The U.S navy doesn't understand electromagnetic catapult itself.

The U.S navy doesn't understand electromagnetic catapult itself.

Wolf Mountain in Hanhai and Wolf Mountain in Xiongnu talked more than once about the electromagnetic catapult and electromagnetic blocking system installed by the U.S. Navy on Ford class, and there are huge technical obstacles that are difficult to overcome from the root. This is a technology that uses medium-voltage alternating current from the beginning, and it has been proved that there is basically no solution. A few years ago, a rare "super-wise man" appeared in the superpower, nicknamed Wang, who publicly proposed to directly switch back to steam catapults and traditional cylinder plugging technology. As a result, when this proposal came out, Langshan commented that even those people in the superpower whose status and execution have reached the limit have come out to propose this only feasible final remedy, which is just talk. Because of the huge military industry of the superpower, no one can move the cake of L interest set T. Results The facts in the past five years fully proved the judgment of Langshan at that time. The problem in Ford's class is still the nephew who plays lanterns, and everything remains the same! So what's wrong with electromagnetic catapult of medium-voltage AC system?

First of all, the output of the catapult is incomplete. Up to now, only 25 tons of aircraft can be ejected. This is true both on the land test line and on Ford's real ship. The problem is that the maximum takeoff weight of the most common main carrier aircraft is close to or more than 30 tons. Even the Nimitz-class well-used C 13B2 steam catapult can eject a heavy carrier aircraft with a maximum of 32 to 33 tons. Now Ford-class electromagnetic catapult has directly reversed its ejection capability by 7 to 8 tons, making it impossible for all F35C to eject. F 18EF with full fuel and ammunition cannot be ejected; Only light load F 18 can be ejected. Is this not a joke? Of course, the F 18 that can eject light loads can at least continue to fool the outside world. After all, most laymen can't see whether F 18 is under heavy load or light load during ejection. However, the current medium-voltage AC catapult is more troublesome than the insufficient ejection output, and the ejection weight cannot be changed halfway. In other words, if you start to eject an airplane, the takeoff weight of all airplanes must be the same, with a difference of one ton and a maximum of 25 tons.

This phenomenon is totally contrary to the original intention of developing electromagnetic catapult. One of the disadvantages of steam ejection is that the ejection weight is not easy to adjust. After all, as soon as the valve was opened, a big stream of steam jumped out. Assuming that the Nimitz class ejected a 32-ton F 14 in the early years, and then ejected an E2C early warning aircraft with only 27 tons, the ejection operator would have to manually adjust a large number of electromagnetic valves to reduce the amount of ejection steam needed and ultimately reduce the ejection force. Otherwise, it is possible to eject the 27-ton early warning aircraft directly with the force of ejecting 32 tons, and the early warning aircraft with more fragile body will immediately fall apart. When Langshan was young, he operated a steam solenoid valve. Of course, it is not a catapult but other steam equipment, but the principle is basically the same. Adjust 15 minutes to half an hour at least at a time, which may not be accurate. This efficiency and the requirement of ejecting a carrier-based aircraft in two or three minutes in actual combat are definitely serious. The question is, if E2C is ejected, what if the next one needs to be an F 14? This requires readjusting the jacking force.

In this way, the operators of steam ejection will naturally be killed, so everyone supports changing electromagnetic catapult. After all, for electromagnetic things, different ejection forces can be completed in a few seconds by inputting different values on the control panel. Theoretically, once the medium-voltage AC ejection device is installed, it is almost impossible to change the ejection weight easily. Someone changed it once, the whole system crashed and restarted for three hours. In contrast, another medium-voltage DC catapult can freely eject any aircraft from 3 tons to 45 tons more than 10000 sorties! This is more popular than people! However, the actual problem of electromagnetic blocking device on Ford class may be bigger than that in electromagnetic catapult. Experts have long said that the principle of electromagnetic arresting device is to reverse the principle of electromagnetic ejection, but Americans just don't understand it. Therefore, there is reasonable reason to suspect that Ford is still using this type of blocking system. After all, what is the blocking system, but it is completely invisible from the outside.

This is very different from steam ejection and the appearance of electromagnetic catapult. Since the US Navy's own expertise in electromagnetic ejection and electromagnetic blockade is still unclear, how dare it publicly publicize that it can export such high technology? The reason is not complicated. First of all, it is natural for people not to lose their mouths. Although the unbearable facts are there, the superpowers never dare to admit that they have spent hundreds of billions, and the Ford-class aircraft carrier that has been in operation for four consecutive years will not be used in the end; This is a basic fact that people in any superpower can't let go when they are killed. If it is a trivial matter to admit the reality and lose face, wouldn't it be a public admission that the surface and air strength of the superpower navy will be castles in the air in the next few decades and completely vulnerable? Since a core product still dares to claim to sell, it implies that it can still be used. You can really use it. You can use it or not. At least you can't take the initiative to admit cowardice in propaganda. Secondly, the technological self-confidence of a superpower is not only his own problem, but also the collective self-confidence of the whole western world in a larger scope.

If there is a leading brother in the whole west, first admit that he has built a pile of more than 400 thousand tons of scrap steel; Moreover, the core military technology facing the 2 1 century has completely fallen behind, so it is not a devastating psychological blow to all the minions and younger brothers who have long looked up to him. It's really reached the point where people are completely dispersed and the team can't continue to lead, which is a disaster for the whole western region. Therefore, not only the superpowers themselves, but also some key younger brothers should take the initiative to entrust this farce for a long time, intentionally or unintentionally. Third, although superpowers keep saying that they can share their electromagnetic ejection and electromagnetic blocking technologies with their so-called allies, few countries actually need to buy these technologies. After all, the technology and equipment of steam ejection and cylinder blockage have only been sold to France in history, and there are no other buyers. As for the electromagnetic system, in the future, apart from France, only South Asia is interested and has practical needs, and perhaps Japan, South Korea and Australia have similar ideas.

However, the superpowers still have concerns about whether these three companies need to be equipped with conventional ejection carriers. For the French side, its new 70,000-ton aircraft carrier will be equipped with catapults, at least after 2040; As for South Asia? Can its ejection aircraft carrier be finalized before 2070? Therefore, the actual purchase demand of the outside world is still very early. As long as it is not actual combat, Ford-class semi-pull electromagnetic technology, as the emperor's new clothes, can be installed for another twenty or thirty years!