Btw, I’m finding landings are ok in the Tomcat. It seems pretty stable in the groove, and the only thing I tend to muck up is on the finals turn where I either don’t use some rudder (spoilt Hornet person) or I just don’t actually fly the aircraft enough, i.e. move that stick. I also try not to trim too much when turning, or rather less trim inputs than the Hornet and its whizz-bang computers.
I’ve also found that the E-bracket is sort of slow to catch up, and that the Flight Path Marker is not to be ignored, but sort of just used for some guidance. In good weather is just seems better to hit the numbers and AOA and do it manually by looking - those big wings help out for stability. I am still rocking the throttle a bit to keep glidepath rather than using the Direct Lift Control wheel, but I just need to practice with that more.
Until I get more used to it I am just doing really ugly CASE 1, with an eternity in the groove. This ACLS stuff could be handy for CASE 3 stuff in awful weather I guess…