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Oberon · 12-01-11, 12:07 PM

Very nice, I wondered when a magnetic catapult would be put into service. Are they still going to be using the usual wire based retardation method on landing though? Or has something more fancy been cooked up for the Ford?

EDIT: Just googled the Ford and it appears she will have a new wire system based around magnetics. So that'll be interesting to see.

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Very nice, I wondered when a magnetic catapult would be put into service. Are they still going to be using the usual wire based retardation method on landing though? Or has something more fancy been cooked up for the Ford? EDIT: Just googled the Ford and it appears she will have a new wire system based around magnetics. So that'll be interesting to see.