by "Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
Published 04/03/2017 at 11:00
by "Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
Published 04/03/2017 at 11:00
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Heavy Crosswind Takeoff
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
04/03/2017 at 11:10, STARS: 0
2nd pilot > 1st pilot :)
"facw" (facw)
04/03/2017 at 11:20, STARS: 0
Silly Aussies, this is why you’re supposed to operate your hornets from carriers, easy to eliminate those crosswinds when you can turn the runway (though I do wonder what happens when you want to fight a war, but sea/weather conditions are too rough to launch/recover fighters).
"Viggen" (viggen37)
04/03/2017 at 11:45, STARS: 1
Short take off roll for a Legacy bug with two bags. Of course, I can count the amount of grey Hornets I’ve seen take off from shore on one hand, so what do I know lol.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/03/2017 at 11:48, STARS: 1
No. 2 learned from watching No. 1.
"Viggen" (viggen37)
04/03/2017 at 11:52, STARS: 2
Maybe Two is just the better stick.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/03/2017 at 11:53, STARS: 1
You recover anyway. I watched a documentary about carrier ops (maybe on PBS, don’t remember), and the captain launched the fighters in foul weather even though he knew that recovery would be extremely hairy. His reasoning: if we’re in a war, we can’t stay grounded because of weather. They had bolter after bolter, and then had to put a tanker up—another airplane that would have to be recovered—so the rest of the wing could get down. The tanker gig fell to a junior pilot in the rotation, but the senior pilot took the flight, telling the other pilot, “You’ll thank me later.” They eventually got everybody on deck, but it took a very long time, and the tanker was on fumes when he finally landed. The pilots were grumbling, but the captain was unrepentant.
"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/03/2017 at 11:57, STARS: 1
I was waiting for 1 to put a wheel in the grass.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
04/03/2017 at 12:00, STARS: 0
Short in amount of time, perhaps, but the focal length of the lens capturing the image is very long, so distance wise, it’s hard to tell. Beautiful video, though, ain’t it?
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
04/03/2017 at 12:03, STARS: 1
Those ailerons serve a purpose on the ground too!!
"Viggen" (viggen37)
04/03/2017 at 12:11, STARS: 0
They were off the ground in roughly 1600 feet.
"Viggen" (viggen37)
04/03/2017 at 12:15, STARS: 1
Sounds like the documentary series Carrier. The segment you’re talking about, as well as the whole series, is free on Youtube.
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/03/2017 at 12:26, STARS: 0
Yup. That was it. Thanks.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
04/03/2017 at 12:38, STARS: 0
I believe you. How do you know? Is that not typical?
"Viggen" (viggen37)
04/03/2017 at 13:28, STARS: 0
I honestly don’t know. I spent the past four years in helicopters, so takeoff rolls aren’t my expertise. I’d imagine an F/A-18's minimum length is between 1400 and 1650 feet.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
04/03/2017 at 13:49, STARS: 0
That’s a pretty tight range...
So you are a pilot? I envy pilots their craft. When I die, I want to be remembered as one of the greatest pilots who never flew.
"Viggen" (viggen37)
04/03/2017 at 13:50, STARS: 0
No, I was just a mechanic.
"Viggen" (viggen37)
04/03/2017 at 13:51, STARS: 1
Keep in mind that’s also an estimate for a minimum take off roll. It could be a couple hundred feet less.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
04/03/2017 at 14:07, STARS: 0
My wife was an A&P mechanic in the US Army from ‘84 to ‘87. Chinooks and Cobras, I believe. Chinooks, for sure.
"Viggen" (viggen37)
04/03/2017 at 14:08, STARS: 0
Chinooks were what I worked on from 2013 until last month.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
04/03/2017 at 14:23, STARS: 0
She said they leaked a lot.
"Viggen" (viggen37)
04/03/2017 at 14:25, STARS: 0
They sure do! But if she ain’t leaking she ain’t flying.