DmitriKozlowsky Posted November 7, 2022 Posted November 7, 2022 Has any navy ever experimented with ramps for arrest, not just launch? Having wires , or more wires amidships, and using ramp to slow down the aircraft. I was watching Indian Navy testing F/A-18E/F on their ramp equiped carriers. A ramp at the crotch of landing area, would slow the aircraft down (that has caught a wire), or allow margin of safety during bolters. But since no navy has implemented this, I suspect there is an issue I have not considered.
exhausted Posted November 8, 2022 Posted November 8, 2022 I heard the IJN had slight ramps at the stern of their carriers for this. They kept the wires too, except for the Army's fleet of carriers.
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