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Old 22nd Dec 2020, 17:51
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sandiego89
 
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Perhaps of interest, a US study on ski jumps. Commented on the 1979 US Navy trials with F-14, F-18 and T-2C with the F/A-18 taking the ramp some 91 times, then goes into length about ground based use by USAF types. The F-4E was not suitable due to excessive forward stick requirements. I also seem to recall the E-2 Hawkeye was ruled out from ski jumps during US navy studies, maybe due to gear loading- can't quite recall?

https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a237265.pdf


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