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From: steve@nuchat.sccsi.com (Steve Nuchia)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Angled flight decks
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Date: 17 Dec 90 04:44:32 GMT
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From: steve@nuchat.sccsi.com (Steve Nuchia)
Having an angled flight deck increases the range of headings
and speeds you can drive the CV at and still have acceptable
relative wind over the deck.  I don't know how big a factor
this was in going with them compared with simply increasing
the launch rate.  Another thing to consider is that underpowered
bolters and dud launches go over the side instead of the bow
so you don't run over the pilots as often.

Relative wind is simple vector adition, your planes need something
like 30 kts within a small number of degrees of the centerline, the
more and the straighter the better.  Using the fore-and-aft deck
you have to head into the wind, but can pretty much pick your
speed.  Using the angle deck you can trade off heading and speed
within limits set by the deck angle, the true wind speed, and
the required relative wind.

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