This is a catapult system I've been working on to help launch planes off of an aircraft carrier. It's still a prototype but it works pretty well already.
Control Sequence:
1) AG6 (on) to move piston into position
2) AG4 to compress springs/load plane
3) AG6 (off) to launch plane
Switch to plane control and use stage activation/AG1/thrust to start engine, ideally just before loading plane onto catapult and launching
For whatever reason, sometimes this catapult system starts to shake/break (about 25% of the time) which is mostly what I'm working on fixing. If you have a fix for this (without increasing stability) please let me know.
GENERAL INFO
- Created On: Windows
- Game Version: 0.7.0.5
- Price: $451k
- Number of Parts: 75
- Dimensions: 4 m x 54 m x 29 m
PERFORMANCE
- Total Delta V: 0m/s
- Total Thrust: 0N
- Engines: 1
- Wet Mass: 48,522kg
- Dry Mass: 9,524kg
STAGES
| Stage | Engines | Delta V | Thrust | Burn | Mass |
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181 CaptainCaleb5.5 years ago
@DaBears alright I'll try to work on the mounting and on my Carrier Aircraft Arresting System (CAAS).
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1,161 DaBears5.5 years ago
@CaptainCaleb Yeah man that sounds awesome. Unfortunately, I'm about to get super busy at work but I'll help whenever I have time. I tried mounting this to my aircraft carrier and there's definitely a lot of issues to work out but I think it's doable
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181 CaptainCaleb5.5 years ago
It was great! wanna start an Air craft carrier (maybe eventually hovercarrier) community project? I have some arrester system ideas and you could mount the catapult.
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I thought pistons and a docking port would do it