Captain James Kirk in command...
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 12:54 am
... of the very latest USN destroyer!
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Re: Captain James Kirk in command...
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 2:10 am
Looks like the Vulcans are here already That's what the shape of that ship tells me!
That's what the shape of that ship tells me!Re: Captain James Kirk in command...
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 4:15 am
When land lubbers write about ships...
Oh dear.The largest and most futuristic destroyer has set sail. And at its head is Captain James Kirk.
Re: Captain James Kirk in command...
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 11:10 am
My first thought of the first picture of that article was, 'Wow! That's some really bad CGI.'
Re: Captain James Kirk in command...
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 8:48 am
set sail? i didnt see a mast or sails ????
Re: Captain James Kirk in command...
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:20 am
Well, it is very high-tech - it probably has graphene nano-sails.spud42 wrote:set sail? i didnt see a mast or sails ????
Re: Captain James Kirk in command...
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:48 am
My bet is, they create a forcefield around the ship and use its drag instead of cloth sails.
Re: Captain James Kirk in command...
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 11:12 am
Thought it looked familiar.
Re: Captain James Kirk in command...
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 5:13 pm
I read that it's fundamentally unstable in the water and needs computer control to keep it upright. I see a flaw there right away.
Re: Captain James Kirk in command...
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 5:22 pm
One reason for that being the large sail area, because they've got the mast enclosed in a box.ClymAngus wrote:I read that it's fundamentally unstable in the water and needs computer control to keep it upright. I see a flaw there right away.
Righto, let's not mince words here; the Zumwalt is as ugly as sin. Co-incidentally, also just last week, the RAN commissioned their latest ship, so I get to say, "That's not a warship, this is a warship..."
Re: Captain James Kirk in command...
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:56 pm
Kinda like a nautical equivalent of fly-by-wire? <grins> Talking of flying, the BUFF has now been in service for sixty years!ClymAngus wrote:I read that it's fundamentally unstable in the water and needs computer control to keep it upright. I see a flaw there right away.
Re: Captain James Kirk in command...
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:50 pm
Well, an unstable airodynamic form is a wanted feature in fighter aircrafts. Even if a human pilot on her/himself could never control it without computer assistance, it gives the craft a higher manueribility, a more stable form could never provide. But I do fail to the the logic behind it in a destroyer class ship. Maybe a flaw in the disign? 
But the engeneers didn't gave up, even if it came with a certain price? What ever.
If they wanted a destroyer with a small radar profile, cound't they just have build a hybrid between a destoyer and a submarine? Its maindeck just above and in stealth mode just below the water surface.
But the engeneers didn't gave up, even if it came with a certain price? What ever.If they wanted a destroyer with a small radar profile, cound't they just have build a hybrid between a destoyer and a submarine? Its maindeck just above and in stealth mode just below the water surface.
Re: Captain James Kirk in command...
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:56 pm
Is it possible that the Zumwalt-Class Destroyer indeed is submersible and can dive like a dolphin, and that this capability is simply classified?
Re: Captain James Kirk in command...
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2015 12:41 pm
Guess we'll find out as soon as it sails into a storm.
Oh here's that article:
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defens ... /76728838/
Maybe they'll Bermuda Triangle it, maybe they won't. Nothing "disappears" a ship quicker and without an S.O.S. quite like a capsize.
Oh here's that article:
http://www.defensenews.com/story/defens ... /76728838/
Maybe they'll Bermuda Triangle it, maybe they won't. Nothing "disappears" a ship quicker and without an S.O.S. quite like a capsize.
Re: Captain James Kirk in command...
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2015 1:01 pm
'Twas a dirty night, 'twas a dirty trick... when our ship turned over in the Atlantic!ClymAngus wrote:Nothing "disappears" a ship quicker and without an S.O.S. quite like a capsize.