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That sounds like something worth experiencing.slight course correction .....
One thing that still cracks me up is the reaction you get when you're sitting on the flight deck at night, brakes set, waiting your turn to come ahead ..... and somebody taxi's past you ....
WHAM !!!! The brakes go on big time as you jam them back on ... even though they're already set .... in an involuntary reaction to the sensation that you're rolling backwards ...
course correction ... out
slight course correction .....
One thing that still cracks me up is the reaction you get when you're sitting on the flight deck at night, brakes set, waiting your turn to come ahead ..... and somebody taxi's past you ....
WHAM !!!! The brakes go on big time as you jam them back on ... even though they're already set .... in an involuntary reaction to the sensation that you're rolling backwards ...
course correction ... out
And ... that's one of the reasons why I still maintain: "keep the women out of the men's units".
Think of a catapult as a double barrel shotgun (side by side). When the launch button is depressed, the launch valves (two of them, one for each cylinder in the cat), begin a 90 deg rotation (hydraulically actuated) which progressively allows steam pressure (450 or 520 psi) to fill the cylinders. Based on the weight of the A/C (called the capacity selector valve or CSV setting), the hydraulic pressure will either open the launch valves faster or slower. Heavy F-14's get the highest CSV setting (or they did during their last cruise on TR). So, steam pressure remains constant, but the rate at which steam enters the cylinders is controlled by the shooter. We base the CSV setting on the A/C gross weight, density altitude, and end-speed requirement (type A/C). You know, I miss shooting !!!
