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Old 19th Apr 2019, 15:05
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Originally Posted by beardy
Did not the Fleet Air Arm use a piece of calibrated string attached to the control column to prevent too much forward movement of the column after a catapult launch?
I believe that this was to stop aft movement of the stick top due its inertia during the acceleration of the catapult launch.
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