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  2. File:V-2 rocket diagram (with English labels).svg - Wikipedia

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    This diagram was created with Inkscape …important. This diagram is translated using SVG switch elements : all translations are stored in the same file. This is a featured picture on the English language Wikipedia ( Featured pictures ) and is considered one of the finest images.

  3. Catapult - Wikipedia

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    Basic diagram of an onager, a type of catapult. A catapult is a ballistic device used to launch a projectile a great distance without the aid of gunpowder or other propellants – particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines. [1] A catapult uses the sudden release of stored potential energy to propel its payload.

  4. Modern United States Navy carrier air operations - Wikipedia

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    The catapult is put into tension whereby all the slack is taken out of the system with hydraulic pressure on the rear of the shuttle. The pilot is then signaled to advance the throttles to full (or "military") power, and they take their feet off the brakes. The pilot checks engine instruments and "wipes out" (moves) all the control surfaces.

  5. Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System - Wikipedia

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    The Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) is a type of electromagnetic catapult system developed by General Atomics for the United States Navy. The system launches carrier-based aircraft by means of a catapult employing a linear induction motor rather than the conventional steam piston , providing greater precision and faster recharge ...

  6. SCB-27 - Wikipedia

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    USS Intrepid showing her SCB-27C configuration.. The two sub-types of SCB-27 modifications were primarily a result of changes in catapult technology in the early-1950s. SCB-27A vessels used a pair of H 8 slotted-tube hydraulic catapults, while the later SCB-27C vessels were fitted with a pair of C 11 steam catapults, a British innovation (in fact the first four installed, on Hancock and ...

  7. CATOBAR - Wikipedia

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    CATOBAR (catapult-assisted take-off but arrested recovery [1] or catapult-assisted take-off barrier arrested recovery [2]) is a system used for the launch and recovery of aircraft from the deck of an aircraft carrier. Under this technique, aircraft launch using a catapult-assisted take-off and land on the ship (the recovery phase) using ...

  8. Assisted take-off - Wikipedia

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    F/A-18 attached to steam catapult preparatory to launch. A well-known type of assisted takeoff is an aircraft catapult. In modern systems fitted on aircraft carriers, a piston, known as a shuttle, is propelled down a long cylinder under steam pressure. The aircraft is attached to the shuttle using a tow bar or launch bar mounted to the nose ...

  9. Free body diagram - Wikipedia

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    In physics and engineering, a free body diagram (FBD; also called a force diagram) [1] is a graphical illustration used to visualize the applied forces, moments, and resulting reactions on a free body in a given condition. It depicts a body or connected bodies with all the applied forces and moments, and reactions, which act on the body(ies).