Carrier landing speed "You're a little slow"

[RogerRamjet]

I get this "You're a little slow" call from the LSO during final. I'm on speed according to the E-Bracket and I consistently trap the 2 or 3 wire. What am I missing?

[near_blind]

You're not missing anything, and it's not your fault. The LSO calls were built by ED with the hornet in mind. The  turkey is on speed at a higher AoA than the bug, so the LSO constantly calls you slow.

 

vJello needs to stop sipping torpedo juice and work on his visual identification

Edited April 13, 2023 by near_blind

[Northstar98]

9 hours ago, RogerRamjet said:

I get this "You're a little slow" call from the LSO during final. I'm on speed according to the E-Bracket and I consistently trap the 2 or 3 wire. What am I missing?

As near_blind said, unfortunately the LSO is programmed only to use the Hornet's AoA to determine the speed callouts, so in any aircraft with a different on-speed AoA than the Hornet, you'll get erroneous speed callouts (and the same will apply to the A-6E, A-7E and whatever naval Phantom we get).

Personally, the LSO should be prgrammed to read the AoA indexer repeater lights on the nose gear strut as that's what they do IRL.

[JesterIsDead]

Now I know why Jester keeps commenting on my landing "The kinetic energy of that landing can trigger a tsunami"

[RustBelt]

11 hours ago, Northstar98 said:

Personally, the LSO should be prgrammed to read the AoA indexer repeater lights on the nose gear strut as that's what they do IRL.

This. But that still doesn’t solve IFLOLS or PLAT aiming. 
 

ED needs to just train their LSO on the Tomcat. Or make an APK for 3rd party to do it soon. Because F-4 navy, A-6, A-7, and F-8 are all in the Charlie stack. 

[RogerRamjet]

I know this thread is old, but has anyone asked ED to look into this? If not, where would one make such a request?

[RustBelt]

Many, many times. They’ll do it when they do it. And not a moment sooner. Same as it ever was.

[draconus]

11 hours ago, RogerRamjet said:

where would one make such a request?

Make a new mission in Caucasus where you're in F-14A/B on final approach with any CVN. Fly correct glide path, notice wrong LSO callouts. Stop about the touchdown, save a track. Upload and report here:

https://forum.dcs.world/forum/616-bugs-and-problems/

and here:

https://forum.dcs.world/forum/535-bugs-and-problems/

[Nealius]

On 4/15/2023 at 1:37 AM, JesterIsDead said:

"The kinetic energy of that landing can trigger a tsunami"

To which one should reply: "So can you if I pull this yellow handle."