NWS after landing

[ivo]

Hi to all I'm no able to engage NWS after Landing ( nose strut extend) :joystick:

[ivo]

80 view and nope?

[Mad Dog 7.62]

Nose strut extend is not nose wheel steering. The nose strut extend and retract is for connecting the launch bar on the catapult. Nose wheel steering is a different button, on the Warthog stick it is the "pinkie" button. If you don't have the Warthog you'll have to map it to something else. And there is a indicator light on the left glareshield to tell you if its engaged.

 

MD

[Top Jockey]

Hello Ivo,

 

Nose strut extend - have not tried that yet.

 

Nosewheel stering toogle / autopilot reference - assigned by the sim as key N.

(When nosewheel on the ground.)

 

In reality it's a button at the pilot's stick.

[ivo]

Thank I already know for N key obviusly.....the problem is that after landing on base the NWS no work also with Sturt extend or I miss something....

[Oban]

As far as I'm aware there's no keybind to extend the strut, and kneel the aircraft into the shuttle, you have to use the mouse to flip the switch in the cockpit.

 

Nose wheel steering works fine for me, what are you using to control the nose wheel steering once on deck/land? have you actually assigned an axis to it ?

 

Also check the indicator on the left hand side of the HUD, it's illuminated yellow when nose wheel steering is on.

[Top Jockey]

Thank I already know for N key obviusly.....the problem is that after landing on base the NWS no work also with Sturt extend or I miss something....

 

Is it supposed to have NWS active when the strut is extended ?

(edited) My bad, are you refering to nose strut, or the launch bar ?

 

Also, make sure you have the Tailhook retracted (up) for the NWS to work.

Edited March 17, 2019 by Top Jockey

[ivo]

I don't understand your replies.

1) I' m in flyght

2) I land to runway airbase on the ground No carrier....

3) Stop my beautifull bird

4) extend Sturt with switch on the side left cockpit with mouse odvsiuly....

5) now I want to run in parking area and engage NWS as usual but doesn' work....simple

Where I wrong ? Or it is a bug?

[Top Jockey]

I don't understand your replies.

1) I' m in flyght

2) I land to runway airbase on the ground No carrier....

3) Stop my beautifull bird

4) extend Sturt with switch on the side left cockpit with mouse odvsiuly....

5) now I want to run in parking area and engage NWS as usual but doesn' work....simple

Where I wrong ? Or it is a bug?

 

My mistake at previous post, I'll try to be more clear:

 

This you mention at point 4) I have never done.

 

1) I land the F-14 at airbase

2) When at low speed I press key N, (or my assigned NWS joystick button)

3) ...and the Nosewheel turns perfectly

 

Hope this helps.

[ivo]

Now is clear thank boy

[A101Wayz]

Extending the launch bar (Nose strut) locks the nose wheel in straight. You won't be able to steer the bird with the launch bar down. The launch bar (nose strut) is only for launching from a carrier. What you are looking for is the Nose Wheel Steering, which as previous posters have said, is the 'N' key or the pinky button on joystick ( if mapped )

[Psychotoddler]

The nose strut it to attach to the carrier catapult, not for steering. And you have to hold down the switch for that in the cockpit. Also if you want nose wheel steering, press N as above. A little light will come on in the panel on the left side of the HUD to tell you it’s on.

[ivo]

Ok

[Top Jockey]

Extending the launch bar (Nose strut) locks the nose wheel in straight. You won't be able to steer the bird with the launch bar down. The launch bar (nose strut) is only for launching from a carrier. What you are looking for is the Nose Wheel Steering, which as previous posters have said, is the 'N' key or the pinky button on joystick ( if mapped )

 

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think :

 

Not having in mind that Nosewheel Strut and Launch Bar being two different components, is what added to confusion here... because:

 

- when the Nosewheel Strut is extended, the fuselage gets higher;

- when the Nosewheel Strut is kneeled, the fuselage gets lower - and this is when the Launch Bar gets extended.

 

So, one either extends one, or the other, not the two simultaneously.

[Dudikoff]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think :

 

Not having in mind that Nosewheel Strut and Launch Bar being two different components, is what added to confusion here... because:

 

- when the Nosewheel Strut is extended, the fuselage gets higher;

- when the Nosewheel Strut is kneeled, the fuselage gets lower - and this is when the Launch Bar gets extended.

 

So, one either extends one, or the other, not the two simultaneously.

 

You kneel the strut to lower the launch bar to be able to attach it to the catapult. Then you extend the strut to lock the launch bar so it doesn't detach from the catapult.

[Mud]

Then you extend the strut to lock the launch bar so it doesn't detach from the catapult.

 

 

 

You do? I didn't see anything about that in Natops. May have looked over it though.

[Sergeant_Hamlet]

You kneel the strut to lower the launch bar to be able to attach it to the catapult. Then you extend the strut to lock the launch bar so it doesn't detach from the catapult.

 

I’m sorry but that’s wrong.

 

“Unkneeling the nosegear while the launch bar is in the catapult track or shuttle will damage the launch bar linkage and bungees. The pilot should unkneel the aircraft only when sure that the launch bar is free to rise and upon signal from the catapult officer or taxi director. (8-5)”

 

The launch bar is positioned by the pilot, but it is secured to the shuttle by the deck crew.

[ivo]

At me doesn't work on Airbase (No carrier)

[Zeroskills]

Are you right clicking to lower your gear? Right clicking lowers the gear in emergency mode locks them down permanently and disables nose wheel steering.

[ivo]

Are you right clicking to lower your gear? Right clicking lowers the gear in emergency mode locks them down permanently and disables nose wheel steering.

 

Maybe you are right, sometimes I wrong to clic on the gear level and it clockwise...

[Dudikoff]

I’m sorry but that’s wrong.

 

Yeah, sorry for that, I misunderstood the purpose of the extend switch as I thought the off switch position would bring the aircraft to normal stance, but I guess it's just a spring loaded default position with no action.

 

I guess the catapult will pull the nose strut down even further than the kneel position after the bar is attached and prior to the launch so no further action from the pilot is needed to secure it.