• prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Jet taking off with catapult system on an aircraft carrier, the CATOBAR system is steam powered if I’m not mistaken.

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      6 months ago

      I’ve watched a CATOBAR video to see what you’re talking about (interesting stuff btw), but isn’t that unrelated? In this image there is no aircraft carrier, the wings are angled 45° upwards, and there are weird orange spots on the hull.

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            6 months ago

            I’m pretty sure it’s and f-14 launching off of a carrier, but the image is zoomed in so you only see a tiny portion of the deck obscured by the smoke. The orange glow is the jets on the back, and it’s taken at an angle which makes the tail fins stick out weirdly.

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              6 months ago

              Hmm okay, I see. I still think it looks weird but at least I get what you’re saying now.

            • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.social
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              6 months ago

              I think it might be an f/a-18 actually, vertical stabilisers are more slanted in a V and the engines are closer together than on an f-14

              EDIT: found the original image