CrazyGman Posted September 28, 2020 Posted September 28, 2020 From other videos it seems like you can land without nosewheel steering turning on as soon as your wheels hit. How do you do this, I always hate having it come on and then having to quickly disable it for when i'm brakeing.
Lex Talionis Posted September 28, 2020 Posted September 28, 2020 If you are having a hard time landing (or taking off) with the NWS on (the jet is designed to keep it on) i would look more at fixing my rudder skills and technique than trying to keep the NWS off. Many of these NWS problems are a product of the gaming rudder peddles on the market. The real hornet peddles are designed to be actuated with your heel on the deck. If you are using peddles that keep your entire foot on the controls, it is probably your issue. Find us on Discord. https://discord.gg/td9qeqg
NeMoGas Posted September 28, 2020 Posted September 28, 2020 Well if you must do it for gamey reasons in DCS you can hold down the paddle switch, but once you let go the NWS will come back on immediately. If you press it again the NWS will turn off without coming back on until commanded with the NWS button. You could also just press the paddle switch right after you land to disable it. Not sure if that is true to life behavior, but in DCS it works if you want to game it.
Vosene Posted September 28, 2020 Posted September 28, 2020 (edited) I don’t know of any way to prevent NWS from engaging on landing apart from trying to stop the nose gear from touching the ground using aero braking, which isn’t standard technique for USN landings. As has been mentioned above, you can disable NWS once engaged using the paddle switch. This modeling appears to be correct as the F/A-18C NATOPS dated September 2008 has the following statement in Paragraph 2.10.2 - “ During landing, nosewheel steering is automatically engaged in the low mode with weight on the nose gear.” If you’re having problems with over correcting on the rudder during landing then you might want to try adjusting the curves and dead zone, Chuck’s guide has a recommendation that works well for me, even with NWS on. If the issue is oscillations under braking then make sure you have anti-skid on when landing on a runway. Edited September 28, 2020 by Vosene
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