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Stupid Questions about Naval Aviation (Part 3)
- Thread starter Top_Gun_1_0_1
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What used to blow my mind as a Hornet guy was seeing Rhino assym weight boards as I was being aligned on the cat. WTF does 53,100 mean? ?
All Rhino (E/F/G) airwing now, the weight boards have "settled out" somewhat- they're usually within an adjustment or two of my actual aircraft weight. Interestingly, since we ditched the A-D, there is generally less wind over the deck now too.
All Rhino (E/F/G) airwing now, the weight boards have "settled out" somewhat- they're usually within an adjustment or two of my actual aircraft weight. Interestingly, since we ditched the A-D, there is generally less wind over the deck now too.
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Since the Navy ditched the A-D is there now more space below the decks?
AIRMMCPORET
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With the Grumman guys gone (F-14, EA-6B) do the weights ever get into the 60,000 plus digits?
Are you talking about Whales? Were you in a CVW with EA-3s?
66K can't be a comfortable cat shot. Clown jet was fun, single centerline Hornet was noticeably less comfortable but still a lot of fun. But 60k+ has got to hurt a little bit.
Ha, I see what you're getting at there. But not really, since they were replaced in equal numbers by the E/F, which is a bigger airplane.
By “incompetent” I think you meant your lazy ass SDO sent the same canned weights down (when they bothered to get them in on time) that was nowhere near accurate and our procedure to verify the weight YOU told us matched YOUR plane worked to save you from your own laziness and ineptitude.
My crew never had a soft shot, and worked 16-20 hour days to make sure you could get launched on your sortie.
You are talking out your ass Brett, maybe you should spend a few hours outside your office and work with my ABE’s instead of slamming them in public.
Smilies and shit, with all due respect, whatever...
Not talking about soft shots, so not sure how this is relevant. You're welcome to speak to your experiences as a Shooter on one ship. I, in turn, am speaking of mine. It's not a contest.
Okay
AIRMMCPORET
Plan “A” Retired
Only the tanker flies five wet right?
I'd agree.....asym 1 shot is more violent than a 5 wet......then again, you have a lot more 5 wet shots than I do now
Correct. I don't off the top of my head know if you could theoretically substitute the centerline ARS for another tank, but I know "4 wet" (i.e. no ARS but the other 4 wing tanks) is illegal. In terms of takeoff weight, you are pushing max TO weight for the E/F in 5 wet, basically no extra weight available to carry anything else on the outboards or wingtips assuming you are fully bagged out, so no practical use in flying 5 wet for anything other than tanker. That and it flies like a dump truck.