wolfko Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xendoshi Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 nice find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehowe Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 That was cheating...he has helium balloons for wheels :-) steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthin Delahunt Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 One hell of a headwind. Anthin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clorix Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 I experimented with something similar a while back. I decided to see what 200 knot winds were like in the sim. Needless to say it was pretty fun! Pretty much the same effect lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xendoshi Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 17 hours ago, Clorix said: I experimented with something similar a while back. I decided to see what 200 knot winds were like in the sim. Needless to say it was pretty fun! Pretty much the same effect lol. Ha! I'll have to try that up here at my KFYV and not down there in the river valley! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Abdey Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Great vid wolfko... the take off vid is equally impressive 21 hours ago, Clorix said: I experimented with something similar a while back. That looks like great fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Kinda like what carrier pilots do every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 2 hours ago, Rodger Pettichord said: Kinda like what carrier pilots do every day. Yes, but they are utilizing an arrestor cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt McGee Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 I love watching STOL videos. There are always great ones from the annual competition at Valdez too. I don't know what the big deal is, I've got thousands of vertical landings, take-offs too. Does it matter that they were in helicopters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Pilot Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 3 hours ago, wolfko said: Yes, but they are utilizing an arrestor cable. No tailhook on this aircraft. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar-poc38C84 Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Pilot Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 6 hours ago, Rodger Pettichord said: Kinda like what carrier pilots do every day. And always in a crosswind. And sometimes on a dark rainy night. Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aero-3fsx Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 On 05/06/2017 at 10:34 PM, Clorix said: I experimented with something similar a while back. I decided to see what 200 knot winds were like in the sim. Needless to say it was pretty fun! Pretty much the same effect lol. I tried gale force winds when I first installed P3D v4 as that was before Active Sky released their version for v4 and v4 has no live weather A few default planes just took off from the runway without actually taking off It is just hard to control the plane when winds are insane speeds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfko Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 On 7.6.2017 at 3:34 AM, Gypsy Pilot said: And always in a crosswind. And sometimes on a dark rainy night. Dale Sorry to correct you. The carrier turns into the wind so the landings are of course in a headwind (would be kinda silly otherwise). And then you also have to add the speed of the carrier itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Pilot Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 3 hours ago, wolfko said: Sorry to correct you. The carrier turns into the wind so the landings are of course in a headwind (would be kinda silly otherwise). And then you also have to add the speed of the carrier itself. My first carrier flight was in 1955 on one of the last operational straight deck carriers CVA-45 (Valley Forge) which did as you say, turned into the wind. Even on a calm day straight deck carrier pilots always had a head wind because that big hunk of steel could chug along at 30+ knots during air operations. In 1956 my squadron deployed on the CVS-36 (Antietam) which was the only angle deck carrier at the time. One of my last flights was from the Antietam and our first landing on an angle deck was a bit of a challenge mentally because there was nothing to stop you if you failed to catch a wire. Because the ship is steaming into the wind and even with offsetting the heading because the flight deck is at an angle to the heading there is usually a crosswind to contend with. Here is a better explanation: https://www.quora.com/Do-planes-landing-on-aircraft-carriers-ever-have-to-contend-with-cross-winds Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt McGee Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 In my shipboard experience, if the weather is clear for a 100 mile radius, with the exception of one rain cell, the ship will inevitably be steaming straight for that rain cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingleaf Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 6 hours ago, h3pilot said: In my shipboard experience, if the weather is clear for a 100 mile radius, with the exception of one rain cell, the ship will inevitably be steaming straight for that rain cell. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Pilot Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 18 hours ago, h3pilot said: In my shipboard experience, if the weather is clear for a 100 mile radius, with the exception of one rain cell, the ship will inevitably be steaming straight for that rain cell. The Skipper had to do something to make sure that the flight deck crew got a bath Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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