So I was trying to do some research into the whole aircraft carrier arresting cables stuff…and was doing some testing. I was messing around with some aircraft that are not carrier capable…but DO have arresting hooks installed for airfield arresting during emergencies. So I loaded the AMX…and sure enough, it trapped aboard the carrier. Then I loaded the Alpha Jet, which has no arresting cable at all, and that was able to trap too. Soon I realized, it doesn’t matter if the X-Plane aircraft has an arresting cable or not…as long as you land in the defined touchdown zone of the carrier, it will stop you! I never knew that. Kind of a disappointment…I was hoping that arresting hooks would be required…but whatever…
Pretty sure it was a 3-wire…
