isn’t better for planes on carriers to start at the top of the ramp and get more speed down for takeoff instead of climbing the ramp?
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Planes do not ‘take off’ from nor ‘land’ on aircraft carriers.
Planes are ‘thrown’ and ‘caught’.
100% of the speed a plane attains until it reaches the end of the deck is due to the steam-powered catapult. They only run up their engines so that they will have sufficient thrust to continue flying after they leave the catapult.
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