I would love to be a passenger someday. Literally my only bucketlist item
ThePensiveE on
This is like the least impressive thing on a modern carrier. They’ve known how to build arresting wires since 1911.
VeryShortLadder on
Is this an American carrier? That’s some propaganda right here.
not_ondrugs on
It doesn’t need to cost that much, surely?!
pmaogeaoaporm on
Those pilots are the ones insanely built man
Epin-Ninjas on
Cool, sure, but this feels like a trash karma farming post.
96JY on
$140m cable
siddowncheelout on
Buddy works for the dod as an engineer and has told me a lot about these systems, the quality of the parts they use are mind boggling (and mind bogglingly expensive)
SkyKnight3 on
I worked on the flight deck of 2 carriers from 04-09, hard work, weather conditions suck, but very good memories
Nezzhy on
question to the nerds here, what sorta tensile forces r acting on that poor hook?
ShowerFriendly9059 on
I’ll sell you a hook and a rope for a lot less than $140M
dingoonmygringo on
140mil for that, how?
squirtcow on
These are called ‘*arresting wires*’, used as part of the recovery.
JamesLahey08 on
Why are the tail flaps going up and down like that after little bro landed?
Bikezilla on
They’ve been using variations of arresting wire for like , 80 years?
This is like saying jets fly because they’re insanely built.
Standard_Aquilifer on
teenagers who are just discovering how things work are the fuel of reddit
superwillis on
Okay it’s cool… but this has been around for decades hasn’t it? Like every top gun style movie shows this.
Anyway the carrier isn’t the impressive part to me in this. Its huge and heavy. But that little hook on the jet has to take the full force of the jets momentum pulling against it to slow it down. So that thing has gotta be super reinforced into the body of the chassis of the jet in a way that doesn’t rip off a chunk of the plane or something , and also not “flip” the plane (unlike me tripping over a stick).
HearYourTune on
$140 million rubber band.
LuxePhantom on
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
aidssosimple on
God I’m a moron – the wire that this whole video is about looked like a hair on the screen; I tried to blow it off ffs.
-mud on
Their tinnitus is definitely not service-related.
Anxious_Huckleberry9 on
One day they will have a better system I hope…
cmchong77 on
Call the ball … roger, Maverick has the ball
Leading_Challenge_37 on
$200k system, $138mil in profit
EggstaticAd8262 on
A 140 million dollar rope! How hard can it be?!!!
/s
patchhappyhour on
I was just on the Lincoln recently and what was wild is I was sitting right next to that cord as a jet came in to land and it looked so gentle for such a violence action.
I say right next to it. I was with a few feet. And no concern from the coordinators.
Aromatic-Two-8258 on
Imagine if it hooks the edge of the entire aircraft carrier. Sheeeesh
Rorasaurus_Prime on
Can anyone ‘in the know’ explain why it costs so much? I understand it’s near enough a bespoke engineering product, but even so. I’m assuming is has to be calibrated for different aircraft types and that alone will provide complexity, but I can’t quite understand the costs.
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In Liverpool they have a similar system for stealing bicycles and it cost significantly less.
NES Top Gun flashback! Mine never landed as smoothly, or at all for that matter.
I’ve seen videos of it failing and the pilot needs to accelerate and take off again.
That’s a lot of faith to put in a rope
How does it work?
How come the jet only picks one?
I would just use a big rubber band from Staples and save the $140 million.
They were using this system in WW2. 140 millions is nonsense
Catching’s the easy part. Skinning and frying is the difficult part
Really cool engineering. Weirdly timed propaganda…?
140m for a piece of strong rubber band?
Do pilots land manually or autopilot?
All that technology and it’s a piece of string that makes this look cool
What is different about this particular system? Hadn’t the cable stop thingamajig been around since the 40s?
How’s the plumbing?
It’s a great system, no doubt. But the Air Force got taken for a ride at that price point!
https://preview.redd.it/fgzqj1sqe8ng1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a937c1891f7329e0de625238cc2bd0276d8e0a68
I would love to be a passenger someday. Literally my only bucketlist item
This is like the least impressive thing on a modern carrier. They’ve known how to build arresting wires since 1911.
Is this an American carrier? That’s some propaganda right here.
It doesn’t need to cost that much, surely?!
Those pilots are the ones insanely built man
Cool, sure, but this feels like a trash karma farming post.
$140m cable
Buddy works for the dod as an engineer and has told me a lot about these systems, the quality of the parts they use are mind boggling (and mind bogglingly expensive)
I worked on the flight deck of 2 carriers from 04-09, hard work, weather conditions suck, but very good memories
question to the nerds here, what sorta tensile forces r acting on that poor hook?
I’ll sell you a hook and a rope for a lot less than $140M
140mil for that, how?
These are called ‘*arresting wires*’, used as part of the recovery.
Why are the tail flaps going up and down like that after little bro landed?
They’ve been using variations of arresting wire for like , 80 years?
This is like saying jets fly because they’re insanely built.
teenagers who are just discovering how things work are the fuel of reddit
Okay it’s cool… but this has been around for decades hasn’t it? Like every top gun style movie shows this.
Anyway the carrier isn’t the impressive part to me in this. Its huge and heavy. But that little hook on the jet has to take the full force of the jets momentum pulling against it to slow it down. So that thing has gotta be super reinforced into the body of the chassis of the jet in a way that doesn’t rip off a chunk of the plane or something , and also not “flip” the plane (unlike me tripping over a stick).
$140 million rubber band.
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
God I’m a moron – the wire that this whole video is about looked like a hair on the screen; I tried to blow it off ffs.
Their tinnitus is definitely not service-related.
One day they will have a better system I hope…
Call the ball … roger, Maverick has the ball
$200k system, $138mil in profit
A 140 million dollar rope! How hard can it be?!!!
/s
I was just on the Lincoln recently and what was wild is I was sitting right next to that cord as a jet came in to land and it looked so gentle for such a violence action.
I say right next to it. I was with a few feet. And no concern from the coordinators.
Imagine if it hooks the edge of the entire aircraft carrier. Sheeeesh
Can anyone ‘in the know’ explain why it costs so much? I understand it’s near enough a bespoke engineering product, but even so. I’m assuming is has to be calibrated for different aircraft types and that alone will provide complexity, but I can’t quite understand the costs.
Wow that’s like a million dollars per pixel.