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Old 1st June 2013 | 20:58
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Wizofoz
 
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From: Boldly going where no split infinitive has gone before..
It would seem to me that the F-4s landing gear would be absorbing any VERTICAL accelerations, leaving the cable to simple arrest the minor matter of the Aircrafts horizontal KE.

So around 65 Million Joules.

The POWER that represents? I'm guessing about three seconds to arrest the aircraft?

so around 21.5 million Watts=28 800 Horse power.
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