Note: I am not speculating on the cause of any mishap here.If a pilot enters in zero Ship's Speed by mistake, when it should have been around 25 knots or so, I'm estimating it could put the SRVV cue on to the edge of the deck where the aircraft might shear off the landing gear and go sliding off into the drink.
Anybody tried it out in the simulator? As in, enter zero knots for a ship that is going 25 knots and see what happens. Does the SRVV (aka, delta path indicator, "walk" toward the nearest edge of the deck on approach?
To answer your question, I never tried it, but that's certainly a possibility. Correctly inputting and updating ship's speed is very important to PLM working properly and the SRVV being in the correct place. I saw several situations early in my last deployment where things didn't quite line up as expected, which might have contributed to me becoming a "rate" ball flyer. (the vast majority of my airwing used Path). It was never enough that I threw a turd as a result, but I can see how I could have if things had been more egregious. That said, there might be more pilot input than expected, but if you fly the ball all the way to touch down, you ain't gonna hit the back of the boat.
Anyone know if F-35 has some kind of data link, or is it a manual (HOTAS-adjustable) speed entry like the F/A-18?
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