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Catapult-launch and arrested recovery will still require significant force handling ability whether there's a human meat bag at the controls or not, but not hav
by mikece 7y ago
Catapult-launch and arrested recovery will still require significant force handling ability whether there's a human meat bag at the controls or not, but not having a human on board allows for a much more efficient aircraft design (though that designed efficiency would lead to variable designs depending on the mission: endurance/ISR, high-speed/high-G attack, or heavy-lift/cargo/tanker, etc).
- a3n 7y agoCatapult launch could probably be much more forceful and frequent without a mounted H1-A Human.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoTrue, with newer catapult systems linear motor driven instead of steam driven.
- alexhutcheson 7y agoThe human tolerance has never really been a limiting factor. As catapult technology and jet technology has gotten better, we've used the additional thrust to launch heavier, more capable aircraft, rather than increasing the initial launch speed.