To: Tenacious 1; johnk
They test everything, Full speed “hard to port” and Full speed “Hard to Starboard” is part of the process. And full speed for those big ships is quite stunning.Full speed, would you believe 60 knots? The Enterprise could turn on a dime at attack speed. Did it by reversing props on one side, with full speed ahead on the other side of the ship.
50 posted on
04/10/2017 10:28:24 PM PDT by
GGpaX4DumpedTea
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To: GGpaX4DumpedTea
60 kts? Don’t even imagine a speed that high. My 30+ years as a naval architect argues that the physics of the problem just won’t support that claim. A surface effect ship can make that speed, but could never carry the deadweight payload required of an aircraft carrier.
62 posted on
04/11/2017 4:00:56 AM PDT by
Pecos
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