OLD CROW Posted December 23, 2024 Posted December 23, 2024 On 12/21/2024 at 10:33 PM, obious said: So here we are almost 4 years later and still no better physics for the wires. I guess is more related to the module you're using. F/A-18 is more like your description of "glued wheels"... F-14, instead, the bounce after wiring is almost real... or, at least, like you can watch in real footage, but they need to polish the wiring / unwiring animation. 1 A simple Human being's Passion [YOUTUBE] [/YOUTUBE]
DmitriKozlowsky Posted March 17 Posted March 17 On 1/1/2021 at 10:17 PM, Jackjack171 said: I agree. I still can't put my finger on what's missing. Gear compression and wire physics? Something is missing though! The aviator's POV should shock jiggle as aircraft is arrested. Same thing for launches. At night, sparks are caused by hook striking deck and catching wire. In-flight hook-wire engagement is possibly not modeled. If it were, gear collapse is normal result. Sound of 'THUUDDD' in cockpit as aircraft is arrested. 1
Dragon1-1 Posted March 20 Posted March 20 Sound needs to be improved, but I gear collapse happened to me a few times in the F-14. I dunno if it was flying engagement or I simply brought it down too hard.
DmitriKozlowsky Posted March 21 Posted March 21 22 hours ago, Dragon1-1 said: Sound needs to be improved, but I gear collapse happened to me a few times in the F-14. I dunno if it was flying engagement or I simply brought it down too hard. In flight engagement causes front gear to hit first, and it folds. The main gear may or may not fold. I don't have F-14. I got F-18C and A-4EC community mod. In Hornet hard trap results in main gear bent. A-4EC is way too forgiving, so if I trap, I never had a gear collapse. In A-4EC I bolter 70% of the time. So I am not really good with it. So I suspect that A-4EC main gear model is over-strong. In flight hook engagement happen, according to YouTUbe Navy videos from 1960's, due to high AOA, resulting in low hook to ramp clearance. I guess what Navy wants is for gear and hook to hit the deck at same time. With aircraft dragging the hook across deck to wire capture.
Dragon1-1 Posted March 21 Posted March 21 It's be hard to nose gear to hit first, seeing as the hook is at the back, so that's what the aircraft will pivot around. Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems to me that any attitude in which the nose gear is down and main gear isn't would result in the hook being way above the deck.
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