US Navy's Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System

[wak_wak]

For Aircraft Carriers Fanboys

For more than 50 years, the on-ramp to the highway to the danger zone was a steam catapult that launched fighter jets from an aircraft carrier, but it looks like that could soon be set to change. The U.S. Navy just announced yesterday that its Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, or EMALS, has passed a key test by launching a manned F/A-18E Super Hornet for the first time (several more successful launches then followed). Among other advantages, that system promises to allow the Navy to launch a wider range of aircraft from a carrier -- including everything from lightweight unmanned aircraft to heavy strike fighters -- and do so while also bringing "substantial improvements" to weight, maintenance, and efficiency.

Video here:

US Navy's Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System launches first fighter jet (update: video!) -- Engadget

[cptn_star]

no more steam...

[r3roble]

wow!!!
what's next? Horizontal take off and landing for jet fighters?

[cptn_star]

you might be pertaining to VERTICAL take off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. this is not new anymore. there's the AV-8 harrier, F-35 lightning and V-22 osprey. those are all VTOL capable.

[adhesive]

next stop, launching spacecrafts into space...

[Rui]

you might be pertaining to VERTICAL take off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. this is not new anymore. there's the AV-8 harrier, F-35 lightning and V-22 osprey. those are all VTOL capable.

is is true na gretire na nila ang harrier?

[adhesive]

yeap, part of their cost cutting measures..

[Rui]

unsa ila gpuli?

[qnxt]

nice one. But they only show something if naa na sad silay New. Which conclude that naa na pud silay lain

[windshock]

cool .