F-100 Super Sabre zero-length launch test- GIF

F-100 Super Sabre zero-length launch test. Developed in the 1950s, the zero-launch system used mobile launch platforms to conceal and launch aircraft, reducing the reliance on airfields for their operation.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...681#post155782
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...943#post140661
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...6564#post83923

I wonder why they have the landing gear down and where do they land?

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe in case the launch doesn't go as planned they have some chance of landing down range someplace?

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Originally Posted by batchit

I wonder why they have the landing gear down and where do they land?

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I suspect it's because the plane is parked on the platform during deployment and before being raised to launch position.

Neil