The use of inclined ramps to launch aircraft from short runways is proposed as a possible solution to the runway denial problem in Europe. Past efforts to launch aircraft in this manner, including a very successful program conducted by the US Navy to launch the T-2C, F-14, and F-18 aircraft, are reviewed. An analytical study was conducted for the launch of the F-16, F-15, A-10, A-7D and F-4E from inclined ramps. The takeoff ground roll, stabilizer trim setting, landing gear loads and flight trajectory are reported. The F-15 was selected as a candidate aircraft for a USAF flight test program to be patterned after the Navy program and additional studies were performed. Perturbations in center of gravity, thrust, and ramp exit angle were investigated. A ramp contour was designed for launch of the F-15, F-16, A-7D and A-10 which minimized the length and height of the ramp while maintaining the landing gear loads below 90 percent of their design limit.
Aircraft Operations from Runways with Inclined Ramps (Ski-Jump)
1991
19 pages
Report
No indication
English
Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Aircraft , Air Transportation , Launching , Ramps , Runways , Angles , Area denial , Center of gravity , Europe , Exits , Flight , Flight testing , Ground roll(Aeronautics) , Height , Landing gear , Loads(Forces) , Navy , Perturbations , Setting(Adjusting) , Short range(Time) , Slope , Stabilization systems , Takeoff , Trajectories , Jet fighters , Naval aircraft , Training aircraft , Attack aircraft
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