25.01.2008, 22:11
I've watched videos of many many ww2 traps, and I've not seen a single one even close to what happens 99.99999999999% of the time in PF. Course we have no LSO waving us off if we're too hot.
Course part of the problem is the CV should be steaming at 30 knots into a wind, so there should be at least 30 knots over the deck. It's rarely dead calm, so 35+ would be more common.
I've tried pretty damn hard to do proper approaches, right placement and alt at the break, etc. If I make a trap that looks like RL it's pure luck, and I've been shooting traps in F4Fs on virtual CVs for over 15 years.
Course part of the problem is the CV should be steaming at 30 knots into a wind, so there should be at least 30 knots over the deck. It's rarely dead calm, so 35+ would be more common.
I've tried pretty damn hard to do proper approaches, right placement and alt at the break, etc. If I make a trap that looks like RL it's pure luck, and I've been shooting traps in F4Fs on virtual CVs for over 15 years.