The aircraft carrier is moving at a constant speed
and launches a jet plane with a mass of 3 Mg in a
distance of 75 m along the deck by means of a
steam-driven catapult. If the plane leaves the deck
with a velocity of 240 km/h relative to the carrier
and if the jet thrust is constant at 22 kN during
takeoff, compute the constant force P exerted by
the catapult on the airplane during the 75-m travel
of the launch carriage.

Question

The aircraft carrier is moving at a constant speed
and launches a jet plane with a mass of 3 Mg in a
distance of 75 m along the deck by means of a
steam-driven catapult. If the plane leaves the deck
with a velocity of 240 km/h relative to the carrier
and if the jet thrust is constant at 22 kN during
takeoff, compute the constant force P exerted by
the catapult on the airplane during the 75-m travel
of the launch carriage.

irishboy123 · Answer

your workings?

a lot of words and ideas here but i think you can cut through it pretty quickly