Want to practice carrier landings? Find a medium field [A37 in SFTERR works great] and lift off. Fly the landing pattern then setup a mock carrier landing. Full flaps, and high decent rate. I aim between the start of the runway and the end of the re-arm plate. That's my "4-wire-zone", and I typically hit just short of the re-arm plate; a perfect 3-wire. Practice this in a Zeke before trying a Corsair.
Once you get it down, lower your landing speed from 130 to 110 mph. Trim the aircraft to prevent a stall, and only vary your speed by adding throttle. Don't lower or raise the nose, just play with the gas until you get it right. It took me half an hour before I was hitting my "3-wire" just short of the re-arm plate. About 10 minutes after that, I was doing it with an F4U1-D loaded with a pair of 500s.
It takes a little getting used to, but once you get it down it's simple. I accidently started landing my 109 like that, until the gear folded on my 3rd try.
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Delta 6's Flight School"My art is the wings of an aircraft through the skies, my music the deep hum of a prop as it slices the air, my thrill the thunder of guns tearing asunder an enemy plane."
Flakbait
19 September 2000