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Three degrees nose up will be fine for our purposes. The DCS catapults have a lot of smash in them...

Better start reading that manual...

What? :megalol:

The devs are working their arses off to give you a great product. The rest is mostly self-generated drama.

Man, doing such a thing is incomprehensible from where I sit.

Very simple. A Naval « pilot » is someone who has special knowledge to guide ships into a harbor. Therefore, « Aviator » was used to differential between ship drivers and aircraft flyers...

This may help.

Nice overview. In due course, it will become a warm and familiar place.

Nope. Pilots and RIOs are Naval Aviators. Therefore, the distinction is made. Do you know where the term comes from?

Wasn’t their fault. Admiral was making a point. We had just assumed the duty, nothing was up, and the launch was sounded. Looked at the previous crew who had been there for two hours, they said “you’ve got it”. I was a nugget, so I asked my experienced RIO if he was OK. He said “let’s go”. Ran up to the flight deck, our FD Chief pointed at a jet that still had the clamshell doors open and pins in. We launched about ten minutes later. Pitch black night in the Med. I signed for the aircraft after we got back. We scared a lot of senior officers that night when they realized that they had launched one of the least experienced fighter pilots in the air wing partial panel.

This should all be about the F14 module. Just be patient, there is no reason whatsoever to be worried or upset.

Bro’, I was launched on an Alert 5 in down jet without even signing for the aircraft. No alignment, no VDI, No radar, No HUD, at night, with the capacity to shoot a boresight sidewinder in the dark. Think that would ever happen in the USAF? They’d launch a Congressional Investigation today... I also worked in MTC. Aircraft Division Officer. Navy guys tend to get it. Air Force? They check their jets out from the MTC squadron and mostly don’t see or care about what it takes to keep ‘em flying.

Are you volunteering to help me write reports? Unlike some pilots, I don’t require subservience for friendship.

No, no! I'm talking pilots only! The troops are great, except when the cable TV goes out... ;) From the "looks like it sucks down there..." old joke. ;)

This whinging is USAF style rubbish. It's more akin to a Navy VP squadron than a bunch of fighter pukes waiting for the weather to clear so they can launch. There is massive work occurring as we speak to get things ready for release. Spend your own time getting ready. Memorize these checklists. Get after it -

You will need to polish up your instrument skills to achieve what you described on the ship. As I said, I'll do a tips paper when the module releases. I think that you learn more from reading and referencing, then doing it in the sim itself than by watching a video. You have a beautiful sim that you can pause, reset, change parameters and so forth. Videos are great for overview and entertainment, but mastering flight takes effort, you against the sim.

Quote: “If you can’t fly in the weather, or land on the ship, you are of no use to the United States Navy...” Good for you Immel.

OK, I understand your question. The maneuvering flaps extend symmetrically on the F14, so with right stick, you only get four spoilers up on the right wing, TE up on the right stabilator, and TE down on the left stabilator. This, because of vortices, stab TE blanking and rudder blanking, causes adverse yaw from the stabs to the left, resulting in right side slip. Dihedral effect under this condition creates a left roll. The horizontal stabs are far apart (engine cores are 9.5 feet apart) compared to single engine jets and centerline thrust F15's and 18's, so the yaw effects are more pronounced as well. And editing after noticing the simultaneous post above, NATOPS Fight Characteristics is Section IV in the old manuals, and again, the examples you see online reflecting ARI and DFGS that aren't relevant. I don't know where or how those ended up online. The spoiler control mechanism by the way, is fly by wire on the F14. So we aren't a complete relic from the canvass surfaces and wire control cable days.

No, visualize an aircraft with swept wings. Now rotate it about it's vertical axis so the airflow comes say, twenty degrees from the left of the nose (you would do this by pushing on the right rudder pedal). The flow will be more perpendicular to the left wing and at a much higher angle to the right. Therefore, the left wing creates more lift than the right, so the aircraft rolls right. Right rudder, right roll. The effect is amplified at higher lift conditions/AOA. To a point.

Oops, forgot to answer that part. The roll is caused by sideslip that is caused by control inputs. Because of dihedral effect, swept wings mostly, the outer wing panels actually display anhedral, the aircraft will roll away from the sideslip...

It occurs aerodynamically in those airplanes as well, but it biased out (in the F16, not as familiar with the F15) by the FBW computers taking control inputs and tailoring surface responses to produce the desired result. So if a pilot moves the stick laterally, the appropriate flight controls move to produce a roll. A gross oversimplification, but by way of example, you get aileron at low alpha, rudder at high alpha, if that makes sense. Boring!

RIO's are tougher than pilots. They never get sick, and should be the first ones sent to Mars. They sneer at space sickness, and open up another packet of dehydrated jalapeño nachos for the journey..

Why? F14’s like to play with MiG 19’s.

It’s pretty easy to print to pdf if you want to grab a section or two to take with you in those instances. Even iOS devices make that a snap. So heartwarming to see so many excited about reading their manuals...

No, it means attitude information for stable reference.