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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1899425" data-attributes="member: 396914">Well, the catapult was only about 3-4G. Basically 0 to 130 in about 250 feet (the distance varies from ship to ship). Add 20-30 kts of wind and you had minimum flying speed.Ditto for landing. 140 to 0 in a couple of hundred feet. Harder to take because it was from back to front, so you got pitched forward into the straps of the seat instead of being pressed into the seat back. Either way, it only lasted a couple of seconds, so not that bad. You get used to it.The good thing about the A-6 was you sat side-by-side so if the pilot was being stupid, you could just whack him with the attitude adjuster you used to restart the tuning fork. It was a multipurpose tool!If you want to see what it's all about, here is a short video. [MEDIA=youtube]wJOyDblicaY[/MEDIA]&nbsp; Deck ops (launch, land) start about the 5 minute point. Some airborne video there, too. Couple of launches, landings from the cockpit point of view. Toward the end is just having some fun!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1899425, member: 396914"] Well, the catapult was only about 3-4G. Basically 0 to 130 in about 250 feet (the distance varies from ship to ship). Add 20-30 kts of wind and you had minimum flying speed. Ditto for landing. 140 to 0 in a couple of hundred feet. Harder to take because it was from back to front, so you got pitched forward into the straps of the seat instead of being pressed into the seat back. Either way, it only lasted a couple of seconds, so not that bad. You get used to it. The good thing about the A-6 was you sat side-by-side so if the pilot was being stupid, you could just whack him with the attitude adjuster you used to restart the tuning fork. It was a multipurpose tool! If you want to see what it's all about, here is a short video. [MEDIA=youtube]wJOyDblicaY[/MEDIA] Deck ops (launch, land) start about the 5 minute point. Some airborne video there, too. Couple of launches, landings from the cockpit point of view. Toward the end is just having some fun! [/QUOTE]

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