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* Especially at low speed you need to use the rudder pedals to coordinate the turn because of high alpha. The bank indicator in the HUD has a turn slip indication - if the triangle is torn apart, then you need to push the pedals in the direction of the lower part of the triangle. | * Especially at low speed you need to use the rudder pedals to coordinate the turn because of high alpha. The bank indicator in the HUD has a turn slip indication - if the triangle is torn apart, then you need to push the pedals in the direction of the lower part of the triangle. | ||
* If you watch a video with cockpit view of a carrier landing, you will see that the throttle is moved constantly and the stick is not only moved laterally (roll/yaw), but also pitch is constantly adapted. But if pitch is trimmed, why so? Because you might need to dampen the pitch changes due to thrust changes (and the thrust changes constantly). | * If you watch a video with cockpit view of a carrier landing, you will see that the throttle is moved constantly and the stick is not only moved laterally (roll/yaw), but also pitch is constantly adapted. But if pitch is trimmed, why so? Because you might need to dampen the pitch changes due to thrust changes (and the thrust changes constantly). | ||
* Know the necessary key bindings by heart and consider setting stuff on your [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOTAS HOTAS]. You need [[http://wiki.flightgear.org/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat#Flight_controls]], [[http://wiki.flightgear.org/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat#Automatic_flight_controls]] and [[http://wiki.flightgear.org/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat#Carrier_operations]]. | * Know the necessary key bindings by heart and consider setting stuff on your [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOTAS HOTAS]. You need [[http://wiki.flightgear.org/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat#Flight_controls|flight controls]], [[http://wiki.flightgear.org/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat#Automatic_flight_controls|automatic flight controls]] and [[http://wiki.flightgear.org/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat#Carrier_operations carrier ops]]. | ||
[[Category:Howto|Carrier]] | [[Category:Howto|Carrier]] | ||