Harrier take off
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From what I tested, in BMS 4.34 Harrier is only suitable for land airports, because starting with a weapon from the short LHD Wasp on peno is not possible. With great luck it can be done with the CV-71.
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The problem is that you need a Harrier throttle console with a working STO Stop. An actual Harrier has a movable Stop that allows you to quickly and accurately slam the nozzle lever to a predetermined position - takeoff technique is to start with nozzles aft, full throttle, and slam the nozzles to the Stop (setting determined by takeoff gross weight, runway available, and temperature of the day) at a predetermined airspeed (based on the same). Without some sort of implementation of the STO Stop (in software or hardware) you’ll never be able to do an STO properly.
The STO Stop is the little knob to the inboard side (up) of the Nozzle lever - shown here:
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Don’t screw me in, I tried this maneuver. Even if it’s full speed, it will fall after using this nozzle trick. As if you were writing, I would have started vertically.
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Remember - ALL of this is gross weight dependent. A RL Harrier can’t VTO (or hover) with a full combat load. So it sounds like you’re just plain over gross for what you’re trying to do.
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Stevie, you don’t understand me. The point is to start with the permissible mass at all. Not vertically, but from the short LHD run down, as Flow showed.
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What is your T/O weight ?
So we can reproduce it. -
Wait a minute and I’ll make a video , Maximum permissible weight
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Well if it’s the max for the airframe, there is your answer…
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However, it succeeded, but on LHD, it’s probably not possible. And this is not the maximum weight.
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The maximum weight you are refering to is the maximum T/O weight for that airframe.
When you T/O from a carrier in STO mode, it will be way less, and will also depend a lot on tempareture and other factors.
As for the landing, I guess you are also way above maximum landing weight on top of using the arresting gear of a carrier with the Harrier, which it is not intended for. -
Yes - Max Permissible T/O Gross has nothing to do with what you can actually take off with for the conditions of the day. If you were using the actual pubs, you’d calculate a max allowable GWT for the field length and conditions of the day which will likely be far less than max allowable.