04 November 2014

Inconceivable!

An F-35C made an arrested landing on Nimitz.

I read just a few months ago that this is impossible for various reasons.

I guess it's just the engineer in me that read the various reasons as making the solution more difficult than they would otherwise be, instead of making them impossible.

Over and over in the F-35 program we're encountering things that have to be the way they are for the VTOL F-35B making the other two variations harder to get finished with.

More difficult does not mean impossible.


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4 comments:

  1. Sendarius04 November, 2014 21:59

    Two wire?

    With a UAV landing successfully without external assistance (http://news.yahoo.com/navy-completes-1st-unmanned-carrier-landing-200130982.html) it would seem that the days of pilots making mistakes when landing on a carrier deck are reaching their end.

    With all the processing power on the F-35, coupled with fly-by-wire controls, I can easily imagine that it can pull the same stunt.

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    1. Angus McThag04 November, 2014 23:37

      Worse than that. OK Two wire. If you look for it you'll notice that their just using the 1,2 and 4 pendant stations with 3 being disconnected. The new carriers starting with CVN-76 were built with 3 from the start.

      I notice that the amber AOA light was steady the entire approach with not a whiff of red or green. You probably dial in the approach speed you want and fly the flightpath marker right onto the spot you want.

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    2. Sendarius05 November, 2014 04:06

      I ran it slow, and I count FIVE stations with varying separations. It appears that the 4th wire was removed, and the F-35 takes the 3rd. Is that what you mean by "OK 2"?

      If the AOA light never varied, that adds weight to my supposition that the aircraft itself could pick a spot on the deck and put the undercarriage there without bothering the pilot.

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    3. Angus McThag05 November, 2014 07:01

      Stabbing the pause button a lot and I see what you're saying. And that contradicts what I'd read. Damn lying eyes!

      Looks like Nimitz hasn't been modified to the three wire configuration yet. Looking at it more carefully, it's a Low 3 because he's almost snagging 2 with the hook before the mains touch the deck.

      The station between wires 3 and 4 is for rigging the barricade (unless I'm misinformed again).

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