I unreservedly withdraw my comment. Apologies to the Colonel.
Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
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Might as well remove the ramp too....
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I would tend to agree, perhaps at least get rid of the huge 12 degree launch ramp and replace it with a hydraulically rising 6 degree example (if possible) to create more space.
Considering the huge deck area, is it even needed now, could F35B's just use a longer take off run to achieve the same effect?
The additional deck area added plus the extra weight of the cats and traps will also mean a reballasting of the class, possibly taking the displacement up to 75,000 tons.
I believe the design takes into account successive redesigning and structural refits over the ships long 50 year life with an eye towards 85,000 max displacement.
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We can’t do that. It would upset the French!
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Not another European warship race!
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Didn`t one of the very early designs have a ramp & a cat for a hawkeye AEW aircraft ?
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There would be no need for that, if the French had remained committed to acquiring a QEC carrier for their PA2 !
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As much as I hesitate to cooperate with the French, they missed out on a golden opportunity to build a second capable carrier at an affordable price, they really dropped the ball there....Scimitar54 wrote: ↑04 Jun 2023, 21:13 There would be no need for that, if the French had remained committed to acquiring a QEC carrier for their PA2 !
They would however have mired the whole programme down with typical French Gaelic intransigence.
French demands for a 50% worshare etc, etc....
We probably dodged a bullet there.
As it is, their gold plated nuclear 85,000 ton PA2 super Carrier will probably end up unaffordable and either be cancelled or considerably scaled back in size and ambition.
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Nice day to go down the hotwalls to watch her come in tomorrow, perhaps have a paddle in the sea!
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Nice pic of the new RFA ship in the foreground there.
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Is she going to get painted grey or not?
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I thought I read elsewhere not for the time being. And looking like a generic OSV is probably a bonus if you are loitering around the oil fields of the North Sea keeping a watch out.
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Mid summer not late! The start of the PoW's first good chapter. 23' very interesting trials, 24' unknown, 25' CSG25.
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I do believe that when she finally floats out she'll be coming direct to Pompey, which has pleased nipper as he was not looking forward to transporting 4 years worth of his tat from Rosyth!
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*and loaded with oodles of F-35.
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[VIDEO] General Atomics #EMALS & AAG program update at #ParisAirShow 2023
Rolf Ziesing, V.P. Maritime Programs at GA EMS, discussed with us:
Current status of the program in the (with CVN 78, CVN 79, CVN 80 & CVN 81)
Latest with PANG
EMALS for Queen Elizabeth class carriers ?
Milestones aboard USS Gerald R. Ford
Rolf Ziesing, V.P. Maritime Programs at GA EMS, discussed with us:
Current status of the program in the (with CVN 78, CVN 79, CVN 80 & CVN 81)
Latest with PANG
EMALS for Queen Elizabeth class carriers ?
Milestones aboard USS Gerald R. Ford
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At HMS Collingwood open day yesterday with nipper and the rest of the family, looking at flooding up soon and back to Pompey early August, apparently.
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Never a truer word said!
She'll be back in dock smartish, to have that sorted out too...
mrclark303 wrote: ↑05 Jun 2023, 15:20 They would however have mired the whole programme down with typical French Gaelic intransigence.
French demands for a 50% worshare etc, etc....
We probably dodged a bullet there.
Why didn't they take the opportunity to repaint beneath the waterline?
She'll be back in dock smartish, to have that sorted out too...
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