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First off, she will have a centerline lift, not a deck edge one like on Odin. The angle deck is due to her small size and hybrid arrangement, plus it just looks better. The next Aussie carriers will be conventional.Quoted
Yeah - I didn't mention the angled deck or deck-edge lift since we've been over that ground recently.
Turning into the wind should remove this problem. Since the bridge would be to starboard relative to the wind. But that might be a problem.Quoted
British experience with Furious should indicate that the forward superstructure will create some serious turbulence issues behind it...
I figure if Ranger could carry 86 planes, she might ba able to carry 36 using American carrer practice. She will also have a bigger flight/hangar deck than Odin (see below) Also she will mainly carry fighters and scouts which tend to be smaller. She wont be carrying Avengers, Hellcats, or Helldivers.Quoted
Just looking at the pic, I can't concieve of how you'd jam 18 aircraft below decks, let alone 36. The flight deck looks very short, which will make it difficult to use a deck park or operate large groups of aircraft at one time.
The USN carrier is a knot faster and has a lot more armor which can account for the 2000 tons.Quoted
Here is your ship, courtesy of the USN. It has similar firepower armour and speed and carries 36 aircraft. Hull dimensions are 640x67x22 and displacement 12000tons. Grouping the main guns forwards will help somewhat, but I can't see a 2000ton reduction in displacement being possible.
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Turning into the wind should remove this problem. Since the bridge would be to starboard relative to the wind. But that might be a problem.
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I figure if Ranger could carry 86 planes, she might ba able to carry 36 using American carrer practice. She will also have a bigger flight/hangar deck than Odin (see below) Also she will mainly carry fighters and scouts which tend to be smaller. She wont be carrying Avengers, Hellcats, or Helldivers.
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BTW the biggest aircraft which will be used of her will be Wildcats, folding wing Dauntless, and improved Applecores.
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Originally posted by Red Admiral
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BTW the biggest aircraft which will be used of her will be Wildcats, folding wing Dauntless, and improved Applecores.
Why not Seafires, Skuas, Swordfish and Cudas? Or whatever Rob brings out instead.
Enterprise is considerably longer than the other carriers. And lenght is what counts in hybrids.Quoted
Its bad to make comparisons with proper carriers - this hybrid only has about 60%-70% of the flight deck area and hangar dimensions
Her role is one of scouting and defense. Fighters and scouts need less ordnance than bombers, and one of the lessons learned in the pirate incident is that the more planes the better.Quoted
The problem with such a hybrid design is that she isn't much good as a cruiser and is far too limited as a carrier, with 36ac probably only carry enough ordnance and fuel for 2 sorties. You'd probably be better off with an airgroup of 20 of so and using the extra space for fuel and bombs
My tought was to stagger the secondaries. Those on the starboard side would be farther foward than those too port. Two 40mm mounts would go on the fantail the others on either side of the superstructure.Quoted
Fitting the secondary and light guns is a real problem.
I was planning to put the 40 and 20mm on Sponson, and on the foredeck. I guess the 4" would have to be sponson'd as well, but that'll be tricky to do
*starts drooling*Quoted
Why not Seafires, Skuas, Swordfish and Cudas? Or whatever Rob brings out instead.
Of course you really want this;
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The Sacket Harbor class carriers are 90 ft shorter and 8 ft thinner. They can operate 30 AC
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Urumi is about the same size (dimension wise), she also has two 6" turrents and operates 40 AC.
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The Independance class carriers where 40 ft shorter and 6 ft wider. They could operate 45 AC.
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The Escort carriers where 100+ ft shorter and 10 ft wider. They could operate 34 AC.
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