Harrier down video

[Harrier Dude]

That's pretty fast for such a lil plane...

No seriously... 160-180??

If you're on fumes, it can be as slow as 150 or so. If you fly 12-15 units just prior to touchdown (on-speed=10 units) you can get it down to high 130s. In any case, they are less than desirable to do. Most people consider it an EP. The most common reason for even doing one is for a fire light (nozzles aft to shut off the reaction control system).

There are only 1 set of brakes in the Harrier (main wheels) and it tends to rock back and forth on the outriggers at high speed, which makes directional control a little squirrley. They're not the best way to land a Harrier most of the time.

It's better to stop and then land, than it is to land and then stop.

 

[Harrier Dude]

hey can you walk me through the procedures of landing on a Amphibious assault ship?

1) Find the boat
2) Get cleared to Charlie (enter the pattern)
3) Fly up the BRC (the way the boat is going from back to front)
4) Break upwind
5) Perform landing checks
6) Report abeam to LSO
7) Turn abeam the spot
8) Fly your numbers to get you to a good start (300-325', .5-.7 DME)
9) At the proper decel point, move nozzles to Hoverstop (basically vertical)
10) Report Hoverstop to the LSO
11) Decelerate down the port side of the boat to arrive in a hover abeam the intended landing spot as directed by the LSO. Don't be too fast (end up screaming past the ship) or too slow (end up stopped early and screwing up the pattern or running out of poop).
12) Cross the deck edge when cleared while keeping the Hover Position Indicator centered (a "ball on a stick" on the tower that centers you over spot 7 or 7 1/2 depending on the boat)
13) Descend straight down to land.
14) When you wheels hit, or the LSO says "Idle", snap the throttle to idle and hold the brakes, rotating the nozzles aft.
15) When in doubt, do what the LSO says immediately.

There's more to it than that, but that's about the jist of it.

 

[wyldechild]

thank you i appreciate the time you took to write it out.