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Navy Launches Pilot With an Electromagnetic Shove

Posted December 21, 2010 8:04 AM

From Gizmodo:

Steam-fired Navy planes are so passe. Over the weekend, the Navy used a huge electric charge to catapult a manned flight into the air.

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one2playwitt Power-User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Near ... New Orleans, Louisiana, USA Posts: 217 Good Answers: 3	#1 Re: Navy Launches Pilot With an Electromagnetic Shove 12/21/2010 11:20 PM
	The question is when is the electro-matic shove coming to the public ... that is when you can talk about using less energy ... at an airport hooked up to the grid ... saving takeoff weight and money concurrently. Saving electricity/NRG on a nuclear powered aircraft carrier is kinda like the desert saving sand.
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Baxter Guru Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 845 Good Answers: 8	#2 Re: Navy Launches Pilot With an Electromagnetic Shove 12/22/2010 8:37 AM
	Update with Video for those interested. http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/21/us-navys-electromagnetic-aircraft-launch-system-launches-first/
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