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Granted, and if we're talking about the technical capability of a Crusader variant to operate from the mid 60s RN carriers that would be one thing. However this discussion long ago veered into how the F8 could meet the RN's requirements., and quite frankly it couldn't.To go a bit circular, in another thread about the USS Midway's mid 60s refit to make her compatible with the F111B I asked if it was possible to give the Midway a less drastic refit to install a C13 catapult in the waist position for the F111B. The answer was you need 2 x C13s because if the single C13 was broken then F111Bs couldn't be launched. To bring this back to this thread, can a 103' BS4 catapult in the Hermes launch F8s in low wind-hot weather conditions if the 145' BS4A is broken? Indeed can the 145' BS4A launch a fully laden F8 in still conditions on a hot day?
Granted, and if we're talking about the technical capability of a Crusader variant to operate from the mid 60s RN carriers that would be one thing. However this discussion long ago veered into how the F8 could meet the RN's requirements., and quite frankly it couldn't.
To go a bit circular, in another thread about the USS Midway's mid 60s refit to make her compatible with the F111B I asked if it was possible to give the Midway a less drastic refit to install a C13 catapult in the waist position for the F111B. The answer was you need 2 x C13s because if the single C13 was broken then F111Bs couldn't be launched. To bring this back to this thread, can a 103' BS4 catapult in the Hermes launch F8s in low wind-hot weather conditions if the 145' BS4A is broken? Indeed can the 145' BS4A launch a fully laden F8 in still conditions on a hot day?
