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Launching planes from carriers
John Dallman wrote:
In article . net, lid (Thomas Schoene) wrote: John Dallman wrote: [snip] On the other hand, replacing a steam catapult with a linear accelerator, that pulls an aircraft along on convention wheels is much less silly. They've already built working models and the system is going into new USN carriers in the next few years. Coo. Are they going to electric propulsion too? Not yet. -- Tom Schoene lid To email me, replace "invalid" with "net" |
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LAunching planes from carriers
"John C" wrote in message
... Is the next generation of carriers going to launch planes differently? ie Mag Lev technology? When is it due out and is it still considered expirmental? Mag Lev would probably cause all sorts of electrical/electronic issues in the aircraft. -- The Raven http://www.80scartoons.co.uk/batfinkquote.mp3 ** Now I will bring chaos to the world! |
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