USAF has arresting cables on all runways that have fighter jets. Only used for emergencies and a totally different braking system but look it up it's called the BAK 12 . ✌️
@@Unrestricted_Climbyup. The f-16, f-15, f-22, and f-35a all have hooks even though they are land based jets. Although the land based system is much more rudimentary and only for emergencies.
@@vitamind2387, No they don't. USAF 14th Flying Training Wing Columbus AFB Mississippi. We had numerous In Flight Emergencies where the pilot would just land and brake to a stop. The Fire Department and Wing Safety would go to the stopped aircraft and assist the pilot out of the aircraft.
So many ways to get hurt or killed on a flight deck. One of the most dangerous jobs in the world. I’m a navy vet but never had to deal with any of that business. Hats off to these guys.😊
The cross section of cable, the piece of cable that spans the deck is what gets damaged and gets replaced. That’s just a small section of cable so it’s not the 1.5 million dollar cost of the complete system of cable. And yes when working the deck ! your taught if the cable snaps and your in the way you jump as high as you can. It’s under huge tension, it trying to stop a aircraft of 60,000 pounds moving at 150 mph in a very short distance. It will remove any part of body it hits. Feet, legs or cut you in half it won’t even slow down.
@@rogercabe6175Yes the part that cross the flight deck is called the cross deck pendant you have to "pour sockets," on both ends of the purchase cable at so many landings. I also worked in the Arresting Gear from 00 to 04. The Gear Dogs!
We had a Lieutenant that thought he was a cowboy with two revolvers and a double bandarilo strutting on the aft flight deck. The ground crew was towing one of our Skyraiders (a tail dragger) aft pulling the arresting cable with the back wheel like a bow and arrow. When the tail wheel finally rolled over the pulled cable it snapped back into position which on its way back caught the Lieutenants boots flipping him up in the air landing him on his back. With all the heavy ammunition he carried it was like a turtle on its back. 😂😂😂😂 Greatly embarrassed the ground crew had to pick him up otherwise he's stuck on his back. This happened in 1968 during launch preparations on the USS Coral Sea.
@@daveb.4268 I'm back retired in the Philippines living a great life enjoying the Philippines culture. My beautiful GF's from the 60's are now great grandmothers now. I'm dating young Filipinas that are hard working women that don't care about my age. It's not about the money. That's under my control. She wants my baby with a long nose and blue eyes. Additionally I treat her like a queen. From my youth I learned to love Asian women. 😋🥰😍😘😁😎
I saw them having to change the cable on the America. It’s no joke! Those guys really earn their money. Being on the flight deck is deadly by itself, yet these guys work on one of the deadliest tools a carrier uses. God Bless those men and women!
That was my job 7011 USMC and is not hard at all. Hat part is to take apart the arresting gear and calibrating it for both sides. Quarterly inspection.
Exactly why aircraft that are landing on carriers are 1) specially made for carriers And the Less obvious reason, 2) they actually increase throttle in case of arresting cables breaking
It is 1.5 million dollars because the government has a budget of infinity. And contractors can charge whatever they want because the gov will just bleed the taxpayer for more and more $
Not the pendant cable that's only one cable. The two cables are under the deck and hooked to the purchase tape. That's the big nylon strap that's on the water twister braking system.
@kevinshockley1727 in my experience, the cross deck pendant is connected through two STEEL CABLES to the arresting gear engine. The aircraft landing energy is dissipated through a hydraulic cylinder system.
A ship I was on in the 80's, we had cables that had been decertified for use on carriers, we tested them and used them as general usage cables, although at lower ratings than what would be normal for their diameter and construction.
My Brother -in law served on almost every ship while in the Navy...and explained so much that I have forgotten...I had sweat shirts of most...God Bless You All 🙏 ❤️
@@michaelbates2575It is actually part of the English language..in US anyway. It is in the dictionary as well. Just because you don't like the word doesn't mean it's not a word.
In 1982 on the JFK, CV67, an A7 broke the wire on a landing and it cut three people in half. It was my first time at sea. We had only been out for two weeks. That was my introduction to the flight deck.
depending on the aircraft (fixed wing) they land with enough power to take off again if they miss a cable or it fails. hooks can bounce over cables so they practice this a lot.
Your supposed to hit the deck flat immediately when the wire breaks. It swings in a circle about waist high and slices through anything in its way. One guy jumped up and the wire swung under him... removing the soles of his boots.
@HootNanny who said I’m a bot, I’m as real as you are.💀 I legit just said I’m a military fanatic as a joke and bri starts talking about propaganda and politics like dang.
I worked in a prefab factory that was stretching 7.05 to 12.5mm steel cable to 125kN, so it didn't even came close to diameter or forces working upon this arresting cables but when it snapped it was cutting everything in it's path if safety chains weren't in place.
It's 1.5 million because the pentagon will pay literally any price because the military industrial complex has nice corner offices reserved for the good government employees after they bought enough overpriced "military grade" home depot stuff.
My understanding is that there is now also electromagnetism under-deck to aid in slowing down the jet and taking some of the pressure off of the cable. A neighbor's son got his leg taken off by a snapped cable on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier in Vietnam. He had a prosthetic leg at an early age.
That's why planes landing on aircraft carriers go full throttle after touchdown, so they can take off in case the arrester cable fails or if they miss it entirely.
Just for the settlement I keep hoping to see that sort of commercial for those that used red lead primer. Which when I first was onboard, we used in five gallon cans constantly.
I believe that there is a law that states that all military equipment must be manufactured by US companies and sourced using US resources...or something like that.
@@38Maelstorm exactly but people go around those. There are actual pictures and reports of when China was building the type 003. They tried to make arresting cables and found hundreds of coils in a warehouse. All custom ordered and shipped to the USA in the early 2000s. Even some US medias confirmed. There was a similar story about US radar deflection coatings when china found out that some of their cars could evade Speedtest
Not entirely true. I worked at a factory in the U S that made them. They might have had some made overseas but I know for fact some were manufactured in the states.
In the 1980s, a Montreal company had the contract to supply these: Wire Rope Industries Ltd. Like any other military contracts, controls were extreme with zero compromise
That’s why they throw the throttles full when they land. Sounds insane, but if they miss the cable or it breaks and they’re not full throttle they’ll go overboard. At full throttle they can take off if the cable isn’t caught.
The cable is ONLY that expensive because our government gets completely screwed over on pricing, which, in turn, require we the people to supply them with more of our hard earned money in taxes.
The British actually pioneered catapults. They initially developed hydraulically operated catapults for carrier operations & they operated CATOBAR equipped aircraft carriers until 1979 when the Harrier Jump jet became the front line carrier aircraft for the Royal Navy & proved to be incredible fighter jets in the Falklands War.
“To put things into perspective” means the US spends any amount of our tax dollars indiscriminately to protect their ability to tax us indiscriminately
i work on that wire and I'm telling you if America decided to do some stupid shit and the American people started to take the country back 99% of the military would turn around and go home
Ground crew? You mean flight deck personnel. Flight deck personnel get paid an additional premium called flight deck pay. As a former crew member of an aircraft carrier myself, I worked below the "roof." They earn every penny of flight deck pay.
I've been on active flight decks before. One of those cables snapping CAN and WILL slice you up if you are caught in it. Those things are under so much tension
@@js53168imagine being so ignorant that you think only the great american military can make a fucking wire, you can see the government mandated brain rot working just as intended on so many americans, thats why the whole world laughs at you, but you will never even realize it
They could make them for five grand apiece and sell them to us for a $100,000 but the problem is they'd only lasts for three catches before they break.
Kilometers, meters, metric miles, centimeters, millimeters, theyre all easier to understand than the jumbled mess that is imperial, like, 1000 meters = 1 kilometer (kilo means 1000), while 5280 feet = 1 mile?? And for temperature: 0° celsius = freezing temperature, 100° celsius = boiling temp for water, while 32°F is freezing, and idk what boiling is because its a jumbled nonunderstandable way of measuring that is more difficult than it should be
Freedom Units ? The US Military has used Metric since the Vietnam War . You fought a Revolutionary War with the British Empire but kept the most stupid part , the Imperial System . Every Country on Earth has the Metric System for a reason .You're not free , you're dumb .😢
The landing distance an aircraft needs is not referred to as taxi distance. It is called the roll out. I would like to point out that this was used incorrectly. Have a nice day 👍
On board CV 62 back in the 1980s we had a cable snap, took one mans foot off at the ankle. He was lucky. Other Flt Deck events took a few lives. I lived 3 yrs on that ship. Spent one IO cruise in V1 Div. Bow Cat 1.
They never tell you that during storms on the USS Midway we would go add rolls of toilet paper between the spring and arresting cable to lift it another 6 inches so fewer capture misses.
I don't think I've ever seen an aircraft taxi over 1000 meters when landing. And I've seen a wide variety of aircraft land from a T-38 up to a C-5. Regularly.
Those numbers make no sense. $1.5M for a cable that’s replaced every 200 landings. That’s $7500 just for the cable for every landing. How many of these cables do they keep on board? Is that 200 landing of any aircraft on it?
I was on the USS John F Kennedy in 1979 when the arresting gear snapped. In the spool room which is under the flight deck where the wire is wound up, they hav a guy in a 8'x8' foot room to make sure the wire wraps up correctly. When the wire snapped it killed the guy who was in there. They found him in 9 pieces from the spool rotating with the broken wire spinning around in there.
It’s just tensioned braid cable… we game over a mile of it on my job site. The point you’re missing is that taxpayers buy it at $10,000 per ft when it’s sold to the government by “special” companies, while we buy it at $200 per ft.
Great example of how the military complex squeezes every last cent out of the taxpayer , pretty sure they could do it for less but that would mean less of a budget that's already extortionate. The USA government can spend billions on its military and aid to ukraine and Israel but can't afford to give people basic medical treatment or housing because arresting cables cost $1.5 million and they must ensure they have their priorities right
Can’t imagine a worse day than being on the flight deck when one of those cables snaps, thing is pretty much a scythe hurtling through the air at a thousand miles an hour.
That’s how the Kuznetsov in 2016 lost an Su-33 when the cable snapped while weeks earlier a MiG-29 crashed after running out of fuel waiting for a broken arrestor cable to be repaired!
Severly injured means "Cut in half"
😂
Facts
Tense ahh cables, GADDAM
Are you sure that service related?
Ghost Ship comes to mind…
These systems are so rare on land, that they keep a particular set of bases just to train sailors on them for maintenance & use.
USAF has arresting cables on all runways that have fighter jets. Only used for emergencies and a totally different braking system but look it up it's called the BAK 12 . ✌️
@@Unrestricted_Climbyup. The f-16, f-15, f-22, and f-35a all have hooks even though they are land based jets. Although the land based system is much more rudimentary and only for emergencies.
Fentress
I’m a former Air Force fire fighter, they are on every land runway. When an airforce plane has any type of emergency they hit the cable when landing
@@vitamind2387,
No they don't. USAF 14th Flying Training Wing Columbus AFB Mississippi. We had numerous In Flight Emergencies where the pilot would just land and brake to a stop. The Fire Department and Wing Safety would go to the stopped aircraft and assist the pilot out of the aircraft.
So many ways to get hurt or killed on a flight deck. One of the most dangerous jobs in the world. I’m a navy vet but never had to deal with any of that business. Hats off to these guys.😊
What kind of animals did you look after in the navy??
loved every minute of it!
Cap
Yeah can you imagine if you travel to the other side of the planet to kill people - it might be dangerous
@@scottdavey3804what you mean?
Last thing you wanna be is hit by that thing when it snap
That is sure the last thing that would happen to you. After that, the only thing you would be doing is going to your own funeral.
The cross section of cable, the piece of cable that spans the deck is what gets damaged and gets replaced. That’s just a small section of cable so it’s not the 1.5 million dollar cost of the complete system of cable. And yes when working the deck ! your taught if the cable snaps and your in the way you jump as high as you can. It’s under huge tension, it trying to stop a aircraft of 60,000 pounds moving at 150 mph in a very short distance. It will remove any part of body it hits. Feet, legs or cut you in half it won’t even slow down.
it’s called a cross deck pendant … i replaced many of those in 4 yrs on the flight deck arresting gear
@@rogercabe6175Yes the part that cross the flight deck is called the cross deck pendant you have to "pour sockets," on both ends of the purchase cable at so many landings. I also worked in the Arresting Gear from 00 to 04. The Gear Dogs!
Cost for the navy and taxpayers 1.5 million. Cost for anyone else in the private sector 200,000.
Right! More like $50k
What's the point of having a military if politicians and their friends can't profit from it?
The cost is actually $15k thousand 😂😂😂 That is used On a oil platform
I just commented the same thing guys didn't see your comments they think were dumb tho
When a multi-billion dollar aircraft carrier has parts that are cheaper than most Canadian homes
I'm 14 and this is deep
@@XxHitmanAssassinxX real
Why your homes so expensive?
Do u mean Californian lol
@@pacu1424 both. Both can work
"The VA has determined your injures are NOT service related. Your claim has been denied at this time."
The not so funny thing is that a large percentage of people get VA checks who never fired a weapon in anger.
@@rafaelmartell6918 Why does that matter..?
yeah no shit!!! pure evil!
My brother in law twisted his ankle playing football and got 20% disability pay. Every retired vet I know has at least 25% disability pay.
I got PTSD from your comment.
We had a Lieutenant that thought he was a cowboy with two revolvers and a double bandarilo strutting on the aft flight deck. The ground crew was towing one of our Skyraiders (a tail dragger) aft pulling the arresting cable with the back wheel like a bow and arrow. When the tail wheel finally rolled over the pulled cable it snapped back into position which on its way back caught the Lieutenants boots flipping him up in the air landing him on his back. With all the heavy ammunition he carried it was like a turtle on its back. 😂😂😂😂 Greatly embarrassed the ground crew had to pick him up otherwise he's stuck on his back. This happened in 1968 during launch preparations on the USS Coral Sea.
Thanks for your service, you Vietnam Vets are/were AWESOME!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@@daveb.4268 👍 Did flight deck duty. Got combat and flight deck pay extra for working on aircraft. Blew it all on beer and women. A wise choice.
@@TheMcInator we were young, I would have done the same.
@@daveb.4268 I'm back retired in the Philippines living a great life enjoying the Philippines culture. My beautiful GF's from the 60's are now great grandmothers now. I'm dating young Filipinas that are hard working women that don't care about my age. It's not about the money. That's under my control. She wants my baby with a long nose and blue eyes. Additionally I treat her like a queen. From my youth I learned to love Asian women. 😋🥰😍😘😁😎
@@TheMcInatornever got "arrested" by any foreign snatch. Did quite a few touch and go's with the ladies and fought a few police but never "arrested"
I saw them having to change the cable on the America. It’s no joke! Those guys really earn their money. Being on the flight deck is deadly by itself, yet these guys work on one of the deadliest tools a carrier uses. God Bless those men and women!
less than 30 seconds most of the time .. when i was on the arresting gear topside crew
That was my job 7011 USMC and is not hard at all. Hat part is to take apart the arresting gear and calibrating it for both sides. Quarterly inspection.
Technically they don't *taxi* 1,000meters, they would *roll-out*
"Taxi over 1000 m"
Taxi... Yeah, right!
It's called a landing run.
Exactly why aircraft that are landing on carriers are 1) specially made for carriers
And the Less obvious reason, 2) they actually increase throttle in case of arresting cables breaking
#2. Already knew that...
It is 1.5 million dollars because the government has a budget of infinity. And contractors can charge whatever they want because the gov will just bleed the taxpayer for more and more $
I think the cable company must be ripping us off at a super inflated price
It's also can handle 2000 landing, not 200 ... how dumb these contracts are
if only you knew it’s actually TWO separate cables
How so? The cross deck pendant is one cable. It is connected through other cables to the arresting gear engine.
It's in case they miss the first one, right? Miss the first one and, hopefully, grab the second?
Yes but you're only immediately worried about the one coming your way.
Not the pendant cable that's only one cable. The two cables are under the deck and hooked to the purchase tape. That's the big nylon strap that's on the water twister braking system.
@kevinshockley1727 in my experience, the cross deck pendant is connected through two STEEL CABLES to the arresting gear engine. The aircraft landing energy is dissipated through a hydraulic cylinder system.
It costs that much because the defense budget is over a trillion dollars
I served in combat in two branches of the military and have nothing but admiration for the deck crews on our aircraft carriers.
A ship I was on in the 80's, we had cables that had been decertified for use on carriers, we tested them and used them as general usage cables, although at lower ratings than what would be normal for their diameter and construction.
My Brother -in law served on almost every ship while in the Navy...and explained so much that I have forgotten...I had sweat shirts of most...God Bless You All 🙏 ❤️
good to see an American using you all instead of Y'all (not a word in the English language)
@@michaelbates2575It is actually part of the English language..in US anyway. It is in the dictionary as well. Just because you don't like the word doesn't mean it's not a word.
@@warpy33 that's the point only in America, not in any other English-speaking country
I doubt he was on almost every ship…lol There are well over 400 ships in the fleet.
@meandcaryn thank you...that is why I said most of what He explained I had forgotten...
In 1982 on the JFK, CV67, an A7 broke the wire on a landing and it cut three people in half. It was my first time at sea. We had only been out for two weeks.
That was my introduction to the flight deck.
1.4 to the corrupt politicians and 100k for the actual wire.
depending on the aircraft (fixed wing) they land with enough power to take off again if they miss a cable or it fails. hooks can bounce over cables so they practice this a lot.
With an 850 billion annual budget,1.5 million is a drop in the bucket.
It gives a whole new meaning to the expression "cable man".
That cable only cost about $5,000 but since the Navy's buying it, it's a cool $1.5 Million
it costs a lot because of the rigorous testing it goes through not one tiny thing can be wrong with it, its also 1100 feet of cable
No!!!! That is what the military / government pays for that cable.
Your supposed to hit the deck flat immediately when the wire breaks. It swings in a circle about waist high and slices through anything in its way. One guy jumped up and the wire swung under him... removing the soles of his boots.
it costs 1.5 to save a multi Billion dollar jet
not to be a nerd but they're millions not billions
I would guess a F18 super hornet is 80 million
There is no way that's right seeing as the USAF has payed 20 million for a crop duster@@ronjones9447
multi "billion" dollar jet is crazy 💀
I can just imagine a B-2 Spirit landing on an aircraft carrier lol
I like to watch these videos because I’m also an US military fanatic😂
Me too. I love the US, including Kim K.
@HootNanny not really, it’s mostly fighter jets for me lol, it was supposed to be a joke
@HootNannybro took it too seriously 😂
@HootNanny who said I’m a bot, I’m as real as you are.💀 I legit just said I’m a military fanatic as a joke and bri starts talking about propaganda and politics like dang.
That guy probably thinks every single thing is propoganda. even when he sees it with his own eyes@TangySquad
So amazing how this cable is SO critical and so successful for our brilliant fighter jet pilots landing on moving aircraft carrier 😁😁😁😁
"when fighter jets land on normal run ways they need over 1000meters" *Laughs in Tornado *
Harriers?
Once upon a time, in America, I was on a team that installed the arresting cable system.
I worked in a prefab factory that was stretching 7.05 to 12.5mm steel cable to 125kN, so it didn't even came close to diameter or forces working upon this arresting cables but when it snapped it was cutting everything in it's path if safety chains weren't in place.
That's why jets go full speed when landing
It's 1.5 million because the pentagon will pay literally any price because the military industrial complex has nice corner offices reserved for the good government employees after they bought enough overpriced "military grade" home depot stuff.
this is why we land at full throttle in case the cable breaks
I think the intercontinental internet cables, might cost a little bit more
Not per foot.
My understanding is that there is now also electromagnetism under-deck to aid in slowing down the jet and taking some of the pressure off of the cable. A neighbor's son got his leg taken off by a snapped cable on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier in Vietnam. He had a prosthetic leg at an early age.
No, catapults went to magnetic from steam.
Everything costs more when you deal with the government.
It doesn't actually cost 1.5 million, but because the Navy is being charged the increased the price ten fold.
It's about 1.6 to 1.8 million but that's for the whole system not just the pendant cable.
Happened on the USA George Washington in 2003 and the bird was lost as well
That's why planes landing on aircraft carriers go full throttle after touchdown, so they can take off in case the arrester cable fails or if they miss it entirely.
The military sure knows how to milk the government funds
Ten years from now they be saying these cables gave veterans Cancer.
It could be, cause they were made in China
Just for the settlement I keep hoping to see that sort of commercial for those that used red lead primer. Which when I first was onboard, we used in five gallon cans constantly.
@@edward_deng
Made in China would give cancer within a year. 10 years? Dream on!
With the technology advancements we have now, it’s definitely possible to me a full length runway on a ship.
Another similar danger are the ship mooring lines that tie the ship to the dock. If they snap they could easily end someone's life.
Fun fact: it’s made in China until they found out recently and stopped public manufacturing of that industry
I believe that there is a law that states that all military equipment must be manufactured by US companies and sourced using US resources...or something like that.
@@38Maelstorm exactly but people go around those. There are actual pictures and reports of when China was building the type 003. They tried to make arresting cables and found hundreds of coils in a warehouse. All custom ordered and shipped to the USA in the early 2000s. Even some US medias confirmed. There was a similar story about US radar deflection coatings when china found out that some of their cars could evade Speedtest
Not entirely true. I worked at a factory in the U S that made them. They might have had some made overseas but I know for fact some were manufactured in the states.
@@user-id3hq7mc7d yea honestly it’s better like this. There are hundreds of factories all over the place
In the 1980s, a Montreal company had the contract to supply these: Wire Rope Industries Ltd. Like any other military contracts, controls were extreme with zero compromise
That’s why they throw the throttles full when they land. Sounds insane, but if they miss the cable or it breaks and they’re not full throttle they’ll go overboard. At full throttle they can take off if the cable isn’t caught.
The cable is ONLY that expensive because our government gets completely screwed over on pricing, which, in turn, require we the people to supply them with more of our hard earned money in taxes.
Audiophiles will still say this cable not good enough for their warm sound and harmonics.
To be fair there is a lot of static.
Cutting ground crew like a monster weedeater
The British actually pioneered catapults. They initially developed hydraulically operated catapults for carrier operations & they operated CATOBAR equipped aircraft carriers until 1979 when the Harrier Jump jet became the front line carrier aircraft for the Royal Navy & proved to be incredible fighter jets in the Falklands War.
“To put things into perspective” means the US spends any amount of our tax dollars indiscriminately to protect their ability to tax us indiscriminately
You can always find somewhere else to live. A lot of upside…cheaper cost of living, health insurance in some places, etc
I could, but I love America as a people. I can’t stand the governing body
i work on that wire and I'm telling you if America decided to do some stupid shit and the American people started to take the country back 99% of the military would turn around and go home
V2 Division. Green Shirt Cats and Gear. Been there done that OEF USS John C. Stennis CVN-74
yessirrrrr
Cvn76 waist cat
They work really well.
Need to be arresting Congress for allowing this money laundering
Ground crew? You mean flight deck personnel. Flight deck personnel get paid an additional premium called flight deck pay. As a former crew member of an aircraft carrier myself, I worked below the "roof." They earn every penny of flight deck pay.
The cable is so expensive that all their citizens live on the streets
I've been on active flight decks before. One of those cables snapping CAN and WILL slice you up if you are caught in it. Those things are under so much tension
How much would it cost for China to make the exact same cable?
They don't know how, so zero dollars. Not available.
@@js53168imagine being so ignorant that you think only the great american military can make a fucking wire, you can see the government mandated brain rot working just as intended on so many americans, thats why the whole world laughs at you, but you will never even realize it
6 not dollars or bing bong coin just 6
40000 dollar
They could make them for five grand apiece and sell them to us for a $100,000 but the problem is they'd only lasts for three catches before they break.
HE USED METERS NOT FREEDOM UNITS
THIS IS A CRIME!!!
Kilometers, meters, metric miles, centimeters, millimeters, theyre all easier to understand than the jumbled mess that is imperial, like, 1000 meters = 1 kilometer (kilo means 1000), while 5280 feet = 1 mile??
And for temperature: 0° celsius = freezing temperature, 100° celsius = boiling temp for water, while 32°F is freezing, and idk what boiling is because its a jumbled nonunderstandable way of measuring that is more difficult than it should be
God bless the metric system
Freedom Units ? The US Military has used Metric since the Vietnam War . You fought a Revolutionary War with the British Empire but kept the most stupid part , the Imperial System . Every Country on Earth has the Metric System for a reason .You're not free , you're dumb .😢
@@Rtx_LiveLBS LOT OF BULLSHIT
That's why you NEVER turn your back on the arresting cable during landing ops.
US’ war tech always miles ahead of the competition.
Military industry knows well how to squeeze tax payers dollars. That cable value is absurd.
The landing distance an aircraft needs is not referred to as taxi distance. It is called the roll out. I would like to point out that this was used incorrectly. Have a nice day 👍
On board CV 62 back in the 1980s we had a cable snap, took one mans foot off at the ankle. He was lucky. Other Flt Deck events took a few lives.
I lived 3 yrs on that ship. Spent one IO cruise in V1 Div. Bow Cat 1.
I was always told a cable that breaks under tension is like a sword, watch out!
Fun fact : I am pretty sure as soon as a jet and plane lands on a carrier you forced TO/GA (Full Throttle/ Power) in case they miss the wire
They never tell you that during storms on the USS Midway we would go add rolls of toilet paper between the spring and arresting cable to lift it another 6 inches so fewer capture misses.
"this is the world's most expensive cable"
~~Apple Thunderbolt has entered the chat
I love this channel, I went from not knowing shit about military stuff to knowing pretty much everything
I don't think I've ever seen an aircraft taxi over 1000 meters when landing. And I've seen a wide variety of aircraft land from a T-38 up to a C-5. Regularly.
That's $7500 per landing for the arresting cable.
$1.5 million to the government. $250 at Home Depot....
Because it's a government cable.....
Air Force uses them on arresting barriers on fighter bases too.
That's why when they hit the deck they go full throttle. If they miss the cables they can get back in the air to retry landing.
Excellent job, G.B, on another great invention.
Did you know when they touch down and scoop that cable they hit full throttle again just in case they missed and have to take off
Or in case that cable snaps.
The US government pays $436 for one hammer. So, $1.5 mil for a cable is cheap.
Severely injured really means their legs are severed. After 200 uses, they just drop them in the ocean.
That happened on the USS George Washington CVN 73.
Everybody thought about the aircraft after hearing that the cable broke😂
Those numbers make no sense. $1.5M for a cable that’s replaced every 200 landings. That’s $7500 just for the cable for every landing. How many of these cables do they keep on board? Is that 200 landing of any aircraft on it?
I agree. That is BS.
a lot ordered from china, still expensive though!
I was on the USS John F Kennedy in 1979 when the arresting gear snapped.
In the spool room which is under the flight deck where the wire is wound up, they hav a guy in a 8'x8' foot room to make sure the wire wraps up correctly.
When the wire snapped it killed the guy who was in there.
They found him in 9 pieces from the spool rotating with the broken wire spinning around in there.
Gotta imagine the like, 300 meter long or whatever cables in suspension bridges still end up costing more than this.
Used to step over them (actually 4) on the daily. It’s probably 20,000 to anyone else but to the military, 1.5mil. Like the 2,000$ hammers.
200 landings is a lot more than I expected
It's 1.5 million because, even a military procured hammer, costs $5000.
It’s just tensioned braid cable… we game over a mile of it on my job site. The point you’re missing is that taxpayers buy it at $10,000 per ft when it’s sold to the government by “special” companies, while we buy it at $200 per ft.
The number one rule on the deck of an aircraft carrier is to NEVER straddle a cable or rope!
Only your bunkie
@@jimrup3528 , I don’t know what Navy you were in but our berthing area wasn’t that way.
Dude in the yellow must have a real fast reaction time.
Great example of how the military complex squeezes every last cent out of the taxpayer , pretty sure they could do it for less but that would mean less of a budget that's already extortionate.
The USA government can spend billions on its military and aid to ukraine and Israel but can't afford to give people basic medical treatment or housing because arresting cables cost $1.5 million and they must ensure they have their priorities right
Can’t imagine a worse day than being on the flight deck when one of those cables snaps, thing is pretty much a scythe hurtling through the air at a thousand miles an hour.
In America who hear Joe say
Ya, they keeping raising the price of my cable and the reception still sucks.
It doesn’t actually cost 1.5 million. These companies know they can charge what they want for the US limitless defence budget and they’ll pay it.
The whole system may be $1.5 million, definitely not the cable.
That’s how the Kuznetsov in 2016 lost an Su-33 when the cable snapped while weeks earlier a MiG-29 crashed after running out of fuel waiting for a broken arrestor cable to be repaired!
People will say why the fuck is that expensive: ,
BOM(Bill of materials) + BOSM(Bill of Standard Maintenance)= Price