Welcome to June!
Added 2024-06-01 13:26:28 +0000 UTCPlease put this month's Q&A questions here. I'll be referencing this comment section during the recording.
This month we have two great lectures coming up: USS Zumwalt class (tomorrow) and USS Ohio class SSBN submarine that I had to get special permission to publish.
I have formally requested a 'Hard Hat' guided tour of the Fincantieri Marinette Marine facility in Wisconsin. No response yet from their media office. I'll keep you informed as this unfolds.
I am doing about 7 days worth of construction in July on the studio. During that week, there wont be any recordings. So, Tayfun and I are working on one very long surprise topic for you next month.
Have a great June and I look forward to reading your questions!
Comments
Hey there, I was watching your lecture on the Zumwalt and a few things stuck in my mind. * Zumwalt uses a tumblehome hull combined with a narrow wave piercing bow. Many things have been said about its stability but personally I am more interested about its ability AFTER been hit. In normal ships, the more water you take in, the more the ship lists increasing the volume of water been displaced until it reaches an equilibrium. In tumblehomes this doesn't happen, which is why battleships stopped using this hull type (since by nature they are expected to be hit). What is your opinion on the ship's natural ability to survive after a hit? Also it is my understanding that hull 3 will have a metal superstructure and not a composite one. Ignoring possible RCS increase since I am not an expert, as an engineer I am confident that the weight will increase and more weight higher equals bad. I am assuming that there was enough reserve stability for the change but now hull 3 will have far less flexibility to get heavier upgrades and its stability after getting hit will likewise decrease. * Unless I misunderstand something, the Zumwalt lacks any means of Close In Air defense. There are no Phallanx and my understanding is that the 30mm round is too small to be used as smart munition like the 75mm. Why? Betting everything on stealth and EW seems a bit risky on a ship that is designed to operated near coasts in order to support amphibious units. It is one thing to have to search the whole Pacific and an other to have to search a ~300km radius outside a coast were a landing is taking place for example. * Finally a rather stupid question. The Zumwalt class are stealthy, carry a punch against air, ground and sea, have good intel collection abilities, can operate UAVs and will carry hypersonic missiles. An Arleigh Burke can do everything just as good or even better except the stealth and the (fully) integrated power system, yet they are getting the lasers. Sure they don't have the heypersonic missiles but you can probably make an unmaned ship and slave it to the DD or cooperate with the air force and call in far more that 4 missiles. Also stealth sounds good until you are located. In aircraft like a B-2 it is an acceptable risk since a) you don't have a lot of weight to play with and b) even if you are seen you can't necessary be hit immediately and by the time an asset can get up close you can GTFO. Ships are fast but not that fast. So, what is the combat use for such a ship? For me they should have been used as experimental platforms, each on testing different tech and as aggressors in order to test the armed forces abilities to locate enemy stealth assets before they can get close and destroy ports, forward bases etc. Thank you for your time.
gh0st313
2024-06-02 18:12:33 +0000 UTCHello, i am building a 1:350 scale model of 688i class hunter killer, and i want to make extended towed array. I don't know from where towed array goes out from the hull, is it horisontal finn or 45° additional finn.. also regarding t.a. i would like you to make presentation of it's history (especialy for the soviet navy, as they srarted to integrate it in diesel submarines, which is most interesting for me), and does modern subs with side arrays still have towed ones.
Neven Jereb
2024-06-01 18:21:38 +0000 UTC
