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http://youtu.be/jTPmMYvxAdk (http://youtu.be/jTPmMYvxAdk)
What speed do they reach at the end of the runway?
Quote from: koko64 on February 27, 2016, 10:28:28 PM
What speed do they reach at the end of the runway?
160 or so in 2sec.
The pilots must get addicted. [evil]
Quote from: koko64 on February 27, 2016, 10:52:29 PM
The pilots must get addicted. [evil]
Here's several good clips from pilot view.
http://youtu.be/K-bV4AQPVeU (http://youtu.be/K-bV4AQPVeU)
Real life Mavericks. Amazing. They must have the reflexes of a mongoose.
Great footage kopf! ðŸ'ðŸ»ðŸ'ðŸ»
http://youtu.be/HJqVFB0w-qs (http://youtu.be/HJqVFB0w-qs)
Super duper exciting footage from my kids boat.
And he misses all the action cuz he's in the belly make'n super secret steam.
My nephew was on one...I forget which.
He was on the flight deck. I guess the landing area is wood. He told me that the captain of the ship made the pilots turn off the instrument landing feature on the planes because they were wearing a divot in the deck from hitting the exact same spot every time.
A few moons ago I was on a Carrier and the Sailors had taken two old Ford's, painted them up like demolition derby cars, welded a bar under the front end and hooked them up to the catapult. The front bumper was almost touching the deck. When they launched them all four tires lit up like a drag car and they shot off the the front of the ship about (?) 75-100yds and sank before we floated over them. It was amazing the power the catapult had on its own.
Quote from: Slide Panda on February 29, 2016, 05:07:38 AM
Wood? In what decade DP?
We he one of the skittles?
This century. I'm only repeating what he told me.
Skittles?
Woods not been a thing for a looong time.
Skittles - one of the nicknames for the color coded flight ops folks on deck
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/carriers/rainbow.asp (http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/carriers/rainbow.asp)
Quote from: Slide Panda on February 29, 2016, 05:20:34 AM
Woods not been a thing for a looong time.
Skittles - one of the nicknames for the color coded flight ops folks on deck
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/carriers/rainbow.asp (http://www.navy.mil/navydata/ships/carriers/rainbow.asp)
Maybe it was an old carrier? Like I said it's what he reported.
Yeah...I thing he was a plane captain...which is kind of a weird title for an enlisted person.
Been on two carriers, both nukes.
The flight deck is steel with non-skid similar to spray in truck bed liner.
Been shot off by the catapult, it's a crazy feeling of acceleration. Kopf's right, the fighter aircraft get to about 160 by the end of the runway.
They are quite powerful and can get up to "in excess of 30 knots" and I've been on one when we greatly exceeded that number.
Fun times, sometimes I miss it. Most times I don't...
Quote from: ducpainter on February 29, 2016, 05:25:59 AM
Maybe it was an old carrier? Like I said it's what he reported.
Yeah...I thing he was a plane captain...which is kind of a weird title for an enlisted person.
http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=75846 (http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=75846)