Stennis 4 Simultaneous Launches

A group of us (4 people) decided to test how the ship will launch each catapult if we all throttle up at the same time. The ship launched all 4 catapults at the same time, causing 3 of us to crash (was funny), while the guy who throttled up a few milliseconds earlier, managed to get away.

Does it work like this in real life?

No. It is monitored and controlled by the "Shooter" that pushes a button to launch the aircraft when everything is ready. I'd imagine there is some time required between launches for the steam catapult to condense the steam required to launch it. Not sure how the new LSM works, but considering it takes a ton of power to launch, I wouldn't be shocked if it takes at least a little bit of time to recharge.

It is a pretty involved process.

Not sure how the new LSM works, but considering it takes a ton of power to launch, I wouldn't be shocked if it takes at least a little bit of time to recharge.

EMALS uses kinetic energy buffers (flywheels). According to Wikipedia, it takes ~45 seconds to recharge the buffers after a shot.

You would have collisions in real life with four simultaneous launches because of the angles of the catapults...

But the crew would never shoot two / four at once.

You would have collisions in real life with four simultaneous launches because of the angles of the catapults...

 

But the crew would never shoot two / four at once.

Yeah, of course, its dangerous.

So, its up to us to have a throttling up sequence or ED does something about carrier logic. Or is it gonna be the Carrier Module?

You would have collisions in real life with four simultaneous launches because of the angles of the catapults...

 

But the crew would never shoot two / four at once.

Never 4 but 2 is common. Smithsonian channel just released a new documentary "Carriers at War" and it showed several scenes of two ship FA-18D's simultaneously being shot off the deck of the USS Bush at the same time during last years mission against ISIL in the Persian gulf. No delay, no offset. :thumbup:

As others observed, largely solved in RL because the pilots don't control the catapults, the ship's crew do. A

Not all three at once, but two at virtually the same time plus another one right after.

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Waist + Bow works...

Bow + Bow or Waist + Waist doesn't not work...

Not all three at once, but two at virtually the same time plus another one right after.

 

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Nice, but noisy! :)