Visiting the Solomons...

[patchz]

[color=#000000]Think they will let me trap?








They said no, the pattern is full.

[CHUCK79]

Great shots Larry
I think landing WWII taildraggers on a carrier is a little trickier then landing jets with tri-cycle style gear.
I think (for me anyway) it's just harder to see over those long noses

[patchz]

Great shots Larry
I think landing WWII taildraggers on a carrier is a little trickier then landing jets with tri-cycle style gear.
I think (for me anyway) it's just harder to see over those long noses

Thanks Chuck.
You are correct, but that is where TrackIR helps out. You can look to the side. You can do it with the keyboard, but it takes to long to move back and forth, where TrackIR is as quick as you turn your head. However, as I understand it, you have the same problem in the jets, IF done properly. Which means about 12-15 degree nose up, yet just enough power to avoid stall yet still negative on the VSI. I am terrible at carrier landings. I have tremendous respect for those that do it for real. Add night, wind, a pitching deck, and rain and I would crash every time.

[olderndirt]

Great shots Larry
I think landing WWII taildraggers on a carrier is a little trickier then landing jets with tri-cycle style gear.
I think (for me anyway) it's just harder to see over those long noses

Thanks Chuck.
You are correct, but that is where TrackIR helps out. You can look to the side. You can do it with the keyboard, but it takes to long to move back and forth, where TrackIR is as quick as you turn your head. However, as I understand it, you have the same problem in the jets, IF done properly. Which means about 12-15 degree nose up, yet just enough power to avoid stall yet still negative on the VSI. I am terrible at carrier landings. I have tremendous respect for those that do it for real. Add night, wind, a pitching deck, and rain and I would crash every time.

Once is often enough  .

[CHUCK79]

Great shots Larry
I think landing WWII taildraggers on a carrier is a little trickier then landing jets with tri-cycle style gear.
I think (for me anyway) it's just harder to see over those long noses

Thanks Chuck.
You are correct, but that is where TrackIR helps out. You can look to the side. You can do it with the keyboard, but it takes to long to move back and forth, where TrackIR is as quick as you turn your head. However, as I understand it, you have the same problem in the jets, IF done properly. Which means about 12-15 degree nose up, yet just enough power to avoid stall yet still negative on the VSI. I am terrible at carrier landings. I have tremendous respect for those that do it for real. Add night, wind, a pitching deck, and rain and I would crash every time.

Yeah, so would I
Sometimes it would be a controlled crash though
This TrackIR tool sounds very interasting.

[patchz]

[color=#000000]I took off from Pensacola a little while ago in the T-45 and 'set the fleet'. I did three traps and three launches. The traps were ok, but not pretty. I would have been fussed at. I finally got the launch bar to hook up and the

launch would have been fine if my *&%$# joystick had not chosen that moment to short out for a few seconds. The second was better, as I remembered to retract the launch bar before the landing gear. And the third was

very good. At least now I can get a lot of practice. I need it.

[CHUCK79]

[quote][color=#000000]I took off from Pensacola a little while ago in the T-45 and 'set the fleet'. I did three traps and three launches. The traps were ok, but not pretty. I would have been fussed at. I finally got the launch bar to hook up and the

launch would have been fine if my *&%$# joystick had not chosen that moment to short out for a few seconds. The second was better, as I remembered to retract the launch bar before the landing gear. And the third was

very good. At least now I can get a lot of practice. I need it.

[patchz]

[quote][quote][color=#000000]I took off from Pensacola a little while ago in the T-45 and 'set the fleet'. I did three traps and three launches. The traps were ok, but not pretty. I would have been fussed at. I finally got the launch bar to hook up and the

launch would have been fine if my *&%$# joystick had not chosen that moment to short out for a few seconds. The second was better, as I remembered to retract the launch bar before the landing gear. And the third was

very good. At least now I can get a lot of practice. I need it.

[patchz]

Turns out I had the original, not the upgrade. The upgrade is better. Thanks for the heads up.