in day ops intervals) when flight ops start for example - or stop/starting - as we see in the video.
My assumption being that slowing the CVN can reduce the need for navigation changes later. Then CVN speeds up before aircraft is in the groove to have required minimum WOD (seen in first part of video - I think 10 which increases to 15 or thereabouts). Yes there is an ideal WOD however due sea conditions on this night the CVN may be slower but still within safe minimums?
Just spitballin' (guessing). Will be nice to know what that number is.
Victory103:
It's been well over 10 yrs since I've been on the boat, but I was always told the bottom numbers were from the ACLS feed. Trying to research it as well.
Paddles:
Ok,
Here are my latest changes to the CQ definitions:
Undergraduate CQ
Pilot’s first day carrier qualifications prior to designation as a Naval Aviator.
14 day landings, 10 of which shall be arrested.
Initial CQ
Pilot’s first day or day/night carrier qualification as a designated Naval Aviator.
10 day arrested landings and 6 night arrested landings.
Requalification CQ
Pilot’s day/night currency exceeds 365 days but less than four years.
6 day arrested landings and 4 night arrested landings.
A FCLP refresher (or period) consists of 6 night passes, which are mandatory, and shall be completed within 7 days. Day passes are optional and the number of these passes is unlimited.
No longer than 7 days shall elapse between the last FCLP period and the first carrier landing.
Carrier qualification of any type shall be completed within a 7-day period.
Question to VRS SuperHornet drivers:
During a carrier approach, are you able to toggle the autothrottle function using the default Ctrl-R? Or you have to push/turn/switch something in the cockpit?
pyroperson87:
Paddles the new CQ requirements look great, particularly the FCLP refresher.
As for the VRS, the Aircraft Config Manager (ACM) has it's own set of user changeable keystrokes that override FSX keystrokes. That being said, the DEFAULT VRS autothrottle keystroke in the ACM is indeed Ctrl-R (the autothrottle control in the F-18 is on the back of the left engine throttle, so there's no way you could toggle it in the VC). It could easily be changed to something else. I think that since VRS uses it's own key mappings you might have a hard time getting vLSO to recognize if ATC APP is being used or not for users of the Superbug since the keystrokes are so heavily modified. The ACM does provide a way to disable many of the keystroke overrides, so perhaps you could just put a note in the manual stating that for vLSO to recognize the VRS ATC APP being toggled, you must first disable it in the ACM and use the default FSX Ctrl-R.
That was a really long post just to basically say "Yes the Superbug uses Ctrl-R" ::)
If you need any more info about the Superbug let me know.
Paddles:
Roger.
Actually vLSO doesn't catch keystrokes but simulation events and variables like 'AUTOPILOT AIRSPEED HOLD', so I think it's possibly will work with the SH. Should ask VRS devs...
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