_Acoustic_ Posted December 9, 2015 Posted December 9, 2015 I noticed that USAF Nellis has the arresting gear cable textured onto the concrete and the markers signaling the arresting gear placement. Awesome to see! Any plans on modeling the arresting gear? I was an aircraft recovery specialist in the USMC and was thinking about modeling the E-28 and M-21 gear and researching what the USAF uses and possibly doing that. However, if ED has plans for this I won't bother.
Sierra99 Posted December 9, 2015 Posted December 9, 2015 I noticed that USAF Nellis has the arresting gear cable textured onto the concrete and the markers signaling the arresting gear placement. Awesome to see! Any plans on modeling the arresting gear? I was an aircraft recovery specialist in the USMC and was thinking about modeling the E-28 and M-21 gear and researching what the USAF uses and possibly doing that. However, if ED has plans for this I won't bother. Remember, arresting gear in the Air Force serves a whole different purpose than Navy and Marine counter parts. The arresting gear at Nellis is the BAK-12. Sierra [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Primary Computer ASUS Z390-P, i7-9700K CPU @ 5.0Ghz, 32GB Patriot Viper Steel DDR4 @ 3200Mhz, ZOTAC GeForce 1070 Ti AMP Extreme, Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe drives (1Tb & 500 Gb), Windows 10 Professional, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, Thrustmaster Warthog Stick, Thrustmaster Cougar Throttle, Cougar MFDs x3, Saitek Combat Rudder Pedals and TrackIR 5. -={TAC}=-DCS Server Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3, i7-3770K CPU @ 3.90GHz, 32GB G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 @ 1600Mhz, ZOTAC GeForce® GTX 970.
_Acoustic_ Posted December 9, 2015 Author Posted December 9, 2015 BAK-12 is what I was finding as well, thanks. :thumbup: All ground based arresting gear is used mainly for emergency purposes for all branches. The USN and USMC would also use our E-28 and M-21 gear to get current before going on a float and would also use what the USAF had, because it was nicer, newer, and to keep their crews on top of their game since a USAF aircraft trapping is rare since it basically scraps the airframe.
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