Originally Posted by
B2N2
How is that high?
It's not, really. I think he might've got the wrong end the stick for some reason, when it comes to touchdown RODs.
A proper no-flare carrier-style landing's going to be a good 700+ fpm. When he talks about the 'devastating' effects of a 50 fpm touchdown - well, that's less than a foot per second. I'd be thrilled if I could manage that all the time. Good article otherwise though.
Still not sure where all the stress about 250 below ten thousand is coming from. In my time (somewhat later) we never considered it applicable to military fast jets.