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m

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Nov 21, 2007, 11:41 AM

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Can somebody explain what is meant by Tailhook? It is sometimes seen as
a command for some animation on an aircraft model..(i.e. Open exit =
Shift E). I have always been puzzled by this.



Dallas

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Nov 21, 2007, 11:50 AM

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On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:41:57 GMT, m wrote:

> Can somebody explain what is meant by Tailhook?

Its a hook on the tail.

No, really.
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Vernon Balbert

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Nov 21, 2007, 12:51 PM

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On 11/21/2007 8:50 AM, Dallas went clickity clack on the keyboard and
produced this interesting bit of text:
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:41:57 GMT, m wrote:
>
>> Can somebody explain what is meant by Tailhook?
>
> Its a hook on the tail.
>
> No, really.

To elucidate further, it's a hook that comes out of the tail of a plane
rigged to land on an aircraft carrier. The hook catches an arrester
cable and slows the plane a lot faster than it could on its own.

As an aside, it's also a club in the U.S. Navy made up of carrier pilots.

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"TOCA"

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Nov 21, 2007, 3:24 PM

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"m" <mborrino@frontiernet.net> skrev i en meddelelse
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> Can somebody explain what is meant by Tailhook? It is sometimes seen as a
> command for some animation on an aircraft model..(i.e. Open exit = Shift
> E). I have always been puzzled by this.

Tailhook is the name of the hook, mounted at the rear end of carrier planes,
and its there to grab the wires at the start of the landing strip, to make
the plane stop, before exiting the carrierdeck unintendedly.

The function is used in MSFS on some models, for activating addon
animations, like ground service etc., or for opening the tailgate on C130's.

Tommy C




m

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Nov 21, 2007, 7:00 PM

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Do you know what keys I use yo activate the animation?



Gypsy Baron

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Nov 21, 2007, 7:16 PM

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> Do you know what keys I use yo activate the animation?

You may need to set it in the "Controls\Buttons\Keys" menu
in FSX.

I believe Acceleration is using "Shift+Q" as default to
toggle the tailhook.

Paul



"Danny"

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Nov 22, 2007, 8:26 PM

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After reading all the postings, some more wordy than others, Dallas was
proven correct . . . yet again!

You can set the 'tailhook' keyboard short in your keyboard assignment
section.
Danny


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> Can somebody explain what is meant by Tailhook? It is sometimes seen as a
> command for some animation on an aircraft model..(i.e. Open exit = Shift
> E). I have always been puzzled by this.




"Greasy Rider"

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Nov 23, 2007, 7:52 PM

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"Vernon Balbert" <vbalbert@gmail.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> As an aside, it's also a club in the U.S. Navy made up of carrier pilots.

Naval aviators and aircrew to be exact.



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