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Originally Posted by freebeard
Your test case would be those carriers with an ski-jump ramp.
Apparently, the reason these are used is they can delete the catapult system.
Also, the comparison is to a car's underbody, which is a plenum.
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No it's not, because it appears rather obvious the benefits of the ski jump solution outweigh the negatives of beneficial smooth airflow that a ski jump does not allow, and that is mainly when not able to afford or incorporate a catapult system.
The car analogy I was using here has nothing to do with a plenum, it centered mainly on the latest designs on the carrier deck acting like a car's front splitter which calms under chassis air flow leading to other attributes that apply little to a carrier, like DF, drag etc,