Carrier Conundrum

Probably

As they say

“Fog in Channel… Europe Cut Off!”

well Continent actually but the sentiment is there

We’ve already got at least two islands in place

The two islands you are talking about, are they Ireland and Europe?

Wouldn’t the masts would get in the way……………

It would also need a bulbous bow fitting. 😀
We’ve already got at least two islands in place

Carrier already exists its called Great Britain

Wouldn’t the masts would get in the way……………

Just trying to imagine the hydrodynamics of a vessell that large!!

Carrier already exists its called Great Britain

I got as far as trying to imagine the size of the landing gear and trying to stop it getting ripped off on a cat launch and gave up………………

…an aircraft carrier, equipped with steam catapults and arrester wires etc, to operate a full wing of 20 navalised Vulcan bombers, plus 8 Victor tankers.

It would be cheaper to drain all the world’s oceans!!! 😀

Nurse…….. NURSE!!!!! Can I have about 10 of what WB556 is having please :eek::D:D:D

You could use rocket assisted takeoff in combination with the steam catapult for heavily laden aircraft. The Vulcan and victors would have needed a double wing fold like the gannet. Alternatively there could be a hanger ship that docked with the flight deck ship only when transferring aircraft for launch or after recovery.

For alternative launch options how about having a vulcan doing circuits of the carrier. You line the next v bomber up and along with the catapult have a large bungee cord attached to the nose glider style. The flying Vulcan uses a modified arrestor hook to catch the large loop on the other end of the bungee at high speed. A sensor detects the pickup and triggers the catapult which launches the deck aircraft with the flying Vulcan helping to heave it into the air.

Just a though, considering were thinking outside the box. Although probably impossible you have you admit it would be bloody entertaining to watch.

…not until the time that a 200,000Ib laden Victor tanker has to be catapaulted off anyway!

I seem to remember them struggling with the 9,000ft at Mawgan when heavy!

There you go again, writing off a whole program just because of a few technical slip-ups…..

We shall construct an atomic/steam catapult for the Victors 😉

…not until the time that a 200,000Ib laden Victor tanker has to be catapaulted off anyway!

I seem to remember them struggling with the 9,000ft at Mawgan when heavy!

just cut a big lump of pack ice off the Antarctic or the Arctic and use that instead

Not as mad as it first sounds sir

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete

just cut a big lump of pack ice off the Antarctic or the Arctic and use that instead

About the same size as Ascension Island i’d say.

Suppose the order had gone out to build an aircraft carrier, equipped with steam catapults and arrester wires etc, BUT, to operate a full wing of 20 navalised Vulcan bombers, plus 8 Victor tankers.
How big would this carrier need to be?

No cheating, no conferring.

Bartender – I’ll have whatever he is having and keep them coming !

It’s late and I need to do some sums.

But my first design guess would be to have the ship fully equipped with huge reserves of fuel and spares and try to keep everything that worked aloft, with just one tanker needing to come back down for more (at a time I mean). Semi broken airframes aloft given some fuel to go home.

Given that a big enough spring could stop anything, and that the Vulcan was not exactly glued to the floor, my hunch is that I should look at the t/o roll for a laden Victor without tearing it apart.

The Vulcan would never have wing fold, plus imagine the hangar height if it did.

So huge lifts, mahoosive steam catapults and arrestor gear……

Be easier to put a motor on the Isle of Wight

One word… Habbakuk…

🙂

Zeb