To: GeronL
The thing that caught my eye was the calm seas that this took place in. What happens in 20’ seas? That must be challenging.
10 posted on
10/04/2011 9:23:03 PM PDT by
Delta Dawn
(The whole truth.)
To: Delta Dawn
Well, the first time and all, might as well be docked. lol.
12 posted on
10/04/2011 9:31:24 PM PDT by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
To: Delta Dawn
I can tell you what it was like in a simulator at night, in heaving seas and low-vis... difficult. crashed the thing into the side of the ship and into the sea. Of course, I’m not a pilot and the control laws were half-baked at the time, but it sure was fun!
To: Delta Dawn
"...What happens in 20’ seas? That must be challenging..."I can't imagine it would be even more challenging than performing a traditional trap in those seas...
21 posted on
10/05/2011 4:11:49 AM PDT by
rlmorel
(9/11: Aggression is attracted to weakness like sharks are to blood, and we were weak. We still are.)
To: Delta Dawn
The thing that caught my eye was the calm seas that this took place in. What happens in 20’ seas? That must be challenging. A lot easier than an arrested landing
- Easier to "stop then land" than "land then stop"
- landing can be amidships where vertical movement of the deck is minimised
28 posted on
10/05/2011 7:39:11 AM PDT by
Oztrich Boy
(New gets old. Steampunk is always cool)
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