RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Segfault from todays CVS
Melchior FRANZ wrote > > * Vivian Meazza -- Saturday 19 February 2005 19:18: > > I'm not sure that the Nimitz version in cvs has cats. > > It has. Used them to launch the seafire after my second successful > landing. > Worked pretty well. Those didn't use cats in RL, did they? I mean, without > single nose gear ...? > And here's how it looked: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/vmeazza/FlightGear/Hellcat_cat.jpg The photo was taken aboard HMS Empress towards the end of the war in the Pacific. Regards, Vivian ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
RE: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Segfault from todays CVS
Melchior FRANZ wrote > > * Vivian Meazza -- Saturday 19 February 2005 19:18: > > I'm not sure that the Nimitz version in cvs has cats. > > It has. Used them to launch the seafire after my second successful > landing. > Worked pretty well. Those didn't use cats in RL, did they? I mean, without > single nose gear ...? > Yes they did - hydraulic! They used a wire strop which attached to catapult 'spools' (hooks) on the fuselage. Free takeoff was the norm, however. You can read a detailed account: http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/AC/aircraft/Supermarine-Seafire/sea-info/sea_in fo.htm Regards, Vivian ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
