VNAO T-45 Goshawk

[hreich]

Thank you deeleyer !!!

 

 

[flyingcyrus]

3 hours ago, rafalito1 said:

I think you are confused about AOA and Attitude.

Angle of attack (AOA) is the angle between an aircraft's wing's chord line and the relative wind.

Aircraft attitude is the orientation of an aircraft in relation to the Earth's horizon, specifically how the nose and wings are positioned in space.

8º AOA for straight and level flight seems like a correct indication. You need some lift in your wings to fly.

If I remember correctly Velocity Vector doesn't work below a certain speed (50kt), and I suppose AOA indicator doesn't work without wind flow.

No I'm not 
8° AOA would be OK for straight and level flight with a relatively slow speed, not at almost 400kt and low altitude. The thing is, as I said in my previous post (and confirmed by Nibbylot), that the AOA of the T-45 (and some other military birds) indicates "units" and not degrees, therfore not displaying the "classical" angle. This is what I was confused about.

Edited yesterday at 04:58 PM by flyingcyrus

[rafalito1]

hace 4 horas, flyingcyrus dijo:

No I'm not 
8° AOA would be OK for straight and level flight with a relatively slow speed, not at almost 400kt and low altitude. The thing is, as I said in my previous post (and confirmed by Nibbylot), that the AOA of the T-45 (and some other military birds) indicates "units" and not degrees, therfore not displaying the "classical" angle. This is what I was confused about.

First time that I know that AOA "units" are not degrees.
So I've looked into the T-45's NATOPS Manual.

And yes,  you seem to be right. It say only "units", not degrees.

Page I-2-90:
2.21.2 AOA Controls and Indicators.
2.21.2.1 AOA Indicator. The AOA indicator
functions throughout the entire flight regime to
display AOA information, see Figure 2-38. The
indicator registers units of AOA to the relative
airstream, from 0 to 30 units. An OFF flag is
visible if electrical power is lost. The indicator is
set with the optimum unit setting at the 3 o'clock
position. Both cockpit AOA indicators independently
receive their input from the AOA probe.

[nibbylot]

42 minutes ago, rafalito1 said:

First time that I know that AOA "units" are not degrees.
So I've looked into the T-45's NATOPS Manual.

And yes,  you seem to be right. It say only "units", not degrees.

Page I-2-90:
2.21.2 AOA Controls and Indicators.
2.21.2.1 AOA Indicator. The AOA indicator
functions throughout the entire flight regime to
display AOA information, see Figure 2-38. The
indicator registers units of AOA to the relative
airstream, from 0 to 30 units. An OFF flag is
visible if electrical power is lost. The indicator is
set with the optimum unit setting at the 3 o'clock
position. Both cockpit AOA indicators independently
receive their input from the AOA probe.

This is also not unique to the T-45. I believe almost all Navy jets in DCS (A-4, F-14, F-18, F-4) use “Units” instead of “degrees” for AoA.

[Holbeach]

Record of my first Carrier trap with the T45..

Although I posted on the 1st page, I'd forgotten about this mod until this morning. I didn't realise how advanced it was.

Downloaded v 1.2. Here is my second attempt at a landing on a Carrier. 1st attempt, the hook bounced the wires, but the 2nd attempt worked. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I spent a lot of time in the Hawk. This is far better than I expected..

Edit: I found out that the parking brake is on by default, so a key needs to be assigned. This increased the T/O speed with full tanks to 123kt.

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Edited 6 hours ago by Holbeach