[Shotimes] OT - Guess what I did?

[George Fourchy]

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 14:29:11 -0700 (PDT), Shylo McKinsey wrote:

>I think you'd almost fly off the ship. 2 seconds seem closer,

Actually, it's less than that to get from touchdown speed to zero.  If touchdown
speed is about 130kt or so, that's about 225 feet per second, plus or minus.  (88
feet/sec is 60 mph)  It took us 200 feet to stop, so that's one second, just to
stop.  But the jet isn't done when it stops...it has to roll backwards a few feet to
let the cable fall out of the hook.  Then it can taxi out of the way for the next
guy, who also has no fuel!!  ;-)

Two seconds is about what it takes to take the cable, stop moving forward, roll back
a bit, and disengage the cable.

George