Chapter 539： data (1/2)
What are the difficulties in making aircraft carriers?
There are many!
But the most important thing is nothing more than the ups and downs of carrier-based aircraft!
That's right!
The main difficulty of an aircraft carrier is not like power, keel, etc. Although those are also difficult, they are sorted a little bit later than the seemingly inconspicuous things like the ups and downs of carrier-based aircraft!
And why is this the main difficulty when talking about ups and downs?
Because the aircraft carrier itself is a ship, the runway must be much shorter than the normal runway. That is to say, the carrier-based aircraft cannot run fast enough to take off on the aircraft carrier!
As for the consequences of not being able to run at the takeoff speed, it goes without saying that there is no other choice but to fall into the sea!
But if there is a problem, there is a solution!
Therefore, something like the carrier-based aircraft catapult was born!
This kind of thing uses the principle of catapult. The catapult is installed on the aircraft carrier. When the carrier-based aircraft is about to take off, it will be ejected to shorten the runway distance required for take-off, so that the carrier-based aircraft can be used in a short time and within a short distance. Reach the takeoff speed!
looks simple!
But the technical content is very high!
In the world before Arthur's crossing, a country with this kind of technology can count on a palm, which is much rarer than a country with a nuclear bomb!
Also, because the runway is shorter than normal, a normal landing is definitely not possible!
Because of the lack of runway, the speed of the carrier could not be slowed down, so it directly hit the aircraft carrier!
However, there are also solutions to problems!
Therefore, the cable was born!
What's the line to stop the plane?
To put it plainly, it is a rope!
The role of this rope is to hold the carrier aircraft when it is landing, so that its speed will drop, so that it will not hit the aircraft carrier!
This rope is also very difficult to make!
First of all, the weight of the carrier aircraft itself is already very heavy, plus the force added by the speed when landing, so this rope must be able to withstand more than 100 tons of impact!
Well, there are no few countries that can make ropes that can withstand impacts of more than 100 tons!
The problem is that the rope used on the aircraft carrier is not an ordinary rope!
It must be thin!
Because it is placed on the deck, if it is not thin enough, it may affect the normal taxiing of the carrier-based aircraft when landing, resulting in accidents and crashes!
Moreover, not only must it be thin, but also have enough toughness!
After the aircraft is hooked on the tail of the carrier-based aircraft, it must also bend along with the carrier-based aircraft. If there is no toughness and cannot follow the bending, then the tail of the carrier-based aircraft is likely to be torn off directly!
Not only will it not be able to slow down the speed, but it will also cause the carrier-based aircraft to be destroyed!
Therefore, this kind of blocking machine sounds simple, but it is very difficult to make!
Before Arthur crossed, the same country that only had one hand counted can be produced!
The above are just the difficulties caused by the ups and downs, in fact there are many difficulties!
Let's say so!
Before Arthur crossed, there was no country, so you don’t need to use parts from other countries when making aircraft carriers!