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vLSO Beta release
GOONIE:
Spaz,
Didn't know you could get an OK on a T/G. Your picture brings up another point that I noticed when my friend sent me his LSO score, looks like LSO short hand is different then currently implemented in vLSO. Looks like the LSO's grade includes deviations with the approach position all in one blurb, so (HIC), not (H)IC. It also combines several deviation for the same approach position with '.' , so (H.LULIM), not (HLUL)IM.
Paddles, is it possible to update this shorthand? Not sure if it is even possible.
GOONIE
SpazSinbad:
Goonie, I'm not an LSO. The logbook is from early 1980 [LSO scribble today is probably different following latest LSO NATOPS] with two different LSOs recording approaches 'Baddams' is an A4G pilot (right hand page) whilst 'Wilson' is likely an S-2 pilot with VS-816 (I do not think he is A4G). The LSOs in the RAN were trained in the USofA at the LSO School. More than that I cannot say because I was out of the RAN FAA by mid 1975, whilst the LSO logbook is held at FAAM (Fleet Air Arm Museum) at NAS Nowra, NSW, Australia it is available in PDF Format here:
SpazSinbad Page Microsoft OneDrive:
FOLDER: FAA A-4G Skyhawk RAN PDFs
File Name: VF-805-LSO-log-Early1980pp81context.PDF (49Mb)
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=cbcd63d6340707e6&sa=822839791#cid=CBCD63D6340707E6&id=CBCD63D6340707E6%21119
SAME PDF on GoogleDrive:
https://drive.google.com/?authuser=0#folders/0BwBlvCQ7o4F_aDhIQ0szeVJFY0U
Paddles:
Guys, thanks for the good feedback!
--- Quote from: GOONIE on February 21, 2014, 04:11:54 pm ---...I could add some "discontinue approach take angles 1.2" calls from the recent PLAT cam footage I have. I could add these files to the Marshall calls folder, and they would be randomly called.
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Please more info on why and when do they call those "discontinue approach..." ?
--- Quote from: GOONIE ---...Is there a way to go back to the old manual ball call feature and timing?
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Fixed
--- Quote from: GOONIE ---The manual ball call works (vLSO recognizes the trigger) on the first pass, but on every other pass when I hit the manual ball call trigger I get no joy from vLSO. ...
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Fixed
--- Quote from: GOONIE ---- Does vLSO give you a WO call if you don't call the ball (when in Manual mode)?
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Actually it's a WOP, and you can see in the vLSO_log.txt file a 'Waveoff pattern (no pilot response)' record
--- Quote from: GOONIE ---- Got a lot of "don't settle" calls, but see that you are working this based on your latest post, thanks! ;D
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Keep working on it
--- Quote from: GOONIE ---- After a bolter the vLSO doesn't select random new audio files from the LSO sound folder, is that hard to change?
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Fixed, also added randomization after each FCLP pass
--- Quote from: GOONIE ---- If you get the ATC monitor feature to work, another cool feature would be to monitor the state of the aircraft external lights. After you trap at night, if you do not turn off the lights within 3-4 seconds, vLSO could call "lights" or "lights on deck". I have both of these LSO calls.
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ATC problem still unsolved. I believe it's ok to monitor the AC lights state, but I don't have any info. Could you be more specific on this?..
--- Quote from: Joeairplane79 on February 21, 2014, 05:48:23 pm ---... "Night FCLP procedurally are no different" and there is modification to the overhead pattern (60° AOB max). Could you create a night case 1 symbol for FCLP?
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A yellow 1 on black? Or just a solid black square, w/o CASE number?
--- Quote from: Joeairplane79 ---Also in grading, I feel like the grades are a bit high; I finished my initial CQ period in .8 with 6 OK passes. A few of them even had comments on them. I feel like OK passes should be exceptional when you get them. I'm not sure if you can do a separate locus for just OK with much tighter restrictions, so that it's only possible to fly it on really, really good days.
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I agree an OK should not be that easy to score grade ;)
And another grade has been added - OWO (own waveoff). This is for those perhaps rare but still possible occasions when a pilot aborts his landing somewhere near the ramp. Current vLSO would grade such an approach as if it were a successful landing, but w/o wire number.
jeff64:
--- Quote from: Paddles on February 23, 2014, 06:18:05 pm ---I believe it's ok to monitor the AC lights state, but I don't have any info. Could you be more specific on this?..
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On night, aircraft on deck turn all lights off.
Lights are turned ON when ready to launch (instead of "salute" on day)
Lights are turned OFF when fully stopped after trap, while raising hook, signaling ready to taxi.
If an aircraft forgot to turn lights OFF after trapping (or any turn on any lights on deck, excepted aircraft on cat) air boss should issue a "lights" or "lights on deck" call.
SpazSinbad:
From 01 May 2009 LSO NATOPS manual (the latest one I have and I think available online) has these notes about symbology:
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