I thought you didn’t like carriers that have a ski jump?*
*Pedantic humor post based on capitalization.
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for VFA-113, I’m prolly gonna do more than one Cag Bird, since I cannot find any reference to a XO Bird.
Red Tail, Blue Tail, Stinger Spine, and Line Bird prolly.
Still gathering reference material to re-stencil decals.
Oooohhhh I likes it.
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@SkateZilla let me know what you need. I can get you images of the Charlie CAG paint or the current Echo.
Although I’m not understanding the references to XO bird, etc. Right now one jet is painted as the CAG jet and the rest are the low vis line paint.
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Awesome RedKite Hornet update video. Too much to mention.
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This is a request, though. I want that. That China Lake scheme is one of the best.
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Thats what I meant,
Most Sqns have x00 as CAG, x01 as XO, then Line birds from there.
I couldnt find any 301 for VFA-113.
So we’re fast approaching the point where Jane’s twer but a distance memory. Mexcellent. (also red kite needs to read himself some ACM literature. reverse cues for days)
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Yeah, the only difference between 301 and higher number jets are the names on the side. The only uniquely painted jet is 300.
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Huh, I hadn’t seen that red tail.
The one with the barb going from the vertical stabs to the canopy was a cool idea but never made its way onto a jet, at least not a Rhino.
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Really awesome. Watching those Tomcats go off the catapults was awesome.
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From Wikipedia…so it has to be correct…actually I think this is:
Possible grades:
“OK Underline” – a perfect pass, generally under unfavorable circumstances. Naval Aviators often have hundreds of carrier landings without ever receiving this grade. Worth 5 points.
“OK” – a pass with only very minor deviations from centerline, glideslope and angle of attack. Worth 4 points.
“Fair” – a pass with one or more safe deviations and appropriate corrections. Worth 3 points.
“Bolter” - a safe pass where the hook is down and the aircraft does not stop. Worth 2.5 point, but counts against pilot/squadron/wing “boarding rate”.
“No Grade” – a pass with gross (but still safe) deviations or inappropriate corrections. Failure to respond to LSO calls will often result in this grade. Worth 2 points.
“Technique Waveoff” – a pass with deviations from centerline, glideslope and/or angle of attack that are unsafe and need to be aborted. Worth 1 point.
“Cut Pass” – an unsafe pass with unacceptable deviations, typically after a wave off is possible. Worth zero points.
“Foul Deck Waveoff” – a pass that was aborted due to the landing area being fouled. No points are assigned and the pass is not counted toward the pilots landing grade average.
So no, not cut from the Navy but get enough “Cut Passes” and you will be subject to a FNAEB (pronounced Fee-Nab; Field Naval Aviator Evaluation Board see para 6 of this link: MILPERS MAN 1610-020) looking at the end of your flight career…but they will keep you in the Navy.
Then for some strange reason these guys seem to always be transferred into the Naval Intelligence…so much so that those of us who started and came up through the ranks as naval intelligence officers have a name for them, “Fallen Angels”…but that is another story.
I don’t know why it is called a “Cut Pass”. Possibly…In the piston engine, actual LSO in a yellow suit with actual paddles that the approaching pilot watched, the LSO would slash a paddle across his neck when he wanted the pilot to “Cut his engine” - go to idle power. The plane then kind of fell to the deck. These were the straight deck carrier days so a bolter meant you were headed towards the net protecting the aircraft parked on the bow…which was frowned upon. Maybe it has something to do with that?
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I’d like that too…however, that may be a bit difficult seeing as in the real world they have not been able to automate it…and the FSX version is pretty basic…there are lots of factors to judge (that FSX does not), AOA, alignment, speed, deviations from glide slope…plus it is the entire pass that is graded…and a believe it is broken into 3 phases, the start (when the pilot “calls the ball”), the middle and the landing (from when the jet crosses the ramp)…I likely have terms wrong but you get the general idea.
Just spitballing here…what if we found a former LSO who could “school us” in the basics…what to look for in an FA-18C pass (BTW @BeachAV8R, does the DCS FA-18 have indexer lights on its nose gear? we’d need that.)…maybe put together a PowerPoint or HTML slide show that MUDSPIKE could host…call it LSO School.
We could have “Bagging Traps” multiplayer events were a couple of us would act as LSOs and give grades…or if DCS does replays, one could replay, switch to the LSO view and grade their own traps. With this gang I know nobody would inflate their landing scores.
Just some thoughts…
BTW, in the fleet, personal betting on landing grades is allowed as long as the amounts wagered are not too large. The thought is that it encourages pilots to strive to fly better. Betting on boarding rates (the ratio of traps to technique wave offs and bolters) is strictly forbidden since it would encourage pilots to take unnecessary risks to “get aboard”.
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vLSO for FSX does that pretty well and - according to what I know - quite realistically.
http://vlso.blogspot.de/2013/?m=1
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My Bad…I was thinking of that lame grade that TACPACK gives you.
I hadn’t heard of vLSO. You are correct! Wow! that looks great. The side view in the link is exactly what I meant when I said the entire pass is graded–terrific!
…plus I was thinking too “real world”…of course the computer has all the info about speed, AOA, etc!…it doesn’t have to look at the jet…the ultimate LSO! ummm…where did the “Forehead Slap” emoji go?
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Working on VX-31, VFA-113 Line was already done by BST, So I’ll just work on a Few 300 Liveries.
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Does anyone have a High Res Image of the Patch thats on the VX-31 Spine?
Edit: Nevermind, Already had the 100 Yrs Naval Aviation Patch.