Funny. I thought they used a similar one to us, and I'd never heard of that happening. Not that it couldn't, just that I hadn't heard of it. And we certainly don't do the asymmetric thing very often.
I'll believe that when I take my first boat shower that doesn't feel like what I imagine getting peed on must feel like . . .Another great plus for EMALS, is that much more of the ships fresh water distilling/storage will be available for crew comfort (drinking/cooking/showers/laundry & A/C fresh water douche). Steam cats had #1 pri for fresh water and used massive amounts during heavy FltOps. Should greatly reduce the need for the dreaded "water hours", & saltwater showers,Ugh!
BzB
By "self help" I'm assuming you mean the ability to jettison external stores after a single engle off the cat? Well, that and blower on the working engine.
Yeah I don't know what the deal was. Never had to worry about the prowler, although it presents its own set of special challenges with the location of intakes and nozzles plus its propensity for blowing people over.
No kidding with the nozzles. I shadowed one of my framers doing final checks on COMPTUEX once. Holy crap. Jet turns away from me, take a knee and turn my back, and get my back roasted by jet exhaust. Holding onto a padeye for dear life as our jet got shot . . . glad my goggles were attached to my cranial, or they'd have ended up somewhere around frame 180. Also once had one of my AMEs yoink an errant helo kid back from an intake before the Prowler could eat him. She's like 5 foot 3, to boot.
