Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: 800nate800 on April 18, 2020, 03:38:13 AM
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https://youtu.be/1g2ifaFLkFc
The guys leaning into the wind is so badass :x
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Were the harnesses for connecting the aircraft to the catapult one time use, or was there a way of collecting them after each launch?
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Were the harnesses for connecting the aircraft to the catapult one time use, or was there a way of collecting them after each launch?
I believe they were recovered after each plane is launched. Just after the plane leaves the end of the catapult you see 3 guys run out onto the deck at the far end of the catapult. I think they are recovering the launch harnesses.
I was on board the USS Dwight D Eisenhower CVN69 in the late 70s early 80s. We had F14s, A6 Intruders, A7 Corsairs. All of our aircraft launched from the front and didnt use the harness setup. No one was on the bow running out after a launch, so that it what I think those guys are doing in the video.
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When I was on the Ranger and Independence we still had one cat each that could use a bridle. They look like little ramps that stick out in front of the cat.
In this photo you can see 1 bow cat with and 1 without.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/cv-61-uss-ranger-mil-merchant.html?product=art-print
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From a friend, who watched the nice film posted here. Images aren't included because, with the demise of Photobucket, I don't know how to include them:
Those aircraft used a bridle system for launching. Two hooks inside the land gear doors would have a steel rope looped around them and to the shuttle in the flight deck. The hold back was a piece of steel that would shear at a given stress. We called them dog bones due to their shape. It would fail when steam hit the bridle. We would take the failed piece and throw them overboard. This is a dog bone.
[Picture of dog bone}
The aircraft today use a launch bar that connects to the nose wheel and the hold back is a repeatable release hold back bar RRHB. It uses hydraulic pressure to release. The launch shuttle in on the right and the RRHB (hold back) is the red device on the left.
[Picture of man looking at nose wheel area]
This is not a ballet or other BS description invented by some puke [bad word omitted] public affairs office.
It is a very dangerous, hot, filthy, ear shattering, jet fuel soaked, bastard of a job. Imagine working on 25 ton Indy cars carrying tons of high explosives, rockets, and tons of fuel. All jammed full of megawatt radars and lasers and don’t forget the pure oxygen.
I am glad I served. It paid for my college education and changed my life. But there are certain aspects seared into your mind and working flight decks is one of those.
- oldman
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Ive wondered how these things work. Too bad no pics
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(https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-e77dbf6511bfc847ce75455244775ef8)
(https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/wpimages/images/images1/1/0909/16/1_9b5b6e8e8842ae98fd755bbf852afa0a.jpg)
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:aok
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I'd rather watch this than some dudes in bell-bottom pants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeUm8mA587I