When an F18 lands on a carrier, does the pilot uses primarily the throttle or pitch control to maintain GS?
(I've managed to get some info from a really kind pilot in Farnborough, and I got to know that in daylight the actual (straight) approach is 15-20 seconds.)
Any related info welcome!
thanks!
Answers:
the pilot has to land on 75%throtle cuz if the arrester wire misses the hook so he can get to 100% throtle o r after burner easily and can fly again when the hook is engaged to the arrester wire the pilot know in cockpit and he bring the throttle down immediatly if he miss he know him self also from control he get code to fly again ..also if he is approaching wrong he get lights as signal to get himself on right position hope this help
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i'm gonna guess they use the stick. with such a fast appraoch you'd need to have more control
The aircraft will land on just after the round-down at max throttle,so that if the pilot misses the arrester wires he still has the power available to fly through and go around again.
GS is maintained using a combination of throttle and air brakes just until the point of contact when max thrust is selected, the arrester wires stop the aircraft.
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