Vought F-8E Crusader
Target for the Vought F-8E Crusader
100 to 200fpm
Full marks for descent rate up to 200 fpm; under 100 fpm the coach says the touchdown was softer than this aircraft is normally flown.
- Vref reference
- 131ktat 9,208 kg
- Tail-strike limit
- 15°the category's
- Ideal touchdown zone
- 200 to 500mpast the threshold
- G-force
- 1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve
Supersonic carrier-based fighter from Vought with one Pratt & Whitney J57 afterburning turbojet, the last US fighter with guns as its primary weapon.
Roundout scores this aircraft with the Military Fighter / Combat Jet category's curves and touchdown-zone window. The figures it uses are below.
How its touchdown is scored.
The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.
No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.
For reference.
Aircraft data
- Manufacturer
- Vought
- Model
- F-8E
- Variant
- Crusader
- FAA approach category
- C
- MTOW
- 15,422 kg (34,000 lbs)
- Vref in flight
- Adjusted to the weight you land at
- MSFS source
- Payware (R. Laborie)
- Category
- Military Fighter / Combat Jet
Roundout recognizes it in a title that contains
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Read next
- How Roundout grades a landingThe composite formula behind every score.
- What “stabilized approach” actually meansThe gates, the criteria, the technique.
- Military Fighter / Combat Jet scoring thresholdsThe category curves applied to this airframe.
- Full scoring methodologyThe complete breakdown in Help.
$23.99 once.
Every landing in the Vought F-8E Crusader, graded against these numbers. Every update included, and tax or VAT in most countries.