steam

[jlat]

hello people; Kinda a sucky day here today and I saw this on TV. Did you know that the planes that take off on an aircraft carrier are pushed by a steam piston? And it's pressure changes for different planes. I didn't know that but that steam is creating alot of power. I forget what they said the zero to takeoff is is but there's not much room and it has to be fast.
IBBY

 

[aminga]

The Gerald R. Ford CVN-78 uses a linear induction motor built by general atomics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_Aircraft_Launch_System

 

[jlat]

hello; I just looked at your post and the electro mag is under development. It looks good . Don't the have that technology in trains?
IBBY