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Orion:
Actually, two, in fact! One ex-Navy guy, and his son, who's a current pilot in the Navy. A friend mentioned he knew them and said they were open to answering some questions. So, post your questions here within the following week, and I'll forward them along. :D
Victory103:
This might be great for Jose in the "Legacy" thread. I also have access to a high school bud that went from "stoner" to Super Bug pilot. He left Meridian teaching guys in the T-45 to complete his MBA last year, but I'm sure he remembers his Rhino numbers. Most of the tech stuff can be found online, I have both Bug's NATOPS , but unclassified SOP stuff would come in handy for the general flight simmer, for those that want to "fly by the numbers". That seems to be just about everyone on these forums!
SpazSinbad:
Both varieties and more Bug NATOPS here - for free:
http://publicintelligence.net/u-s-navy-f-18-natops-flight-manuals/
ExNusquam:
Concur with what Victory said. I'd like to know SOP stuff like info for planning fuel ladders, how much fuel they plan to have on board when they recover, etc. Also, how often do the real pilots use mark points? If possible, I'd also like to learn more about the tactical systems of the F/A-18, stuff like CAS procedures, A/G attack profiles, assuming it's declassified for the F/A-18. An ANG pilot gave me the attack profiles for the A-10C at an airshow (Dive angle, altitude, airspeeds, TOF, etc), and I'd love to see the associated info for the Hornet.
Victory103:
As far as the tactical side goes, there is only so much you can discuss and not have any OPSEC issues. Fuel ladders are pretty easy just a technique, but here's an example I've been using for a couple of years now posted by a legacy Hornet guy on that "other" payware Super forum:
--- Quote ---The real climb schedule in a Hornet would look like this.
For all: Takeoff in full AB and stay in AB until reaching 230KTS then throttles to MIL where they will stay until level off.
Climb at 300KTS till reaching 10,000FT (I know someone is going to say 250 because of FAA rules, but we have a letter of agreement for NATOPS limits, so climb at 300.)
@10K accelerate to 350KTS till .82Mach.
Climb at .82M till level off.
--- End quote ---
This is the kind of info I can use in the sim, or you can just do unrestricted "burner" climbs all the time.
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