Originally Posted by
chevvron
It was a pretty ropey landing anyway. Became very unstable in the last few feet and after touchdown looked like it was going for the island until the brakes were jammed on hard..
Thinking about it, needs to be landed further up the deck to avoid turbulence caused by the airflow spilling down off the stern (round down).
Lt Cdr John Sproule did some trials in the late '40s using gliders and he found that out; I'm surprised the sponsors of the UAV didn't research that.