UK2 XD322 Supermarine Scimitar 1965-12 HMSArkRoyal.jpg

See "Byker"s comment UK2 XD230 Supermarine Scimitar posting of
23-Apr-2015. It has a link to vid clip of a cat assisted "tail-sitting"
takeoff.

DAN wrote in news:rbcqja5qsh7gui3o0osqei1jg47mqltlfj@
4ax.com:

Thank you, John !

Really appreciate it. interesting video, too.


My Pleasure, looks like many a bridle gets jettisoned
with this style of cat shot.

"DAN" wrote in message ...

This one has not make it to my server.
Anyone cares to repost it?

The sit down, nose up take off was because the elevators did not have enough
authority to quickly rotate the nose to maximum lift angle of attack. That
means without the nose up to start, it would hit the water before a correct
climb attitude could be achieved. The F4 needed a boast nose strut to do
the same thing.

On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:31:27 GMT, y wrote:

The sit down, nose up take off was because the elevators did not have enough
authority to quickly rotate the nose to maximum lift angle of attack. That
means without the nose up to start, it would hit the water before a correct
climb attitude could be achieved. The F4 needed a boast nose strut to do
the same thing.

Did they figure that out the hard way with the Scimitar?