The story behind mechanical Repeatable Release Holdback Bar. There's also a hydraulic version which will be covered in future video

All models and animations done in Blender 3.0



References:

"The History and Development of the Repeatable Release Catapult Holdback Bar" by James D. Helm and Huntley H. Perry

US Patent No 3,813,065



3rd party video/photos clips used:

www.dowtyheritage.org.uk

YouTube:

F14 Tomcat Scenes from The Final Countdown HD Part1
10 Minutes of Aircraft Carrier Operations USS Ronald Reagan
Aircraft Carrier Flight Deck Crew
Carrier Air Wing Five FlyOff F18 Aircraft Launch From The Flight Deck Of USS Ronald Reagan
VIOLENT Super Hornets Carrier Catapult Takeoffs – Flight Deck Ops USS Theodore Roosevelt
Super Carrier Flight Deck Launch & Land
FA18 Super Hornets Launch From USS Theodore Roosevelt
F4 Phantom IIs of VF111 Launch from USS Coral Sea (1972)
USS Kitty Hawk Action Color 1971 F4 A7 RA5 A3 launch recovery arming Vietnam Viet Nam
Face Of A Nation (1967)
VA164 USS Hancock 1972
Early Carrier Jets A4 Skyhawk F4 Phantom A5 Vigilante
F14A Tomcats of VF1 Wolfpack aboard USS Enterprise (March 1975)
Working On An Aircraft Carrier Catapult 3 Topside Petty Officer
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Flight Deck • USN Aircraft Carrier
U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier • Strike Aircraft Launch
FA18 Super Hornets Launch From USS Theodore Roosevelt
Aircraft Carrier Launches E2C Hawkeye & F_A18 Hornets
T45 Goshawk • USS Gerald R. Ford Flight Deck Operations



Music:

Documentary TV Cinematic by Infraction
Epic Background Music by Infraction



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