Why Don't Other Nations Besides the U.S. Use Catapults To

a carrier needs to be able to sortie all of it's aircraft quickly. our huge nimitz carriers are limited despite having 4 launching points due to the need for the catapult/no ski jump

Other countries use Harriers that take off vertically and don't need a runway

>>33765899
The French have a CATOBAR carrier.

>>33765899
It's complicated and expensive.

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>>33765952
good one

>>33765899
The french use them
The Hues use them
Even fucking chink is going to build a catobar carrier once they complete the second carrier sometime this year

>>33767158
>steam piston
>complicated and expensive
it's literally 18th century technology

>>33767425
It's more complicated and expensive than having a big fucking ramp on the side of you boat.

EMALS is more conplicated too.

>>33767425
Steam catapults are a bitch to maintain regardless of the age of the basic tech. There are miles and miles of pipe in a Nimitz class, the only purpose of which is to support the catapults. Lots of moving parts, lots of old pipe, lots of parts that need love and attention and replacement. Lower operating costs is a major driver behind the push for electromagnetic cats.

>>33765899
Ramp carriers or carriers that can launch STOVL are smaller and cheaper than the massive American designs. USA has heaps of cash and resources to build nuclear powered super carriers

>>33765952
Then why don't ramp fags have multiple ramps on their ships?

>>33765899

Because American pilots are fat and the jet can't accelerate fast enough on such a short runway with their extra weight

>>33767545
>>33767545
Finally got a reasonable answer from someone that's not a complete retard. However the catapult show here is actually a pneuatic one. The midway was the first to have steam

>>33767559
>Then why don't ramp fags have multiple ramps on their ships?
Ramps take up space that can't be used for anything else. Have a look at the bow of the Liaoning or QE and then a CATOBAR carrier.

You can also launch pretty fast off ramps, you might not even need more than one.

And another reason is that ramps require the carrier to be underway at speed into the wind, multiple ramps would all have to line up the same way.

>>33765899
>Why Don't Other Nations Besides the U.S. Use Catapults To Launch Aircraft off a Carrier Deck?
Aren't about half the carriers around the world CATOBAR?

USA isn't the only one and ramps are actually less common I think.

>>33767405
The new chink one just launched and is ramped

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/26/asia/china-second-aircraft-carrier-launch/index.html

>>33770953
yes its the second
everyone build after that will not have cuckramp