JATO. JET ASSISTED TAKE OFF. Strap some of these little bottles to each side of your aircraft, light them off and see what happens! Each bottle provides 250 foot pounds of extra power for 12 seconds. Boom! Off you go!
Notice that these P2Vs do not have jets hanging under the wings. This was the experiment to see if P2Vs could be launched off an aircraft carrier. They could be but the plan was not put into effect. And there's always a car nut or two that has to get involved!
JATO was often used on seaplanes to break the drag of the water on the seaplane hull. Note that on previous blog entries that both of these aircraft are familiar with my sometimes lack of professional skills.
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| P2V on the aircraft carrier |
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| P2v launch! |
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