>>1961235i have seen gliders do downhill launches but its very location dependent and risky which is probably why its so rare
for regular planes its actually very common for remote mountain runways to be a steep uphill landing and downhill takeoff
as for the carrier catapault there are land based ones used for training but they dont really make sense outside of that because they put so much stress on the aircraft which also has to be designed to be able to survive that kind of force
there just isnt rly a practical use for it
would be cool as fuck though
>>1961604glider train
the future of transport!
>>1961981me too and ive flown a couple
fun as fuck though
>>1962452>>1962453i wouldnt ever get into one of those and i was very happy to fly an r22
>>1962973>>1964028well a modest glider can acheive a 30/1 glide ratio and competition sailplanes can double that
if you dropped a glider from 100km it could fly for 6000km
and thats assuming it doesnt catch any lift
theres a sailplane called perlan 2 that flies almost that high and rides stratospheric waves so yeahh this maybe isnt as retarded as it might seem
