Question for Technical types : ICCALS
ICCALS stands for Internal Combustion Catapult Aircraft Launch System. It's basically an evolution of the C-14 catapult from the late 1950s - early 1960s.ICCALS promoters (Stallard Associates) have a...
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i suspect the same issue that has stalled liquid fueled guns. its very hard to provide exactly the right amount of fuel at the right air mixture to achieve the desired power
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The USS Enterprise was originally supposed to have such a catapult. This is discussed briefly by Theodore Rockwell in his book "The Rickover Effect". Rickover doubted the project, and when it failed...
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Rickover was the one that killed ICCALS- He thought it threatened the Nuclear program. USS enterprise has parts of the system on board to this day- In fact when the kill order came the cats were...
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