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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2009 14:17:12 GMT -5
In a well-executed carrier landing by a Navy aircraft, the tailhook will grab a certain of the four (?) arresting cables stretched across the deck.
Why don't the landing gears snatch any of the cables? Do the cables lay flat on the deck so the wheels can roll over them or are they raised up off the deck just a little to help make sure the tailhook grabs them?
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Post by fullphaser on Aug 2, 2009 15:59:07 GMT -5
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Post by osrb on Aug 2, 2009 18:05:02 GMT -5
BTW the perfect trap is wire number 3. The wire is held up a couple of inches off the deck. Low enough that the wheels can roll over them but high enough for the hook to grab.
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Post by rstewart on Aug 3, 2009 4:17:31 GMT -5
And talk about LOUD. Waking through the hanger bay while recovery operations was going on required the use of good hearing protection. The screech of the arresting gear was literally painful without hearing protection.
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Post by fullphaser on Aug 3, 2009 5:47:43 GMT -5
And talk about LOUD. Waking through the hanger bay while recovery operations was going on required the use of good hearing protection. The screech of the arresting gear was literally painful without hearing protection. I think my biggest surprise was how large those carrier decks actually are. Its one thing to see them on screen, its an entirely different matter to get a chance to walk the deck. |
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Post by rstewart on Aug 3, 2009 5:56:45 GMT -5
My biggest suprise is how FAST they are. Imagine Hamilton Place Mall going 40 MPH. And boy does it throw a helluva a wake.
As big as they look, imagine you and 5499 of your "closest" neighbors spending lots and lots of quality time together. After only a very short period of time it's amazing how small the crews find the carrier. On my ship, USS Forrestal, CV-59 there were not enough bunks for everyone and the air crews normally had to "hot-rack" it. Port crew had the rack from 0700 til 1900 and then starboard crew had the rack from 1900-0700. You had best pray you didn't have a dirtbag for a rack mate.
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Post by mikeydokey on Aug 6, 2009 21:49:03 GMT -5
I'd bet after 6 months at sea, everyone there was a dirtbag, cause none of them could hold on to a bar of soap, slippery shit.
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Post by osrb on Aug 7, 2009 7:00:33 GMT -5
I'd bet after 6 months at sea, everyone there was a dirtbag, cause none of them could hold on to a bar of soap, slippery shit. Speaking from experience mikey? |
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Post by rstewart on Aug 7, 2009 7:59:17 GMT -5
Actually the ship I was on had individual showers in the heads so no worries about bending over.
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Post by BlackFox on Aug 7, 2009 8:28:56 GMT -5
I was stationed at Pearl Harbor, West Loch, a Navy base. The Navy guys used to say "The only good Marine is a submarine", and we would reply "On a submarine, 96 men go down and 48 couples come up".
We had a beer garden between our barracks. Good times, good times.
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Post by LimitedRecourse on Aug 7, 2009 10:05:21 GMT -5
My Dad (retired from the Navy---worked on the avionics for many of those airplanes) said the loudest noise came from the throttle kicking into "high" in case the cables were missed and the plane had to make anther pass. The automatic landing sequence on the F-14's caused many pilots to have ulcers, having to sit through the whole sequence with nary a button to push.
(He also is fond of calling Marines "the Navy's seagoing bell hops" or something like that.)
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Post by rstewart on Aug 7, 2009 10:49:39 GMT -5
He must have been referring to the Captain's Orderlies. LOL An armed Marine was by the Captain's side or outside his stateroom door at all times. He was not the most popular man onboard.
I thought the tremendous noise was from the arresting gear. It wasn't a roar it was a loud screech. It was very loud in the hangar bay but not noticable on the deck.
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Post by osrb on Aug 7, 2009 11:51:14 GMT -5
I spent my time on Gator Freighters USS New Orleans (LPH-11) . Never had to deal with arresting gear but did have to deal with Harriers landing on the deck right over my head.
People say the Marines are a department of the Navy yes it is. It is the mens department.
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