TED Posted October 11, 2021 Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) So i have just been experiencing a completely new issue for me. I have been flying the harrier a lot and never experienced this before. I can repeat exactly the same each time. I am not sure if I am doing something wrong or its some kind of bug. It appears the nose wheel is being damaged on take/off. I am loaded up on the deck ouch the Illustrious, dry takeoff, with flaps stop at 50 degrees. Normal run and get airborne then when raising the gear the nose wheel remains down but all others retract. I am wondering if it is a weight issue. I am under the max weight by a fair bit but loaded heavy with 75% fuel, GBU38 and Mk82. I have done literally hundreds of takeoffs with the harrier from ships and never seen this until today. Anyone any ideas or seen similar? Edited October 11, 2021 by TED
TED Posted October 11, 2021 Author Posted October 11, 2021 Interestingly a new test with just mk20 loaded on all pylons, there is no problem. However change the load to gbu38 and mk83 on outer and wheel wont go up.
Xpendable Posted October 29, 2021 Posted October 29, 2021 Usually means you bumped or bounced the nose gear on takeoff. I literally just did this last night. I tried to rotate too early and there was a slight bounce (had a heavy load). I literally damaged the nose gear and it would not retract. Respawned with same loadout and was more careful this time - no issue. 2
DmitriKozlowsky Posted November 1, 2021 Posted November 1, 2021 This is just my take, as of latest 2.7.7.15038. When nosewheel is castered, it does NOT self-center when NWS paddle is released. So thats one problem. Second is what the OP is experiencing. Nosewheel damage during T/O from skiramp carriers. What happens is that with nozzles all the way back at zero angle, the aircraft accelerates, and when it encounters ramp , the nosewheel is damaged for some reason. Possibly due to collision model, the front gear digs into into. This also happens on grass. To get around that. Accelerate in full power + emergency combat power + water on T/O (UP). As aircraft about to hit the ramp, set nozzles to 60. The rotation takes about 3/4 of second. So timing is important. In RL, I think, pilot rotates nozzles to 60 as aircraft enters ramp area, so that by time gear is airborne, nozzles are already at 60. Don't overpitch, especially when high GW, bring nozzles back to zero normally and retract gear. Turn water off last. Then set flaps to AUTO or CRUISE.
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