Jura The idiot
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I don't care about your acronyms (LOL those I leave to spin doctors):
for me the cost of a ship is
money spent on her class
divided by
the number of ships in said class
Yesterday at 9:11 PM
Aircraft Carriers III
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for me the cost of a ship is
money spent on her class
divided by
the number of ships in said class
Yesterday at 9:11 PM
Jura The idiot
General
Jura The idiot
General
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Some numbers just for fun
Highest number of carrier operated by USN after WWII was 26 in 1962
Lowest is 10 in 2016
Highest number of carrier operated by USN after WWII was 26 in 1962
Lowest is 10 in 2016
A very sad fact of life, but Naval Aviation operations, particularly aboard ship are dangerous for everybody, BD Popeye continues to remind us of that, and I for one, am a believer!
As I pointed out many moons ago, I am a big fan of having two fans turning and burning aboard ship, as we transition to the F-35C and the Marines continue to rack up hours on their F-35Bravos? at some point someone is going to have an engine failure??
I much prefer twin engine fighter aircraft aboard ship for that singular reason, but its a fact of life, and the Charlie and Bravo will go on to distinguish themselves as outstanding fighter aircraft....
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You know right now the USN is looking for a replacement for that lost Super Hornet. One of the Super Hornet squadrons will be required to send a bird to VFA-??? aboard CVN-76. A better circumstance would be that an aircraft fresh out of re-work at Naval Aviation Depot on NAS North Island CA.
The twin/single debate primarily revolves around thrust and frontal aspect these days. When it comes to engine failures, analysis of losses of twin engined and single engine fighters seems to show that they have similar loss rates. Any serious trouble with an engine on a twin engined fighter tends to impact the other engine too. If there was greater physical seperation on western designs (like the Tomcat or the SU-27 variants) there may be a slight advantage. But all those years of operating Jaguars, Tornado's, F-18, Typhoon, Rafale and F-15 with modern engines seems to indicate that unless you need the thrust you're better off with 1. I suppose its similar to the debates over twin engined airliners flying long distances over water in the 80's.
Jura The idiot
General
... which remains to be seen
Jura The idiot
General
Today at 2:50 PM
Super Hornet Crashes in the Philippine Sea, Both Aviators Safely Recovered
interestingly, they didn't say the variant
now noticed the official inside
Super Hornet Crashes in the Philippine Sea, Both Aviators Safely Recovered
interestingly, they didn't say the variant
This is starting to get so Sci Fi...
I can remember not so long ago when ships like these (QE with USS Michael Monsoor DDG 1001) were just CGI artist's impressions, now here they are sailing in company...
Little bit of trivia, th ski jump ramps on the QECs have slight camber to port, i.e. the starboard side is slightly higher than the port side, to impart a turn to port on leaving the ramp. This is a safety feature, so that if the aircraft has an engine failure on launch, the aircraft won't drop into the sea immediately in front of the carrier and get run over by the ship. The pilot will presumably have ejected by this point, so it's more about preventing damage to the ship form the crashed aircraft.
And a nice sunset picture from the recent NYC visit.
I can remember not so long ago when ships like these (QE with USS Michael Monsoor DDG 1001) were just CGI artist's impressions, now here they are sailing in company... Little bit of trivia, th ski jump ramps on the QECs have slight camber to port, i.e. the starboard side is slightly higher than the port side, to impart a turn to port on leaving the ramp. This is a safety feature, so that if the aircraft has an engine failure on launch, the aircraft won't drop into the sea immediately in front of the carrier and get run over by the ship. The pilot will presumably have ejected by this point, so it's more about preventing damage to the ship form the crashed aircraft. And a nice sunset picture from the recent NYC visit.
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