Re:Unmasking Northrop Grumman's XRQ-72A
by nradov on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @08:50AM
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Airbus has studied that. We might see it eventually. But it would be tremendously expensive to build electric catapults long enough to keep G forces down to tolerable levels. And aircraft would have to be redesigned with a strong attachment point.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/07/airbus_smarter_skie...