Stupid questions about Naval Aviation (Pt 2)

[BENDER]

There is an inherent "delay" in power response for a jet engine. There are a lot of variables: engine design, altitude, current power setting, and many others. At low altitude, where the air is thicker, power response is better. At higher power settings, engine response is also better. For example, if you're up at 90% thrust, your engine will response faster with power corrections, as opposed to being back on the throttle, say 75%. As for what you're hearing on landings, the pilot is trying to maintain a specific glideslope, which requires multiple power corrections, as well as slight attitude corrections, in order to maintain that. You just can't select the perfect power setting, as everything is changing all the time: weight (fuel state), winds, for carriers the ship is moving, etc.

Does that help?

Yes, that is exactly what I was looking for. thanks!

 

[Xtndr50boom]

It's darker and harder to see.

But the darkness makes for some great/unique pictures!

 

[nugget61]

^Im guessing thats a long exposure, but if you're tanking and wearing NVG, wouldn't all that light blind you?

 

[BlackBearHockey]

I hope these questions aren't too stupid:

Do the long sleeve wash khakis get military creases? Also, I'm having a bunch of my uniforms dry cleaned and pressed, but am curious how one gets them from a nice, pressed state, onto a ship while keeping them crisp. I'd think they'd get trashed in a seabag. Especially the SDBs (which I'm told to bring but don't know why?).

 

[CommodoreMid]

They do get trashed in the seabag, it's pretty much inevitable, but every berthing has a couple irons and ironing boards available, so just bring some starch and if they look like crap when you take them out, iron them again. Hopefully you'll be in coveralls the entire time anyway.

And you do can put creases in the long sleeve shirt. Technically in the Navy I don't think you're "required" to put creases in any uniform (I haven't seen anything like that in the uniform regs, though I imagine commands can require them), but if you don't want to look like ass it's generally a good policy.

 

[BigIron]

Don't get the military creases in the washed khakis. If the sleeves are ironed, it looks okay, but the military creases belong in CNTs.

 

[A4sForever]

We used to do our khaki shirts "military press" --- which is the "correct" term ... ... both long & short sleeved ... until we decided that a set of khaki shirts got so nice -- mostly Flying Cross shirts that really, really got soooooooooooooooooooooooo soft & nice after 10-15 washings ... that we just left 'em alone.

Khaki trou --- ALWAYS a sharp press/crease.

 

[phrogpilot73]

Wait a minute... Navy guys iron their uniforms?!?

 

[A4sForever]

Wait a minute... Navy guys iron their uniforms?!?

Naaaaaaa ... 'da base/ships laundry or our NFO's did it, silly Gyrene.

Personally ... I wouldn't touch the stuff I wore.

 

[BACONATOR]

T/m/s?

 

[phrogpilot73]

T/m/s?

Type/Model/Series.

 

[Mr. Blonde]

Why do they call 53's "shitters"? I always thought the phrog looked more like it was taking a squat

 

[xj220]

T/m/s?

a/s/l?

 

[nittany03]

Why do they call 53's "shitters"? I always thought the phrog looked more like it was taking a squat

Marines correct me, but I thought it was short for "whistling shitcan of death." Or is that the Phrog?

 

[Gatordev]

Why do they call 53's "shitters"? I always thought the phrog looked more like it was taking a squat

Because of the sheer amount of crap coming out of the engines when it's flying/hovering. You can see a -53's smoke trail before the actual airframe sometimes, depending on the terrain and lighting.