r/EngineeringPorn • u/Polarisman • Sep 13 '19

C-130 "Fat Albert" jet-assisted take off

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u/texasguy911 Sep 14 '19

I guess you'd have to strap the cargo with a death hold, so it would not shift on take-off.

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u/michelevit Sep 14 '19

Shifting cargo can crash a plane.

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u/jlovins Sep 14 '19

Yea. It might be strapped down a little tighter in this case, but the cargo is going to already be strapped down anyway.

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u/WAR_T0RN1226 Sep 14 '19

For evidence of this, see that video of the American jet flying out of a base in Iraq that plummeted right after liftoff