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3 wire OK why?
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because your hook will hit in the middle, between 2 and 3 wire, then drag to the 3 wire
and you can get an OK and not get a 3wire, and you can also get a 3wire and not get a OK (or a fair or a no grade,etc)
PS: they, as in the LSO's, can change the aimpoint though by changing the Fresnel lens, like when the 4 wire is busted, they'll target the 2 wire instead
They want you to aim for the middle so that you have the best chance of catching a wire, if you're alittle high, you still catch the four, if you're alittle low you'll catch the one or two but still safely away from the ramp. If they were targetting the one for example, and you were low, well, ramp strike. Targetting the four, and your high, bolter. Targetting the hook point there is the best for safely bringing you aboard.
and you can get an OK and not get a 3wire, and you can also get a 3wire and not get a OK (or a fair or a no grade,etc)
PS: they, as in the LSO's, can change the aimpoint though by changing the Fresnel lens, like when the 4 wire is busted, they'll target the 2 wire instead
They want you to aim for the middle so that you have the best chance of catching a wire, if you're alittle high, you still catch the four, if you're alittle low you'll catch the one or two but still safely away from the ramp. If they were targetting the one for example, and you were low, well, ramp strike. Targetting the four, and your high, bolter. Targetting the hook point there is the best for safely bringing you aboard.
Improved Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System (IFLOLS)
The initial production of IFLOLS is in full swing with six production systems installed so far on aircraft carriers. It's a great system improvement over the older FLOLS (Fresnel lens) with its 12 fiber optic cells indicating glide slope at about twice the sensitivity as the older FLOLS. With IFLOLS's greater definition, it is possible to accurately reference the lens as far out as a mile behind the ship. The greater sensitivity of the lens cells provides the pilot the capability to observe glide slope deviations sooner, thus promoting smaller corrections and tighter control of glide slope. Once you recalibrate your eye and flying to the new system, it's supposedly tough to go back to "regular" FLOLS.
According to the guys running the LSO school, the "new" system is so much more precise than what I flew that the carriers today are going to 3 wires (target 2 wire) to save on installation $$$$, maintenance and upkeep of the arresting gear.
The initial production of IFLOLS is in full swing with six production systems installed so far on aircraft carriers. It's a great system improvement over the older FLOLS (Fresnel lens) with its 12 fiber optic cells indicating glide slope at about twice the sensitivity as the older FLOLS. With IFLOLS's greater definition, it is possible to accurately reference the lens as far out as a mile behind the ship. The greater sensitivity of the lens cells provides the pilot the capability to observe glide slope deviations sooner, thus promoting smaller corrections and tighter control of glide slope. Once you recalibrate your eye and flying to the new system, it's supposedly tough to go back to "regular" FLOLS.
According to the guys running the LSO school, the "new" system is so much more precise than what I flew that the carriers today are going to 3 wires (target 2 wire) to save on installation $$$$, maintenance and upkeep of the arresting gear.
I'm pretty sure every carrier is now IFLOLS. That was our preferred lens to train on in K'rock. I say preferred because we only had one IFLOLS at home field and one at Orange Grove and since IFLOLS was on the boat, we need to know how to fly that lens. So if they had recently changed runways, we were on the old lens.
Going from the IFLOLS to the FLOLS was an easier transition. It made you think you were doing better than you were because of the lack of movement in the ball. Of course, going from FLOLS to IFLOLS was always tricky. If it hadn't been a while and you weren't used to all the movement of the ball, you could easily overcontrol it. Thankfully though, IFLOLS is what we learned on from the very beginning, so after a pass, it was back to normal.
Going from the IFLOLS to the FLOLS was an easier transition. It made you think you were doing better than you were because of the lack of movement in the ball. Of course, going from FLOLS to IFLOLS was always tricky. If it hadn't been a while and you weren't used to all the movement of the ball, you could easily overcontrol it. Thankfully though, IFLOLS is what we learned on from the very beginning, so after a pass, it was back to normal.
UInavy said:
I was also told that it was due to the Super Hornet's being designed to bring back more ordnance to the boat, thus higher trap weights, thus stronger gear needed. So 3 strengthened arresting gear engines were put in place of 4 old ones. Hornet bubbas, does this make sense or am I talking out the wrong end of my digestive tract?
You mean, more ordnance than it left with? That would be a good trick.DanMav1156 said:
Steve Wilkins said:
If a Hornet returned with Chuck Norris onboard, it would have infinite ordnance.
