PLAN Carrier Strike Group and Airwing

Scratch · Jul 29, 2008

Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

planeman said:
more doodling. And some calcs.
The hanger is probably a fair bit larger than Nimitz too.

I also wonder were you save 50.000t when the ship is lager then the nimitz ??

Are there cats, there should be right?

BTW, I think Rafale looks very good compared to all other carrier fighters when considering footprint vs capability.

Agree with that, I really like the Rafale M for what it brings to the carrier.

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Scratch · Jul 29, 2008

Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

planeman said:
more doodling. And some calcs.
The hanger is probably a fair bit larger than Nimitz too.

I also wonder were you save 50.000t when the ship is lager then the nimitz ??

Are there cats, there should be right?

BTW, I think Rafale looks very good compared to all other carrier fighters when considering footprint vs capability.

Agree with that, I really like the Rafale M for what it brings to the carrier.

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planeman · Jul 29, 2008

Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

Scratch said:
I also wonder were you save 50.000t when the ship is lager then the nimitz ??

I'm no expert, but the general attraction of multi-hulls (this is a trimaran) is that they can have a much larger internal volume for less weight without being unstable. Look at LCS-2 for example. Materials are also a factor.

Anyway, British design with hanger shown

planeman · Jul 29, 2008

Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

Scratch said:
I also wonder were you save 50.000t when the ship is lager then the nimitz ??

I'm no expert, but the general attraction of multi-hulls (this is a trimaran) is that they can have a much larger internal volume for less weight without being unstable. Look at LCS-2 for example. Materials are also a factor.

Anyway, British design with hanger shown

planeman · Jul 29, 2008

Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

Scratch said:
I also wonder were you save 50.000t when the ship is lager then the nimitz ??

I'm no expert, but the general attraction of multi-hulls (this is a trimaran) is that they can have a much larger internal volume for less weight without being unstable. Look at LCS-2 for example. Materials are also a factor.

Anyway, British design with hanger shown

bd popeye · Jul 29, 2008

Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

Nice drawings planeman.

I'm no expert, but the general attraction of multi-hulls (this is a trimaran) is that they can have a much larger internal volume for less weight without being unstable. Look at LCS-2 for example. Materials are also a factor.

I'm not sure I understand. Because you still need space to store the fuel, food, supplies etc..etc.. to operate the carrier. How will there be the same amount of space as a Nimitz class.????

And trust me carriers are pretty stable. Even the USS Hancock CVA-19 which displaced 33,000 tons fully loaded was steady. I think deck stablity is over rated. Only severely heavy weather can cancel USN CV flight operations.

bd popeye · Jul 29, 2008

Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

Nice drawings planeman.

I'm no expert, but the general attraction of multi-hulls (this is a trimaran) is that they can have a much larger internal volume for less weight without being unstable. Look at LCS-2 for example. Materials are also a factor.

I'm not sure I understand. Because you still need space to store the fuel, food, supplies etc..etc.. to operate the carrier. How will there be the same amount of space as a Nimitz class.????

And trust me carriers are pretty stable. Even the USS Hancock CVA-19 which displaced 33,000 tons fully loaded was steady. I think deck stablity is over rated. Only severely heavy weather can cancel USN CV flight operations.

bd popeye · Jul 29, 2008

Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

Nice drawings planeman.

I'm no expert, but the general attraction of multi-hulls (this is a trimaran) is that they can have a much larger internal volume for less weight without being unstable. Look at LCS-2 for example. Materials are also a factor.

I'm not sure I understand. Because you still need space to store the fuel, food, supplies etc..etc.. to operate the carrier. How will there be the same amount of space as a Nimitz class.????

And trust me carriers are pretty stable. Even the USS Hancock CVA-19 which displaced 33,000 tons fully loaded was steady. I think deck stablity is over rated. Only severely heavy weather can cancel USN CV flight operations.

planeman · Jul 30, 2008

Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

I didn't draw the last pics of the British carrier BTW.

Having a bigger flight deck and hanger doesn't necessarily mean you have to operate bigger air wings or for longer. 55,000 tons is not small.

Here's something just for Golly

14481-wavepiercers-trimarans-swath-such-i-austal-minicarrier.jpg

planeman · Jul 30, 2008

Re: Ideal chinese carrier thread

I didn't draw the last pics of the British carrier BTW.

Having a bigger flight deck and hanger doesn't necessarily mean you have to operate bigger air wings or for longer. 55,000 tons is not small.

Here's something just for Golly

PLAN Carrier Strike Group and Airwing

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