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Question For Old Naval Aviators
Check these numbers - the deck was the Forrestal and there was minimal wind over the deck, actually at anchor in Piraeus, but nose into the wind. The deck launch was never a problem, the landing at full flaps and simply a touch down short of the wires with a cut pass to a brake stop before the end of the island. No other aircraft short of an offset E-2 on deck. Fuel load minimal and just two people at the controls. Trapping was always an option but it would cause a residual work effort. Mission was to just fly around and pick up the mail and return. I may be crazy but you had enough deck to cut pass, taxi a bit, fire it up and take off again wrote in message ... On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:10:05 GMT, "Flashnews" wrote: If the airwing was sent ashore and the deck left reasonably empty the C-1 COD's often deck landed and deck departed while the carriers were in port so the arresting crews did not have to be mobilized from liberty. Leaving one or two wires working just made things smoother but a shift had to work. In all this enabled the ships crew to cycle, the mail to be delivered, the ship to be on a liberty schedule, and the staff pukes to get their flight time. What kind of weight did a C-1 fly at? I just looked at my S-2D/E/G NATOPS. At 23,000 lb., standard day, zero headwind, takeoff roll was just under 1000', so a deck run at anchor might be possible (but would be interesting). The same aircraft on a 99 kt. approach (full flaps), 90 kt. touchdown would have a landing roll of almost 2500 ft. That would seem to preclude non-arrested landings at anchor. Of course if the COD were substantially lighter the take off run would be less. And a lighter weight would mean a lower landing speed. Making a fast "interpolation" taking the weight to 19,000 lbs. cuts the distance to about 2100 ft. To get under 1000' requires between 35-40 kts. of headwind. To get 1000 feet or follout you'd have to land a wheels length ahead of the rounddown. I don't think, even then, a 27C had the deck length to do it; maybe a FORESTAL did. While the S-2 is probably "dirtier" than a C-1 I wonder if it would make that much difference at low speeds. And even under the best of circumstance God forbid you have a problem. Bill Kambic, former Stoof IP Veteran: VT-28, VS-27, VS-30, VS-73 Bill Kambic Haras Lucero, Kingston, TN Mangalarga Marchador: Uma Raça, Uma Paixão |
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