Harold A. Climer wrote in
:

On JAG last Friday evening they had a episode where a C-130 landed on
an Aircraft carrier. At the end of the program is showed a picture of
a C-130 hat had landed on the Forestall in 1957 . Has anyone
acomplished this feat on FS?
Harold A. Climer
Dept. Of Physics,Geology, and Astronomy
U.T. Chattanooga
318 Grote Hall
615 McCallie Ave
Chattanooga TN 37403


Sorry for the lateness in replying. Don't bother with this group much
anymore.

But in answer to your question, Yep! I've done it several times in
FS98 (one of the reasons I don't bother anymore). Need to change the .air
file to beef up the spoilers (changed Spoiler Drag from 11 to 30865) but
other than that, no real mods necessary. As I understand it, for the real
thing the only modification was increasing the strength of the brakes
themselves - no arrestor hook was used, and the aircraft landed straight,
not on the angled deck.

If you want to see something downright frightening, check out
http://www.aviationexplorer.com/movies/C130Accident.mpg

This is a video of a prototype design intended for rescuing the
Iranian hostages in 1980, following the failed attempt by helicopter. The
idea was to be able to land a C-130 onto a *soccer field*, and subsequently
take off again from the same field. As such, it featured JATO rockets not
only for takeoff, but for rapid deceleration to land as well. The project
was abandoned. If you look close at the video, you'll see the JATOs mounted
vertically for takeoff, as well as the typical units for acceleration.


- Al.

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