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Dotn forget you are trying to slow hundreds of tons of metal. 

Previous experience of being on a type 45 frigate, I was told it was fast.. During sea trials, yes it was quick but was still remarkably slow to me. 

It would have been good for a reference point to show the deceleration 

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Its quite a slow deceleration compared to what you're used to with cars - 35mph - 0mph in ~30 seconds. If you did the same in the car you'd barely notice yourself stopping. It's not going to generate any noticeable g-force.

 

What's most impressive is that it is thousands of tonnes stopping in the same time - imagine the forces on the reverse buckets on the jets. There's a lot of energy being stopped!

 

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1 hour ago, adam_r said:

Dotn forget you are trying to slow hundreds of tons of metal. 

Previous experience of being on a type 45 frigate, I was told it was fast.. During sea trials, yes it was quick but was still remarkably slow to me. 

It would have been good for a reference point to show the deceleration 

\Was you in the forces then?

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On 23/01/2021 at 09:41, Tony said:

\Was you in the forces then?

Nope, I used to work on and maintain the SCOTT satellite communication system on the type 42,43,45s and carriers. 

Was a fantastic job and lots of amazing times, did that when I was 18-19. 

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