Nosewheel steering not switching off automatically on Cat.

[JupiterJoe]

When you kneel on the Cat, shouldn't NWS automatically switch off?  The indicator light is still illuminated anyway.

Edited October 27, 2021 by JupiterJoe

[draconus]

No, either do it manually or cycle the hook.

 

[Baz000]

Yeah but one would surmise in a hot start mission on the carrier deck the pilot would have lowered the hook during their checks. Not an issue for a cold start unless the pilot skips dropping the hook, anyways it did say in he patch notes WIP.

Edited October 27, 2021 by Baz000

[Naquaii]

IRL the standard procedure was to make sure to toggle the NWS before kneeling to disable the automation as it also enabled nose-wheel centering which was really dangerous during a launch as it could lead to early launch bar separation.

It's one of those things that were there but never used IRL.

Edited October 27, 2021 by Naquaii

[Baz000]

So manually disable NWS with switch on stick and then kneel?

[Naquaii]

Toggle as in turning it off then on again after cycling the hook. There’s no issue with using nosewheel steering when kneeled, the issue was the automatic disable as it also triggered the nosewheel centering used during carrier traps.