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Type 46 concept design
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Author:  Zoot Zoot [ March 14th, 2011, 11:25 pm ]
Post subject:  Type 46 concept design
Ok, So I took the advise of starting from scratch. The second "from scratch" ship I drew, was ugly as sin, and im quite ashamed to post it, but I might just shallow my pride and throw it on later tonight or tomorrow.

My third ship, I think, is quite pleasing to the eye, but as is the case, a warship is designed to bring maximum violence to its enemy... not look pretty. It is also very barren in terms of life rings et cetera, but it is a work in progress.
I took the liberty of working out the dimensions and noting them on because my maths is... less than adequate and I cant scale things correctly, not only that but Ive detailed its hardware to the best of my knowledge + given props to the two main contributors to my... Well I would say masterpiece but I might be lying.

Anyway, enough rambling, as always, all feedback is appreciated, though constructive feedback would be welcomed dearly.

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Ninja edit
Derp
Just noticed my RN flag is on backwards :(
Author:  heuhen [ March 14th, 2011, 11:52 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Type 46 concept design
azipod wrong way and the ship is top hevy!
Author:  Zoot Zoot [ March 14th, 2011, 11:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Type 46 concept design
Call me ignorant, but is an Azipod the propeller area?
Author:  Blackbuck [ March 15th, 2011, 12:03 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Type 46 concept design
Correctomundo. It's a podded propeller that uses geared or electrical power to turn the prop. The thing unless it has a massive beam is as said rather top heavy. Wouldn't want to sale in the North sea with such a flat bow either.
Author:  Zoot Zoot [ March 15th, 2011, 12:15 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Type 46 concept design
So in a summery, the azipod needs to be rotated 180' and the bow needs to be raised?
Also, how would I go about calculating the ideal beam of the ship using the dimensions listed in the image?

I'm gonna go on a limb of Around 20 meters?
The Type 45 has a 21.2 meter beam and it's 4 meters longer than the Type 46
Author:  Thiel [ March 15th, 2011, 5:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Type 46 concept design
You need to reduce topweight dramatically. Oh and your APAR is about seven time the size of the actual system.
Author:  klagldsf [ March 15th, 2011, 7:43 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Type 46 concept design
Thiel wrote:
You need to reduce topweight dramatically.
No, he needs to scale down literally everything above the waterline by, oh, 25%, at least. It's not unrealistically topheavy, it's outright cartoonish.
Author:  Thiel [ March 15th, 2011, 7:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Type 46 concept design
klagldsf wrote:
Thiel wrote:
You need to reduce topweight dramatically.
No, he needs to scale down literally everything above the waterline by, oh, 25%, at least. It's not unrealistically topheavy, it's outright cartoonish.
Same thing
Author:  Ashley [ March 15th, 2011, 9:09 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Type 46 concept design
No need to mix 30mm and 20mm-CIWS. The Vulcans can do the job of the 30mm.

Why harpoons and VLS? Delete the harpoons, add more VLS.

Do not mix old and new tech.

Delete turret a. You know how deep those turrets penetrate the hull?
Author:  Zoot Zoot [ March 15th, 2011, 9:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Type 46 concept design
I was to understand a harpoon was a supersonic missile wheras the cruise missiles from a VLS system are subsonic.
Turret A would be the elevated turret? or the forward one.
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