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The ATFLIR does have different FOVs, and does not have progressive zoom.

Types of missions, especially CAS, are usually not necessarily tied to "airfield" or "boat." How you takeoff and land has nothing to do with any of that. One does not exclude or include any mission more than the other does (generally speaking). Marine boat squadrons do CAS right alongside their Navy brethren. Along those lines...Navy (and boat Marines) Hornets have been doing CAS nonstop for the past several decades....followed by landing on the boat in a storm :). Pretty much every non-Westpac cruise video you find on Youtube shows Navy Hornets/Super Hornets doing CAS in EVERY one of them.

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The resolution is lousy. It's all blobs to me. *Personal opinion* is that it is virtually useless. That's based on multiple lots of Legacy Hornet. Enjoy!

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For security reasons, it would be inappropriate for Lex or myself to comment on any combat system or sensor. Even if those systems are old.

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"Paddleswitch Nazi?" Wow. Paddle switch is not used. It is not trained to. It is not a part of the calculated performance data. The jet will potentially fail in unpredictable ways. Simply put: the hornet IS a 7.5G airplane, and not more. Anybody that is playing DCS "realistically" should not be using it. If you are enjoying yourself because it is a game and these aren't real planes, then the paddle switch is yours and have fun!

Forward, Right, Aft, Push. There is no left. It does not move left.

I'm sure there's no reason it physically can't be done. The Rhino NATOPS offers it as a valid technique. The Hornet NATOPS does not.

Legacy Hornet: Below 44K, either MIL, or MIL advancing to MAX upon launch. Although NATOPS says MAX is available, nobody does that. 95%+ of pilots IRL choose to select MAX once the launch starts rather than stay in MIL. 45K and above, MAX. Super Hornet, There is a weight limit just like in the Legacy Hornet above which you must use MAX. There are also requirements for MAX with certain asymmetries. However, unlike the Hornet, there is NO option to select MAX upon initiation of cat launch. It is either purely MIL or MAX. Both Aircraft, When a MAX shot is required, it must be coordinated prior with the Shooter via a "weight chit."

IRL, the C tends to fall out of the sky at the ship in the last moments. Most guys (half) jokingly say that no matter where the ball is, they're at MIL for the last 3 seconds. The E was definitely more forgiving, thanks to the wing as you mentioned.

Basic Angle is the Optical Glideslope put out of the IFLOLS. It is the glideslope of the Meatball. Normally it is 3.5 degrees. With 25-30 knots of wind over the deck (the optimum amount), that will yield a 2.8 degree effective glideslope (actually physically flown through the air). The angle can be adjusted from 3.5 degrees as required. Lots of information can be found here: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=280143

IRL, winds that high would have the flaps set to half, and the basic angle reset to 4 degrees.

That channel only has the guide. PM Lex for permissions. Use the Aviation Q&A channels to post questions!

At first I was confused as the "Bolter/Waveoff Pattern" refers to Case III only. I then realized you were talking about the Case I/II pattern and if you bolter of waveoff. Basically once you are airborne and safely climbing away, turn right to align with BRC rather than the angled deck. In the case of CQ only, there may be launches that take off as you bolter or waveoff. In this case, first to the bow has priority. The term "interval" means the aircraft that is the one that you will be following. Come join the S&A discord. We have discussions like this all the time.

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This is an EXCELLENT product! I have read through it in its entirety and can tell you that this is the gold standard for guidance on operating around the ship!

Unfortunately you received bad information from that video. Angling Approach (AA in LSO format) basically means you ended up undershooting the centerline, and have to gradually slime your way over to the centerline from left to right. Think of it as the opposite of an overshooting start (OSX).

Nice job. As a point of clarification, groove timing starts from when the aircraft crosses the PLAT centerline. However, in the case of an angling approach, the timing starts when the aircraft is reasonably wings level and assumed to be flying the ball.

Read post #14 above. To everyone who says “loss of wings,” well...that just isn’t how this works. There are number of well defined possible outcomes of a FNAEB (not FEB), one of which is a loss of wings. The instruction that defines said outcomes says that loss of wings is due to “disgracing naval aviation.” Being a loose cannon does not meet that criteria.

This is not required. This is a valid technique, but by no means the “standard.” There is I officially standard pattern. The only thing that’s standardized is left hand turns, and even that can be deviated from.

You do not have to. Realize left turns are standard, but you can do any shape of pattern you like. You could even turn right to fix something (I.e S-turns) if you need to.