To: ericthecurdog
Doesn't the hook catch all the cables it can as it passes?
(preparing to be humiliated by someone who knows)
To: freedomlover
Doesn't the hook catch all the cables it can as it passes?Nope. Ideally, it catches the three-wire. The cable then absorbs the kinetic energy of the aircraft (it reels out from under the deck) and brings it to a stop.
26 posted on
05/02/2003 9:00:43 AM PDT by
Poohbah
(Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)
To: freedomlover
No, you may be thinking of some of the World War I and II videos where the planes would catch several wires as it landed. On modern aircraft carriers, the tailhook only catches one wire.
To: freedomlover
Doesn't the hook catch all the cables it can as it passes?No. You catch one wire. One is enough.
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