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Look Ma, no steam!
Posted: 25 Dec 2010, 07:48
by FlyTexas
Video of the US Navy testing its new electromagnetic system of launching aircraft from Carriers. Kinda cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euLsg_viWW0
Brian
Re: Look Ma, no steam!
Posted: 25 Dec 2010, 09:59
by DaveB
Nice one Brian.. tks for that
ATB
DaveB
Re: Look Ma, no steam!
Posted: 25 Dec 2010, 16:05
by jonesey2k
Any info if our new carrier will use this or a conventional system?
Re: Look Ma, no steam!
Posted: 25 Dec 2010, 17:18
by SkippyBing
The plan is to use this as there's no steam plant on the QE Class carriers.
Re: Look Ma, no steam!
Posted: 25 Dec 2010, 19:03
by jonesey2k
I imagine it would be less efficient to fit boilers when you have those two gas turbines providing all that electricity...