Case 1 SHB and timing

Time to get your Charlie-time on!
Training Mission: Carrier case 1 traps and how to nail the correct time of arrival

Planned Training:
When you’re calling Mother to arrive at the boat, you will (unless per-briefed) be assigned a Charlie-time. That is the time the first aircraft in your group should be in the groove towards the deck of the carrier. In this training session we will explore what rule of thumbs we can use to get a good accuracy on Charlie. We will break it down into:
– Time to do one holding lap around the boat in the stack
– Time from commencing to first trap
– Time from commencing to first trap using SHB

A general rule is that the commencing should happen about 8 minutes from touch down, given that you fly the standard pattern and do a half standard rate turn on turning for initial. That means that your flight should be positioned at the 9 o’clock position in the stack (with the boat being at 3 o’clock) at that time. But what is your personal time? Let’s find out!
The training will happen in single ships, each flight will join the stack and then start their timer once in the stack to time a lap of the circle. The circle in the stack is flown with a half standard rate turn. Once commencing, the next timer should be started. The first trap should be performed with hook UP, and time of touch down should be recorded.
The flight then egresses and joins the stack again for at least 1 circle in the stack, commencing and an optional SHB or regular trap, depending on personal preferences. The second pass should be timed just like the first, but with hook down to trap and recover as per normal procedures.

LSO will be available to assist with the timing.
Study Case 1 in the Wiki HERE. Pay special attention to the angles, rates, distances & speeds.

1. F/A-18C
– Case 1 SHB and charlie-timing

2. F-16C
– TBU

3. F-14A/B
– Case 1 SHB and charlie-timing

4. AJS 37
– TBU

5. A-10C II
– TBU

6. AH-64D
– TBU

7. AWACS/ATC
– TBU

Additional Training Suggestions:

* Practice things in the syllabus for your main aircraft
* Tanker intercepts and rejoins Jax Tutorial
* Tac turns Wiki
* Overhead break Wiki
* Time-on-target

Sign up, then organize yourselves into flights to practice relevant stuff!