Carrier Landing

[speed-of-heat]

For me there are two aspects to this, variable and reducing stick pressure, that "just" takespractice, remember wide is better than close, and second for me is finding the right stick curve, I'm currently on a curve of 22 for pitch and roll, which seems to be working better for me, and aids me in making smaller adjustments in the plane with physical stick movements

[Flamin_Squirrel]

for me the most difficult part is that when I pull 1% of speed in Gs, I find myself too close to the ship: 1NM or less when I am abeam. So in the final turn, I overshoot.

 

I pull 1% of speed in G untill 250kts; at this point I reduce bank to 30-45 degrees while dropping gear/flaps. Seems to work ok.

[Doum76]

for me the most difficult part is that when I pull 1% of speed in Gs, I find myself too close to the ship: 1NM or less when I am abeam. So in the final turn, I overshoot.

 

 

 

 

I pretty much to the same as Hot Squirrel said above, i do +/- 1% break until i reach about 260 kts i then hit gear and flaps and reduce my bank angle and get ready to adjust trim for onspeed as i sofly drop to 600 ft once establish downwind... As for the distance, as, if i remember Lex already said, there is no exact rule as for G turn, what matters is mostly is the distance you end up and more likely able to adjust the turn, what i mean is, if you break as you pass directly over the ship, if you do an exact turn and end up at 1.2 nm, if you do agian that exact same turn, but you'Re slightly about 0.2 nm offset starboard side of the carrier when you break instead of directly right over it, you'll end up at 1.0 nm instead, so it's a matter of being able to gauge and adjust, rather than simply stick to a proper number...

 

 

No pro tricks and not sure many real pilots use it much since they are way better at gauging stuff visualy which i suck estemating much distance visualy, but a simple trick i use, is, when you have a tacan or waypoint set with a proper CRS on the HSI, which most of the time you do when using a Carrier, is using the Cross Track Error Indicator/Perpendicular offset or abeam distance to course line indicator, can'T remember the proper name, the little number on your HSI, lower right corner, above CSEL (tronked on left DDI for advisor warnings), which indicates your perpendicular offset to the course line as Tacan inclused all direction in the distance, forward of the ship and perpendicular distance, meaning, when you break, if you're at the 90, and is shows 0.9, you'll know for sure you'll overshoot with 90 degrees remaing to the turn as you'Re already almost 1.2 nm offset, just help a bit to gauge out. I use it most of the time as i break to adjust my turn, mixed with visual queue on the ship/airfield, i usualy start giving it a peek once i get gear down around 250-260 kts when i start reducing my bank angle, this is when i use it to adjust remaining turn to establish downind. But again, just a personal trick.

Edited December 21, 2018 by Doum76