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GOONIE:
Yesterday history was made when the UCAS X-47B successlly trapped twice on the USS Bush. Times are changing in carrier aviation.  :'(

Looks like the first pass was a little high for an OK 3 (remember Bush is a 3 wire ship)
second pass was nuts on, for an OK 2.



I was out at PAX River for the dry rehearsal on Tuesday, it is crazy to see how they actually fly the UCAS, all done with a mouse and a key board.

-GOONIE

SUBS17:
lol I was waiting to see if someone would salute the drone. ;D(that's a good joke on the Noobs)

Paddles:
From here:

The UCAS-D will feature both probe-and-drogue of the US Navy and boom-receptacle mechanisms of the USAF for autonomous air refuelling.
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The aerial refuelling demonstrations will be carried out in 2014.

 :o Oh, my... I'd love to see those guys with mice and keyboards trying to put that probe into a basket  ;D

GOONIE:
Unfortunately the air to air tests are not going to take place using the X-47, they are going to use another jet (think a lear jet), which will be flown using the X-47 software to meet the air to air testing requirement.

Also, when I say flown with keyboard and mouse, it is not manually being controlled by either device. You can only select from a few procedures, routes, and landing sites, then it is all done autonomously by the mission/flight computer. I was surprised to not see a stick or throttle in the UCAS trailer, but that is how it is done.

SpazSinbad:
'Goonie' and others there is a thread describing how the X-47B carries out carrier approaches (I'll find it). 'Paddles' has found a good general info page on the X-47B already I see.

This thread [ http://www.fsdreamteam.com/forum/index.php?topic=7279.msg68407#msg68407 ] has info (about JPALS particularly) which is used to guide the X-47B to the very accurate landings it can achieve. Soon Super Hornets and F-35Cs (& Bs in their own way) will be using JPALS - along with F-35As and all military aircraft so equipped everywhere when equipment installed and so will civilian aircraft. This tiny URL: http://tinyurl.com/n4qhozx is a substitute for the broken long URL on the other thread. I hope the info is still there because I'm on dialup speed for the next few days and unable to go to the SkyDrive website at moment.

What interests me about the USS BUSH is the three wire layout. I can see only three sheaves plus the fourth sheave for the barrier right next to the last third wire sheave. Is this three wire arrangement only on the BUSH or will it be on other CVNs. I know that the Advanced Arrestor Gear (AAG) which will be on the first new CVNs and retrofitted at some point to the old CVNs is in the pipeline.

Anyway any info on this current 3 wire layout (diagram? overhead photo?) would be great please. TAH.  ;D

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