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approach glidepath indicator prototype

1,345 XT1L  6.0 years ago
Auto Credit Based on XT1L's A-2 indev2

An attempt to make a glidepath indicator for aircraft carrier.
To be used on Beast. white light means the right glidepath, orange means too high and red means too low. Adjust the glidepath angle by changing the supporting structural panel

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General Characteristics

  • Predecessor A-2 indev2
  • Created On iOS
  • Wingspan 69.3ft (21.1m)
  • Length 39.3ft (12.0m)
  • Height 18.8ft (5.7m)
  • Empty Weight 3,896lbs (1,767kg)
  • Loaded Weight 4,737lbs (2,148kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.422
  • Wing Loading 9.1lbs/ft2 (44.2kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 522.9ft2 (48.6m2)
  • Drag Points 1044

Parts

  • Number of Parts 35
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 787
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    there is only one light on the carrier glide slope indicator@XT1L

    +1 6.0 years ago
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    they use a version of papi that is suited for use on a carrier @JetFly

    6.0 years ago
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    4,109 JetFly

    @Nerfenthusiast this is dumb. why not just use papi?

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    yeah carrier landing heavily rely on them@JetFly

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    4,109 JetFly

    @XT1L maybe like I did with PAPI? which actually has 3 positions instead of 5 real has.

    +1 6.0 years ago
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    30.2k ChiChiWerx

    Wish we had some sort of “instrumentation” tag for things like this, instead of just the more general “parts” tag.

    +3 6.0 years ago
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    30.2k ChiChiWerx

    Huh, this works, definitely could see the red lights when I was low on the glide path at night, if on a mobile, it’s a little hard to see unless you’re fairly close, but that’s no fault of your own. Definitely can sort of make night approaches to the carrier now.

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    1,345 XT1L

    The way this one works is closer to PAPI though, the actual carrier one also use the position of the light to indicate the glidepath. but I couldn’t figure out yet how to create something similar in SP @JetFly

    6.0 years ago
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    1,345 XT1L

    Yeah.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opticallandingsystem
    Not the exact same thing as PAPI but basically doing the same job. @JetFly

    6.0 years ago
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    4,109 JetFly

    @Nerfenthusiast and they're real?

    +1 6.0 years ago
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    a carrier version of them @JetFly

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    4,109 JetFly

    so this is kinda like papi lights?

    +1 6.0 years ago