And a plane tries to take off from it, will it take off?
Of course it will take off, that is what the slingshot is for. Carriers don't reversebat any sort of significant speed. Plus it has more to do with wind. They tend to do headwind for takeoffs.
Of course it will take off, that is what the slingshot is for. Carriers don't reversebat any sort of significant speed. Plus it has more to do with wind. They tend to do headwind for takeoffs.
The catapault alone can get a plane to 165 mi/h by the end of the runway.
But if you have wind going over the back of the wings at 100mph the plane is effectively only going 65mph as far as flight is concerned.
Correct. Any backward speed of the carrier is subtracted from the catapult speed , so even a small backward velocity is enough to kill the equation. To get off a fully loaded plane carriers go to full speed and turn into the wind so they're getting another 25-50mph of lift. Even then some planes will be launched with little fuel to save enough weight to get airborne. They need to launch and get refueled in the air.
Yup, and they turn the opposite way, wind at their backs, to recover the aircraft.
No. Carrier turns into the wind to recover planes too. Same principle, you're looking for maximum lift for minimum closing speed. The more wind that's coming directly down the flight deck the lower the trap speed and the safer the landing.
So science and physics were not your best courses we can assume?