Internal Combustion Aircraft Catapults

[Paul Nuttall]

The US C14 Internal Combustion Catapult has been brought up on the Secret Projects website and there is now a thread about it

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/thread ... ost-570285

https://www.globalsecurity.org/military ... iccals.htm

How do IC catapults compare to steam and EM cats?

What would be the implications, especially for other navies, of a working IC catapult?

[Craiglxviii]

Not sure, I know that HM Submarine M-2 had a cordite-powered catapult for her seaplane.

[Paul Nuttall]

Some more information on IC catapults

http://www.bobholland.com/me/reaction3.htm

https://www.google.fr/books/edition/Nav ... frontcover