Why can’t we use CATOBAR-adjacent tech on airliners to stop runway overruns in winter ops?
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Naval aircraft are significantly heavier than their ground based counter parts to deal with the insane forces involved in the landing with the arrestor cable
The F35A and F35C are good comparisons for this. The F35C has a 34,500 lb dry mass while the F35A has a 29,000 lb dry mass. That’s a 19% increase in dry mass for no increase in fighting power. It carries the same payload, has a lower thrust to weight ratio and lower G limit making it significantly less maneuverable.
But it can land on a carrier!
You’d be making every jet liner significantly heavier costing huge amounts of fuel for something that will almost never be used.
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