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What exactly do you mean by "FLAPs override", the gain override switch?

Flaps are always set half (or full) on landing.

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I am usually really, really into realism even if it makes the flight model feel cheap or being difficult but in this case I am all ears. I LOVED the old F104 Starfighter which had numerous things that if you were not dead on you were literally "dead". The Hornet has a throttle response as slow as a 50s jet, a trim that feels like it is connected with rubber bands and a morphing config changing at critical times, base, final, etc is a real handful. Which is "ok" but I also jump around from 6 other aircraft.

Currently I have about a 30-40% success rate catching a wire and 60% or so missing a wire or planting the "crash by wire" Hornet into the front of the moving runway.

All that said I would not want it any other way but looking forward to trying to lock in the flaps.

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What exactly do you mean by "FLAPs override", the gain override switch?

Flaps are always set half (or full) on landing.

 

What's the best for landing : half or full?

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What's the best for landing : half or full?

 

I second this question (for Carrier, at 30,000lbs)

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Full flaps are for Carrier traps regardless of weight. More Flaps = Lower Approach Speed and more safety margin for carrier traps.

Edited by HawkDCS

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You guys using a gamepad too?

 

Not you, again, Gringo

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I wouldn't call it 'easier', it just allows you to use a different technique that you may be more familiar with in flight sims. Personally I found it more counter-intuitive than PA mode. Whether the behavior of the FCS/FM in gain override is correct is for the former drivers to judge.

 

The PA FCS and FM may still need some iterations to refine them, and don't forget that one of the big challenges of carrier landings, the burble, is not present in the sim currently, with the closest workaround being including some turbulence into the mission to make it a little bit more challenging.

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Yes I always land on the carrier with full flaps.

Don B

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