[REPORTED] SC manual - Misleading altitude in CASE I pattern diagram?

[Brun]

Page 40 of the supercarrier manual has an image of a CASE I approach which appears to show 450' ASL entering the groove.

 

That's way too high, no?

[Tiger-II]

0.75 NM = 4557 ft.

 

 

A 3 degree glideslope = 238 ft, so it's about twice as high as necessary.

 

 

Isn't the glideslope 2 degrees on the carrier?

[=4c=Nikola]

Isn't the glideslope 2 degrees on the carrier?

 

For which aircraft? True or apparent glideslope?

[skombijohn]

The flight deck is ~60ft ASL, so you need to take this into account as well.

[Revelation]

For the Hornet, it is a 3-3.5 degree glideslope.

[randomTOTEN]

I like to pass through the ship's wake at 360ft ASL

[Brun]

I like to pass through the ship's wake at 360ft ASL

Yeah, something like that is what I had in mind.

 

The position of the text is a bit ambiguous so it's not clear exactly which point it's referring to.

[NineLine]

Reported, thanks.