Barrier ropes are mostly found on medium and large carriers to absorb the kinetic energy of landing aircraft and shorten the landing glide distance. The first one is located 55 meters from the aft end of the slanting deck and is raised by a bow-shaped spring 30 to 50 centimeters above the flight deck, and then one every 14 meters. There are also individual carriers that use 3 blocking ropes, such as the Ford-class carriers have begun testing 3 blocking ropes, so is it better to have more carrier blocking ropes? Or is it better to have fewer? There has been a strong debate on this.
Those who insist on 3 blocking lines argue that the first and fourth lines of most blocking lines are almost useless, and that only hooking the second and third blocking lines is the standard, so 3 lines are sufficient. If the diagonal deck is long enough, then it is better to set up 10 blocking ropes, and the more blocking ropes, the less likely the carrier will miss the landing, and at present the two advocates, basically no one can convince anyone.
The block cable technology was first invented and used by Britain. The jet aircraft on modern carriers do not shut down their engines when landing, and can resume flying immediately if they cannot hook the block cable. The original countries in the world that can independently produce the block cable are the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom 3. The French aircraft carriers imported each blocking cable from the United States! And currently the UK no longer has block landing carriers, so this technology has long been deserted; Russia is now estimated to use or Soviet-era stock, which has obviously passed its shelf life, resulting in a high probability of being pulled off! Therefore, the current real production of qualified blocking rope countries, there are only two major countries! A seemingly simple wire rope, inside the learning is very huge! In fact, the practical blocking rope, not purely a steel wire rope, in fact, the steel wire inside and high-quality bio-fiber material, so the blocking rope needs daily oiling maintenance. Super high strength steel wire rope and high strength fiber combination, to have the best toughness and tensile strength. At present, the self-produced blocking cable, has successfully blocked the world’s largest and heaviest aircraft in service today.
The heaviest naval aircraft in service today, tens of thousands of times, there has never been a block cable failure! The blocking ropes have buckles at the deck joints, which, according to Hays Wolverine, are also high-tech products with great strength!
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