Close call:
https://youtu.be/hYRrObh0BNE
Close call:
https://youtu.be/hYRrObh0BNE
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Pucker Factor = 11
I'm amazed the aircraft had the performance capability to recover from that energy state. I'm even more amazed the pilot was able to coax every bit of that performance out of the aircraft without over controlling. The set of cajones required to aviate one's way out of that situation are sizable and metallic.
Also, for all the shit I love to heap on our Haze Gray friends in the Navy, I LOVE how those guys react without any hesitation at all in any type of emergency. The ones who saw the Hawkeye go over the edge rushed there to spot potential survivors. The ones who saw the cable snap rushed to the sailors who had been hit. No hesitation. No confusion. Just action.
Glad the only casualties on the Hawkeye were the seat cushions, and I hope the injured deck crew recovered well.
Hansolo (11Jul16)
TWOT
Well I would imagine there's some sort of sensor on the aircraft which measures the amount of force on the hook so that when it exceeds a set minimum it considers the aircraft successfully hooked but that's purely my imagination..
Don't know if there is an additional sensor, but I think it's plain and simple, when you have no forward momentum, you go engines idle.
Look at this video, you can see the pilot going full throttle on touchdown until he's completely stopped.
https://youtu.be/P36FXnzP0Go?t=2m14s
Ski (11Jul16)
Yeah, that's going to wake you up.
That sensor would be the pilot(s). If a system such as you're proposing exists that aircraft would have gotten very wet, peak load on the hook would be shortly after catching the wire, and minimum load when the aircraft stops, or the wire breaks.
Oliver (11Jul16)
Systems like the one you described do exist Oliver. The super hornet has a logic in the FADEC called RATS (Reduced Authority Thrust System). RATS is intended to reduce the level of wind-over-deck turbulence as well as reduce the energy absorbed by the arresting gear to hopefully avoid this type of incident. RATS declares a successful arrestment if landing gear and arresting hook are down and longitudinal deceleration is less than 1G (normal arrestment is at 3G). If this is met the FADEC sends a "set RATS on" signal which immediately decreases thrust to 70%. RATS monitors WOWs, wheel speed and thust lever angle. Its canceled at the movement of thrust levers to idle and can also be canceld with a thrust lever movement to past 2 degrees of MAX stop...which is Afterburner or Reheat as they say across the pond.
So you arent crazy Oliver lol. But 70% of MIL is still a lot of power. RATS really just keeps guys from being in full burner at full extension of the cable, its more of a dummy system. The newer blocks probably have improved logic in the system..NARC could tell us but he isnt around lately.