Warzone/The Drive: Watch A Super Hornet Launch Off A “Ski Jump” During Testing Aimed At The Indian Navy⛷ #SuperHornet hits the slopes!
— Boeing Defense (@BoeingDefense) December 21, 2020
Watch as an F/A-18 takes off from a ski-jump ramp, demonstrating the ability to operate effectively from @IndianNavy aircraft carriers. pic.twitter.com/eBSaYF97sy
Boeing says it has proven the jet’s compatibility with Indian Navy aircraft carriers, which lack catapults.
Boeing has released a video of its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet jet launching from a ground-based “ski jump” ramp, in a demonstration for India, which is looking to buy a new carrier-based multirole fighter. The Indian Navy’s current carrier, as well as its next flattop, lack catapults, which means the service requires a jet that can take off from a sloped ramp before returning to the ship using arrestor gear.
Boeing has been flying a Super Hornet from the ground-based ramp at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland for some time and you can read more about the program in this previous War Zone article. The same ramp has been used during testing of the short takeoff and vertical (STOVL) landing capable F-35B variant of the Joint Strike Fighter.
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WNU Editor: Just two questions. What is the load of the plane because I see no payload in the above video. How will it land?
4 comments:
It’s called a demonstration, as the above article states. Once the aerodynamics have been proven payloads will be added. Read the article and don’t comment if your clueless.
Did you fly this year? Have you been aware of the updates? Your clueless.
Kungflu.
Dov Sar is a good poster.
"Did you fly this year? Have you been aware of the updates?" Those are fair questions, but we could lose the rest and be further ahead.
Filling an Indian Carrier with Hornets would be a wasted exercise. Hornets are past their use by date, in a conflict with China, India is at a massive disadvantage. They would be better served with helicopters and F35B's to combat the growing Chinese Fleet. Whats a bee going to sting when your an iron clad city sailing the seas?
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