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Offline SELECTOR

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carrier landings (little gripe)
« on: September 19, 2002, 01:59:46 PM »
now landing on carrier is the hardest landing for a pilot..
now when it changes course while your trying to land, now thats really hard..

i feel there needs to be a way of stopping carrier turning while your on final aproach..
or even employ some bat men to wave you off..:)

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carrier landings (little gripe)
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2002, 02:27:45 PM »
It would be very cool indeed to have an LSO wave you off while the carrier is maneuvering and such.

Offline Wilbus

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carrier landings (little gripe)
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2002, 06:34:04 PM »
What would be even better is not to whiplash away from the carrier when you land successfully on it when turning.

If you do land when it's turning, you get emidiatly thrown back with a speed of, probarly no less then Mach 3.
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carrier landings (little gripe)
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2002, 07:17:18 PM »
Same thing happens to me Wilbuz, I've lost a 9 and 7 kill sortie to that very reason, I was quite upset. :)
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carrier landings (little gripe)
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2002, 03:09:13 AM »
The other day I landed catching one of the first three wires and I thought "Yay, made it" but before I could hit ESC and go to tower, the CV started another turn and my plane slipped back and over the side despite being fully stopped at the time. Wth...

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