Proper winds for carrier landings?

[Rennes]

This isn't hornet specific but I know there are a few hornet pilots that frequent these forums so I figured I'd ask here.

 

I know the ship maneuvers to get around 30 knots of wind across the deck. What I've always wondered is, are they just heading straight into the wind or do they maneuver to get 30 knots down the angle?

 

For instance, if you had 8 knots of wind coming from due east. Would the ship turn to a course of 90 and make 22 knots. Or would it turn to a heading of 131 at 24 knots, which if my math is right should give an apparent wind of 30 knots at 121 degrees?

 

It seems like the latter would be better since it would remove any crosswind component. But given the wind conditions it wouldn't always be possible to do, if there was no wind at all for example.

 

Would it be better to remove the cross wind component when you could or just deal with a crosswind that you can replicate consistently every time?

[Lex Talionis]

The simple answer is, yes.

 

Down the angle is best, but understand, if it is a no wind day and the boat has to "make" all the wind, pilots will at some point inevitably learn to deal with the max x wind component a 10* 25-30kts head wind will creat.. So, x wind component or no, it should be transparent to the pilot as it is all mitigated by "that pilot sh!t".

 

For the game, i just make the boat move 27kts and suck up the x wind.

 

Hope this helps.

Edited June 18, 2019 by Lex Talionis

[Rennes]

It does.

 

Thanks Lex.