[ExI] Trump on ​linear induction motors ​

[Dave Sill]

On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 10:04 AM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

> The US Navy decided to use electrical linear induction motors rather than
> steam for its catapults to launch airplanes in its newest aircraft carriers
> because it's lighter, more powerful, requires less maintenance and needs
> fewer people to run. Electromagnetic catapults unlike steam can have
> negative feed back and so provide smoother acceleration and thus are less
> jerky and gentler with the aircraft and extending their lifetime. And they
> can be used on both heavier and lighter aircraft than steam can. This is
> what that great scientist and thinker Donald Trump thinks of
> electromagnetic linear induction catapults:
>
> ​*"​*
> *You know the catapult is quite important. So I said what is this? Sir,
> this is our digital catapult system. He said well, we’re going to this
> because we wanted to keep up with modern [technology]. I said you don’t use
> steam anymore for catapult? No sir. I said, "Ah, how is it working?" "Sir,
> not good. Not good. Doesn’t have the power. You know the steam is just
> brutal. You see that sucker going and steam’s going all over the place,
> there’s planes thrown in the air.​ ​It sounded bad to me. Digital. They
> have digital. What is digital? And it’s very complicated, you have to be
> Albert Einstein to figure it out.  I said what system are you going to
> be–"Sir, we’re staying with digital." I said no you’re not. You going to
> goddamned steam​!"​*
>

Yes, Trump's an idiot. Good thing it's Congress that determines the
military budget. And good thing aircraft carriers are pretty much obsolete.
I'm OK with sticking with steam or not building new aircraft carriers or
cutting the defense budget in half or...

-Dave
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