NZFF

Well I managed to land it. Didnt manage to stop before I went off the other end tho.
Need to get the carrier to go faster next time



Trev

I new that was going to be done ! ... My pc should be in action this weekend and going tp have a look at this superb carrier , I think they would have put the airwing down stairs Trev

Try applying reverse thrust before you touch down... definitely not in the POH, but should help you stop

alternatively, take all the aircraft off the deck and land longways!

HardCorePawn wrote:

QUOTE (HardCorePawn @ Jun 18 2009, 07:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Try applying reverse thrust before you touch down... definitely not in the POH, but should help you stop

alternatively, take all the aircraft off the deck and land longways!

Just been watching the the videos on YouTube about the Herc landing trials on a Forrestal Class A/C carrier. They applied reverse thrust when they were 4 feet above the deck, and the landed length wise on the deck, althought after the trials they calculated that they could have landed on the agled deck. very interesting video

Managed it this time - with room to spare . Got the carrier to go abit faster , slammed the Hercs engines into reverse thrust just before touch down and slammed on the brakes.
Landing successfully on the Angled deck is the next challenge.

Must try this myself...tried the Herc at St Barts but havent had a succesful landing yet coming in over the hill...

To give some people an idea , The is the original Aircraft Carrier CV-59 USS Forrestal , I scaled the C130 to match , the largest COD system in the world .

It was never put in practice but sure makes it a lotta fun for a flight simmer , course the Nimitz class has a little more room ... only a little

There is used of the c130 on youtube landing on deck and taking off with rockets attached




this one below just for fun


and the FSX landing i found



the rev thrust is the only way ive been able to do it unless there is a way for the herc to use cables ,,taking off mite be as easy as working out how to ad the NOS feature to the aircraft the is attached to the Extra 300 ?? mite look at that one or food for thought for you guys

They tried this dozens off time with different weight settings , you notice in the Utube video movies , the Herc only uses 400 ft to stop of the 600 ft angled deck , with the forward motion 33kt s of CV59 the C130 was able to launch after test just aft off the Island without JATO .