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RF-8 Question
- Thread starter burcham8
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Here's an F-8 trap. A little bouncy. You really have to stay ahead of this aircraft and practice a lot. It lands kind of hot!
Dave
You ain't just woofin'! I've done that a few times; you nose down until you think you're going to eat a chunk of the flight deck - or maybe run out of deck - then it stops.
Earlier comment about the A-3 is spot-on. It's a handful to trap with. Once again, you look like you're going to run out of deck and dribble off the ship's side.
The F-8 seems to be the Navy fighter that handles most like the F-104, with its hot approach as well. The VI wing on the F-8 sure helped, though. Nothing like that on the -104.
Earlier comment about the A-3 is spot-on. It's a handful to trap with. Once again, you look like you're going to run out of deck and dribble off the ship's side.
The F-8 seems to be the Navy fighter that handles most like the F-104, with its hot approach as well. The VI wing on the F-8 sure helped, though. Nothing like that on the -104.
Motormouse
SOH-CM-2025
Whale and F8 no problem, its Razbams Scooter (a4) I can't trap.
Ttfn
Pete
Ttfn
Pete
Nobody should ever get frustrated if they have a hard time coming aboard in a F-8, A-3 or A-4. It was always a (shall we say) interesting experience in real life too. 
If you watch any of the YouTube vids featuring carrier ops in the 1960's and 70's, especially aboard the smaller 27-Charlie decks, you'll see how little room there is for screwing up. Pull off too much power over the ramp in a F-8 and you plop down on the deck and maybe bust a main mount or nose gear. Take a 4-wire in a "Whale" and you're on the elevator at the end of the angle deck when you come to a stop. Used to scare me just watching it from "Vultures' Row" or on the PLAT TV.
If you watch any of the YouTube vids featuring carrier ops in the 1960's and 70's, especially aboard the smaller 27-Charlie decks, you'll see how little room there is for screwing up. Pull off too much power over the ramp in a F-8 and you plop down on the deck and maybe bust a main mount or nose gear. Take a 4-wire in a "Whale" and you're on the elevator at the end of the angle deck when you come to a stop. Used to scare me just watching it from "Vultures' Row" or on the PLAT TV.Try increasing the elevator and the elevator trim effectiveness in the flight controls section of the aircraft config file. I had trouble just flying them period until I increased these values. I was having to use full up trim just to fly level, not a great FDE by any means. Haven't tried trapping with the Scooter yet though.
Dave