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To: Sola Veritas

Why would they still try it today?


Because it’s a “cheaper” construction methodology... supposedly. Yeah sure it’s lighter for the superstructure but you lose a tremendous amount of “armor” capability and aluminum has shown a tendency to melt and deform easily in a fire at sea situation.

If it had been me and weight was of a paramount concern I would have gone with a carbon fiber construction such as you see on the Airbus aircraft or the 787. Sure it’s a bit radical for sea-going warship design but I would have loved to have a prototype built to test it all out in a real-world environment.


19 posted on 04/28/2012 6:53:30 PM PDT by The Working Man
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To: The Working Man

The Swedes used a carbon-fibre composite hull on their Visby-class corvette.


23 posted on 04/28/2012 7:17:41 PM PDT by JerseyanExile
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