Aircraft Carrier Designs

[Gault05]

Which aircraft carrier design do you find most appealing to you, be it American, Russian, British, WW1/2, 50s, etc?

[WRAITH]

Which aircraft carrier design do you find most appealing to you, be it American, Russian, British, WW1/2, 50s, etc?

 

 

All of them they are all great pieces of engineering, they all have different functionality and a marvel to look at................

 

 

 

 

 

But to pick one I do like the LHD's for the RAAF F-35 pathway plans....... http://australianaviation.com.au/2014/05/johnston-raises-possibility-of-acquiring-f-35bs/

 

Take no notice of fake news LoL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

............... and of course the CVN Nimtz Class the "BIG BOAT" - Rule by Power and Sheer Size -

:thumbup:

Edited May 6, 2017 by WRAITH

[Emu]

All of them they are all great pieces of engineering, they all have different functionality and a marvel to look at................

 

I look at the French and Brazilian carriers and then I look at the Chinese and Russian carriers and think that maybe the UK's carrier can carry more than 40 aircraft.

[joey45]

Well the Brazilian one is the Ex French Carrier Foch. for which I have plans of

 

Our new ones can hold more when need be.

Edited May 6, 2017 by joey45
was right the first time

[The_Tau]

Dem Brits, its carrier almost twice as big as French but same amount of planes, someone screw up?

[whiteladder]

Dem Brits, its carrier almost twice as big as French but same amount of planes, someone screw up?

 

 

The normal compliment is 40 aircraft, but has the capacity for 70+. As a rough rule of thumb you need 1000 tonnes of displacement for every aircraft carried.

 

 

The Charles De Gaulle deployed to Syria with an air group of 30, the CDG has a hanger area of 4200 sq M where as the QE2 has an area of 5115 sq M.

Edited May 8, 2017 by whiteladder

[SkateZilla]

CHina's carriers are:

Bought Old Kunetzcov stripped and towed to CHN from Ukraine

Built By reverse engineering their Purchases Kunetzcov.

 

China is doing what they did with the Flankers. License/Buy The First Wave, Copy and Build w/ Cheaper components and re-designate after that.

[joey45]

The normal compliment is 40 aircraft, but has the capacity for 70+. As a rough rule of thumb you need 1000 tonnes of displacement for every aircraft carried.

 

Will probably have some Merlin's*, Chinooks and Apaches on board as well...

 

*AEW for primary role.

Shame it's not Nuclear powered..

[Emu]

Agreed. I think the French have listed the maximum possible number and the UK have listed the actual number of fighters that will be carried along with SAR, AEW, air-lifting, ASW etc.