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Old 1st Jun 2013, 20:58
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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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