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fitted with a GALCIT booster, in 1941]] JATO is an Acronym for '''Jet-Assisted Take Off'''. The term is used interchangeably with the (more specific term) '''RATO''' (for ''Rocket-Assisted Take Off''). It is a system for helping overloaded planes into the air by providing additional thrust in the form of small Rocket s. See also Assisted Take Off . EARLY EXPERIMENTS Early experiments with using rockets to boost Glider s into the air were conducted in Germany in the 1920s ( Lippisch-Ente ), but practical JATO systems were first introduced by the RAF early in World War II . These used fairly large solid fuel rockets to shoot planes (typically the Hawker Hurricane ) off a small ramp fitted to the fronts of merchant ships, known in service as CAM Ship s, in order to provide some cover against German reconnaissance planes. After firing, the rocket was released from the back of the plane to fall into the water (and sink). The task done, the pilot would fly to friendly territory if possible or parachute from the plane, hopefully to be picked up by one of the escort vessels. The '' Luftwaffe '' also used the technique in order to help their small bombers into the air with loads that would have made the takeoff run too long otherwise. This became especially important late in the war when the lengths of usable runways were severely curtailed due to the results of Allied bombing. Their system typically used Walter HWK 500 ''Starthilfe'' ("start-help") rocket engines driven by breaking down Hydrogen Peroxide . A Parachute pack at the front of the motor was used to slow its fall after being released from the plane, so the system could be re-used. Other German experiments with JATO were aimed at assisting the launch of interceptor aircraft such as the Messerschmitt Me 262 so that they could reach enemy bomber formations sooner. RATO]] POST WWII After World War II JATO became particularly common owing to the low slow-speed thrust of then-current Jet Engine s or for assisting heavy aircraft; the prop-engined Avro Shackelton used Armstrong Siddeley Viper turbojets for takeoff. As the quality and power of the engines has grown, JATO has fallen from favour. It is still used, however, when heavily-laden aircraft need to take off from short runways or when operating in "high and hot" conditions. Two similar Zero-length Launch experiment programs were carried out by both the US Air Force in the late 1950s with a modified Republic F-84 , designated the EF-84G, and by the Soviet VVS in the USSR at around the same time, with a modified MiG-19 fighter, designated SM-30, launched from a special launcher, using a nearly identical solid fueled rocket booster design to that of the EF-84G, which used the MGM-1 Matador cruise missile's solid fuel booster. target drone using JATO]] " uses Jet Assisted Take Off (JATO) bottles to launch in under 1,500 feet]] Operation Credible Sport was a United States military operation plan in late 1980 to rescue hostages held by Iran using C-130 cargo planes modified with rocket engines to enable a very short take off and landing. The plan was canceled after an accident during the test landing when JATO units designed to cushion the landing failed and caused the aircraft to crash-land.
JATO URBAN LEGEND The ''. They replicated the scene and the thrust of the JATO with some commercially-available amateur rocket motors. The car did go very fast, but did not quite make 300 mph, and did not become airborne, although the filming helicopter with the r/c driver Jamie Hyneman in couldnt keep up with it. However, a nearly verbatim copy of the cDc version is detailed here , involving a car frame attached to an old mine railcar and a JATO rocket as described in the Cult of the Dead Cow version. The reader must determine whether the presence of two such accounts amounts to verification or copying. |
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