This is my modified version of the original Jundroo Wasp, stripped of weapons and set up with funky trees and stabilators to automatically land you on the USS Beast.
Controls
Activate Autoland: target USS Beast
Arresting Hook: activation group 1
Usage
It is not perfect!!! However, every time I've run it, you can get a carrier landing as long as the plane gains initial control(meaning, wings level at 1000ft). If you get to that point, I'm pretty confident it will land.
To set the autoland up for success, travel a decent distance away from the USS Beast, at roughly 1000ft, 200-400 kts, facing in its general direction. Then turn on targeting and select the carrier. The only thing you have to do from then on is lower the gear and arresting hook whenever you feel like it.
Note that catching an arresting cable is somewhat a game of luck -- depending on the exact situation, you may bounce over the cables or something -- but I've never had it happen and the plane will do its best to aim for the sweet spot.
How It Works
(Diagram explained below)
Setup: The arrows represent possible starting locations for the jet. It navigates from any of these towards the circle at 1000ft altitude. Far out, it goes for a cruise speed of 500kts, but slows down to hit 240kts as it intercepts the circle, and goes around it clockwise until it intercepts the runway line.
Approach: Once in the light green strip and pointing towards the runway, it stops using the circle for guidance and attempts to follow the runway centerline, while also decelerating slightly.
Final Approach: Once it gets close enough to intercept the glideslope, it starts descending(dark green strip) and continuing to slow down, aiming to reach about 185kts at the carrier. Now's when I manually put down the gear and arresting hook. Then, just before it touches down, it pulls back and cuts the throttle, catching the cable and coming to a stop.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 30.1ft (9.2m)
- Length 40.9ft (12.5m)
- Height 13.3ft (4.1m)
- Empty Weight 30,231lbs (13,712kg)
- Loaded Weight 34,356lbs (15,584kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 1.962
- Wing Loading 99.5lbs/ft2 (485.9kg/m2)
- Wing Area 345.3ft2 (32.1m2)
- Drag Points 2866
Parts
- Number of Parts 43
- Control Surfaces 4
- Performance Cost 346
@UltraLight I see
@MIGFOXHOUND31BSM26 yeah, I tried having it near the beginning and near the middle. How it is now is the most reliable though
nice, but I have a suggestion, make it aim for the first arresting wire instead of the last one
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