Dispatch Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Hello, I was wondering what the correct Flight (4) Posture, during lineup on the runway, Does Lead take the far side of the runway, or does it depend on the first turn? Or something completely different? :thumbup: Thanks ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverdevil Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 http://flyfast.org/sites/all/docs/Fundamentals_of_Formation_rev2011.pdf good read AKA_SilverDevil AKA Forums My YouTube “It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.” — Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederf Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Depends on the air force, width of runway, loadout, wind, interval or formation takeoff, etc.. The best reference I see is the basic employment manual. Generally lead takes downwind side if there's any crosswind. There are lots of different lineup formations. They can be all in echelons or sorta two echelons stacked but offset, or long longitudinal spacing between elements if everyone rolls together. Finally there's "four in the slot" which is like an echelon of the first three but #4 is in the next row by himself and #1 #2 are spaced enough that he has wingtip clearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dispatch Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 :smartass:Thanks guys lots of great answers ~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweet Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Nice illustrations Panther and good explanation Frederf. That about covers most ways of doing it. The best answer is to do whatever lead briefs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notso Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 (edited) IIRC, 3 in the slot seemed to be the norm when doing element (2+2) Formation takeoffs - since both 1 and 3 could be positioned downwind. If doing 20" interval departures, it didn't really matter. Edited April 10, 2020 by Notso System HW: i9-9900K @5ghz, MSI 11GB RTX-2080-Ti Trio, G-Skill 32GB RAM, Reverb HMD, Steam VR, TM Warthog Hotas Stick & Throttle, TM F/A-18 Stick grip add-on, TM TFRP pedals. SW: 2.5.6 OB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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