When I was a shooter, I actually heard an A-7 LSO (former Stoof LSO) say, "Donno, Boss, he was alright when he went by me. The 5MC then blared "LSO report to the tower -- NOW".
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Roger Ball, good and not-so-good questions about the world of "Paddles"
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I love the name of the song...words are pretty good, too. Some days the seas just don't want to cooperate. Maybe it's just Mother Nature reminding us of how small the carrier is relative to the wide expanse of blue water and show us how moody she can become.
I love the name of the song...words are pretty good, too. Some days the seas just don't want to cooperate. Maybe it's just Mother Nature reminding us of how small the carrier is relative to the wide expanse of blue water and show us how moody she can become.
That's nuthin' ... you shoulda' seen an A-7 stab when comin' aboard ... it looked like humingbirds' wings ...
MasterBates
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Want amusement? Just see the 5 rudders on the E-2 dance when I am in the groove..
Is THAT why the NFOs don't like to fly with me?? :icon_smil
Is THAT why the NFOs don't like to fly with me?? :icon_smil
No jackass, it's because we can count (three rudders, one fixed stab for the uninformed). That uncentered ball has us hanging over another zip code while you admire its aesthetic beauty...
For those you just joining us, THIS is why we have two pilots. One to fly, one to slap the knucklehead flying.
MasterBates
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I count the upper and lower outboards as separate.. Mr D's CBTs said so!
If you can't make the upper go one direction and the lower go the other direction, they're the same rudder as far as I'm concerned.
1. Real question is who's making it move? The pilot or HAL? Regardless all Hornets are OK machines.
2. Stabs and other control surfaces is why Tomcat was affectionately known as the Turkey because that's what it looked like on the ball.
LSO and Tomcat landing trailer from Speed and Angels
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-cMlvGXzIfus/grading_the_landing_onto_a_carrier/
No jackass, it's because we can count (three rudders, one fixed stab for the uninformed). That uncentered ball has us hanging over another zip code while you admire its aesthetic beauty...
For those you just joining us, THIS is why we have two pilots. One to fly, one to slap the knucklehead flying.
Why does it have a fixed stab, and does the asymmetry in moving rudder area give the thing weirdness in a turn one way vice the other?
The fixed stab is for looks...really. It does absolutely nothing aerodynamically. The story is that some admiral's wife suggested it, but more likely, the lads at Grumman back in the day realized that an off-centered three-tailed plane looks goofy, and people who buy military airplanes don't tend to go for the goofy-looking ones.
I'll let the stick apes field the one about asymmetric rudders, but I will tell you it sucks in a big way to be in the ACO seat (all the way aft) when the pilot is new/tired/slow on the rudder/fighting crosswinds/hates you. You're way the hell out on the end of that moment arm. Worst flight of my life was a stunt mole hop in the RAG in a plane with broken a/c and no vapor cycle because it was a T-bird, in Norfolk, in August, just going 'round and 'round and 'round. I didn't puke, but I had my helmet bag in my lap, quietly begging the bad man to stop.
I'll let the stick apes field the one about asymmetric rudders, but I will tell you it sucks in a big way to be in the ACO seat (all the way aft) when the pilot is new/tired/slow on the rudder/fighting crosswinds/hates you. You're way the hell out on the end of that moment arm. Worst flight of my life was a stunt mole hop in the RAG in a plane with broken a/c and no vapor cycle because it was a T-bird, in Norfolk, in August, just going 'round and 'round and 'round. I didn't puke, but I had my helmet bag in my lap, quietly begging the bad man to stop.
Yea.. Nothing like rolling into the groove and seeing like 50 people by the shack with cameras. My scan quickly went from meatball, lineup, aoa to meatball, photographers and then finished with just the photographers. Not my greatest pass.
HighDimension said:Yea.. Nothing like rolling into the groove and seeing like 50 people by the shack with cameras. My scan quickly went from meatball, lineup, aoa to meatball, photographers and then finished with just the photographers. Not my greatest pass.
You've clearly never had one of the LSO's who likes to stand by the lens sans flight suit. Nothing trains you to focus solely on meatball, lineup, AOA like the possibility of being exposed to a bare ass if your scan wanders at all :crazy_125
