Originally Posted by
stilton
Very interesting on your first reply, starting the take off from ‘inside’ the hangar
That would seem a real advantage if there was sufficient damage on the flight deck to prevent launching aircraft
The USN had a different solution to that problem, on some of their WW2 carriers they had sideways facing catapults installed in openings on their hangar decks
It was a very abrupt launch for the required acceleration as no headwind was available !
While it was demonstrated it doesn’t appear to have been used often
Worth a Google