PROCEDURES FOR CARRIER OPERATIONS

Vought F-8E(FN) Crusader


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GENERAL COMMANDS

[ ] AL Auto Landing

When button Al is armed (it takes the red color)
and that the wheels touch the ground, then the
spoilers are applied, the brakes are applied and
the thrust reversing is put in function.

With the AL armed the automatic approach is put out
at 250 feet and the pilot must then take the
controls to finish is landing.

[ ] HOMER2 Indicator of azimuth (bearing) and the distance
covered since the activation of the instrument.
At the beginning it indicates OFF.
To activate the instrument click once on it.

The indicator of azimuth take the form of a larger
dot which initially is over the decimal point. The
relative value of the aircraft`s bearing with
respect to the starting point is visualized by
the relative position of the mobile dot with
resapect to the fixed dot located at top of the
gauge.

On the panel HOMER2 is located just below button Al.

[ ] Spoilers (ON/OFF)
[ ] + Spoilers auto-armed
[ ] + Raise the pilot's seat by one position
Repeat until you can see the desk

[ ] +
Lower the pilot's seat by one position

[ ] Navigation lights
[ ] Smoke effects (ON/OFF)


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PRE FLIGHT

[1] Select the Aircraft/Map menu of FS200 or FS2002
On the Map window that appear
take note of the altitude of the desk.

[2] Take note of the heading of the oblique
desk.

[3] Activate HOMER2



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TAKE OFF

[1] Apply the parking brakes

[2] Lower the flaps at the third position
(3 times F7)

[3] Engine at full power
wait until the engine reach his full
power

[4] Release the brakes


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CRUISE

[1] Raise the landing gear

[2] Raise the flaps one by one position

[3] If you need to quickly reduce speed
lower the flaps to the
first or second position

BEWARE
DO NOT USE SPOILERS TO REDUCE SPEED
IN CRUISE



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LANDING

[1] Button AL armed

[2] Reduce the power of the engine

[3] Lower the flap by one position
Repeat four times this maneuver

[4] Lower the landing gear

[5] Approach speed: 140 kts
Landing speed: 120 kts

Ajust the power of the engine
to maintain speed at least 120 kts

If necessary during the approach
make a pause and raise the seat (or lower it)
to see the desk

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Benoit M Dube
dube_benoit_m@yahoo.fr
2002 may 31