1. 9 degrees: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimitz_class_aircraft_carrier 2. 3-4 degrees: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_US_Navy_carrier_operations
/JanM 2010/12/3 Curtis Olson <curtol...@gmail.com>: > I have a couple questions about the Nimitz for the carrier folks: > 1. What is the exact angle offset of the landing deck from the carrier > heading. It appears to be about 8 degrees, but maybe I'd like to be more > accurate than that if possible. > 2. What is the ideal glide slope angle for flying the approach (most runway > approaches are 3 degrees). > Thanks! > Curt. > -- > Curtis Olson: > http://www.atiak.com - http://aem.umn.edu/~uav/ > http://www.flightgear.org - http://www.flightgear.org/blogs/category/curt/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! > Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by > optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the > Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Increase Visibility of Your 3D Game App & Earn a Chance To Win $500! Tap into the largest installed PC base & get more eyes on your game by optimizing for Intel(R) Graphics Technology. Get started today with the Intel(R) Software Partner Program. Five $500 cash prizes are up for grabs. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intelisp-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
