19-07-2011, 05:06 PM
It got a lot of extra height with that tall undercarage.
I reckon you could probably use tht idea and mod that undercarage arangement so the plane was mounted further back. Arange a heavy counter weight above the front wheels so that when they go over the edge you could use the angular momentom to give the plane a kind of a sling shot launch. Using the lever arm of the UC and the mass of a falling counter weight you should easily be able to double that distance. Especially if the piolet didn't waste a lot of energy in flairing too early.
I reckon you could probably use tht idea and mod that undercarage arangement so the plane was mounted further back. Arange a heavy counter weight above the front wheels so that when they go over the edge you could use the angular momentom to give the plane a kind of a sling shot launch. Using the lever arm of the UC and the mass of a falling counter weight you should easily be able to double that distance. Especially if the piolet didn't waste a lot of energy in flairing too early.
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