EMALS for my friends...no more steam catapults for CVN-78

[HeyJoe]

USS Gerald Ford will not have steam catapults and therefore be the first aircraft carrier to use the new electrically powered catapults under development as EMALS.

 

[Lonestar155]

The article states EMAL will push aircraft aloft smoothly.
Not that I know what it feels like to under-go a catshot, but I wouldn't call it a benefit if I someday ever 'smoothly roll off the deck.' I've looked forward to shooting off the deck with a crap load of steam hurling me off that deck.
Thats Bullishhht,

 

[CaptainRon]

^^
Drunk post perhaps?

 

[MattWSU]

perhapsssssssssss

 

[phrogpilot73]

The article states EMAL will push aircraft aloft smoothly.
Not that I know what it feels like to under-go a catshot, but I wouldn't call it a benefit if I someday ever 'smoothly roll off the deck.' I've looked forward to sliding off the deck with a crap load of collective lifting me off that deck.
Thats Bullishhht,

Fixed it for you.

 

[robav8r]

The article states EMAL will push aircraft aloft smoothly.
Not that I know what it feels like to under-go a catshot, but I wouldn't call it a benefit if I someday ever 'smoothly roll off the deck.' I've looked forward to shooting off the deck with a crap load of steam hurling me off that deck.
Thats Bullishhht,

Oh, don't worry, you'll get your required endspeed. And that my friend, is no bullishhht !!!

 

[milky-f18]

Despite the drunken post, there is something to what he says. When you take a shot from a carrier like the Connie and then go to a Nimitz class, the smoothness of the Nimitz class can already make you feel like you're not going to get airborne. It may totally disorient you at night into the abyss, but there is something comforting having the sledgehammer slam into your backside. Of course, everybody will just get used to it, and it won't make a bit of difference.

 

[Flugelman]

Reminds me of the story my Step-dad tells about his first launch in an F-9 on a hydraulic cat. He had made deck launches in prop driven planes but the drill for a cat shot was new to him. He said "I saluted the launch officer and the next thing I knew, I was saluting the bow of the boat!"

Another link here that addresses (or questions) the effects of all the magnetics involved. Kind of long, read down to EMALS towards end of the article. Interesting questions...

 

[whalepelt]

Another link here that addresses (or questions) the effects of all the magnetics involved. Kind of long, read down to EMALS towards end of the article. Interesting questions...

That's one funny looking S-3.

 

[Flugelman]

That's one funny looking S-3.

Yeah, kinda puts the credibility of the whole article in question, huh?

Oh well...

 

[SemperGumbi]

Off topic, sort of, but for as long as I can remember it has always bothered me when people didn't take the time to properly identify a jet in a photo. How many times have we all see the F-15/F-14/F18 etc be called the wrong thing? Journalists....sheesh.

 

[nugget81]

Off topic, sort of, but for as long as I can remember it has always bothered me when people didn't take the time to properly identify a jet in a photo. How many times have we all see the F-15/F-14/F18 etc be called the wrong thing? Journalists....sheesh.

Or even in a movie that people spent millions to make...

 

[GroundPounder]

In the media this is how it works;

General aviation prop planes are all Piper Cubs.

Any non airline jet is a Lear Jet.

Most crashes are the result of the engine stalling.

 

[BigIron]

Yeah, kinda puts the credibility of the whole article in question, huh?

Oh well...

What really puts the credibility of the article into question is the horrible schematic of how the catapult works. Not even close.

 

[nittany03]

You mean F-4s aren't supposed to rotate halfway down the cat stroke? And get pulled along by their mainmounts?:icon_tong