Tips on Aircraft Carrier Landings Plz!

[Darksabre]

So I have yet to complete an aircraft carrier landing.

I've watched a youtube video on it after a couple hours of trying, failing, and circling to do it again and I swear I don't know what I'm doing wrong. In the video they even comment they're too high "but going for it anyway" and plop down to catch the last wire all crooked and everything... but still manage to stop. What am I missing? Does the carrier retract or disable to cable if you're to far off or at a wrong angle?

Yes, I have the hook down.

[Bunkerotter]

about 180 knots, ca. 8 degrees angle of Attack, use thrust to increase or decrease your sinkrate. Plonk on to the deck with pretty much all 3 legs.
Done.

PS: use your "ILS" indicator in the cockpit to figure out your approach angle and height after requesting a landing.

[Darksabre]

I mean, that all sounds simple and what I expect it to be. haha. I'm sure I don't know to use the ILS display but I know what you're referring to when it pops up on approach. Its just been frustrating because they made it look so easy in this video even though their landing is not straight or smooth in the least and I feel like I hit it perfectly and never catch a wire.

[Slayrix]

Originally posted by Darksabre:

So I have yet to complete an aircraft carrier landing.

I've watched a youtube video on it after a couple hours of trying, failing, and circling to do it again and I swear I don't know what I'm doing wrong. In the video they even comment they're too high "but going for it anyway" and plop down to catch the last wire all crooked and everything... but still manage to stop. What am I missing? Does the carrier retract or disable to cable if you're to far off or at a wrong angle?

Yes, I have the hook down.

My process for landing on an aircraft carrier is as follows:
1. Alt ~1000-1500ft speed ~300 (Use the blue guide lines on the nav map to get a good line up)
2. Landing gear down, hook down, flaps 2
3. Line up the circular reticle with the aircraft carrier and just to the left of that reticle should be a strgiht line divided into three sections (that reticle only shows up with landing gear out) slow down until the middle line is lined up with your circular reticle, once lined up give throttle if the straight reticle goes below the circular one and brake if it goes above
4. Eventually another gauge should show up on the hud when you get close enough, it should be close to the throttle gauge, it will be this gauge with a circle in the middle, then another circle that is either above or below that one in the middle. Depending on the position of the non middle circle, increase or decrease altitude steadily until both circles are lined up
5. Pray

[醉仙望月]

The carrier won't disable the wires. But the wrong angle will make your hook fail to catch the wire.
The key point is your Angle of Attack, which should be around 8. And the AoA is closely related to your airspeed.
If your AoA < 8, slow down.

[Darksabre]

Thanks for all the tips. Hoping i can get it another try tonight.