On Freitag 25 November 2005 22:14, MPCEE French Bureau wrote:
> Yep! It was the launch bar not attached. It is difficult to note when it is
> attached. As I am landing with the 'wires, I taxi to a catapult, but it is
> very much trial and error to know you are in a catchment area.
There is a little trick with mounting the launchbar.
It is *required* to have very few relative movement of the gear relative to
the surface to establish that connection.
That is if you want to press L make sure that you are exactly above the
catapult, apply the brakes to make sure you dont move anymore and then press
L. You will notice that the aircraft is pulled slightly into its nosegears
spring.
That compressed gearspring helps to keep the aircraft on the deck as long as
the gear is attached to the cat. That produces a negative angle of attack.
When the launchbar is released, that compressed spring pushes the nose into
the wind and helps getting a sufficient angle of attach suficiently fast.
That is how the launchbar systems on /modern/ aircraft (F14,F18,A4...)
typicaly work. The real life Seahawk has a slightly different mounting
scheme.
Looking forward to more models with the modelled modern scheme ...
:)
Well, my F-18 and the Crusader (I hope so, it is a great thing!) will
hopefully arrive at some time in flightgear ...
Greetings
Mathias
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Mathias Fröhlich, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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