MIL-STD-2066 Catapulting And Arresting Gear Forcing Functions For Aircraft Structural Design \(S/S By Mil-Hdbk-2066\)The information contained herein presents loading characteristics, associated parameters, and methods to be used in calculating the catapulting and arresting loads of MIL-A-8863 and MIL-A-8866 for the design of U.S. Navy airplanes operating from shipboard and shorebased launching and recovery gears. A listing of such gears for which data is contained herein is given in Table 1.

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MIL-STD-2066(AS)

FOREWORD

T h i s document summarizes loads, accelerations, velocities, and other

p a r a m e t e r s statistically analyzed and extracted from test data representative

of the various shipboard and shore based launching and recovery equipment

employed by the U.S. Navy. In determining the volume of information to be

p r e s e n t e d , every effort has been made to condense the data and yet present it,

a s much as possible, in a form that requires the least amount of additional

c a l c u l a t i o n s by the user. The data shown herein may be used to derive time

h i s t o r i e s of loads and accelerations for the design conditions of MIL-A-8863

"Airplane Strength and Rigidity, Ground Loads for Navy Procured Airplanes" and

MIL-A-8866 "Airplane Strength and Rigidity, Reliability Requirements, Repeated

L o a d s9 and Fatigue."