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This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Brockpaine" (Sep 23rd 2008, 5:02pm)
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "perdedor99" (Sep 23rd 2008, 6:55pm)
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Originally posted by Hrolf Hakonson
I'd ask what EXACTLY do you want the aircraft from this hypothetical vessel to do. Do you want them to attack other ships? Find other ships for the cruisers to attack (or run from)? Protect the ships from air attack? Something else?
Also, how far from a friendly base are your cruisers expecting to operate?
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Originally posted by perdedor99
IMO I go with either a floatplane cruiser akin to OTL Japanese ships but I can see your concerns in how to recover the aircrafts; but IMO for scouting missions they should do the job fine. Still if you have any concerns in regard to that go with a CL/CV Hybrid.
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Originally posted by ShinRa_Inc
If you're concerned about stopping to recover seaplanes, but you're not interested in a full CV, you could consider Autogyros. Canada and Australia (Italy too, as I recall) have fiddled with the concept.
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Originally posted by Brockpaine
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Originally posted by ShinRa_Inc
If you're concerned about stopping to recover seaplanes, but you're not interested in a full CV, you could consider Autogyros. Canada and Australia (Italy too, as I recall) have fiddled with the concept.
What kind of specs are we talking about for the autogyros? Do they have the performance necessary for replacing a floatplane?
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Originally posted by ShinRa_Inc
If you're concerned about stopping to recover seaplanes, but you're not interested in a full CV, you could consider Autogyros. Canada and Australia (Italy too, as I recall) have fiddled with the concept.
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Commodore Green" (Sep 23rd 2008, 9:34pm)
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Originally posted by Commodore Green
I'm actually working on a cruiser sized autogyro carrier for next year, as an asw leader (think of the Soviet "Moskva", but in the 30's!!)
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Originally posted by Commodore Green
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Originally posted by Brockpaine
That's actually one of the ships I had in mind as inspiration, along with that Terentrian hybrid carrier from The Pirates of Dar es Salaam.
Not familiar with that one, any pics?
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Brockpaine" (Sep 24th 2008, 12:12am)
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