Grays Harbor Designs

[Thiel]

And why is that? It has room to fully rotate.

So long as the ship is perfectly upright. Once it starts to compensate for the ships motion things will get awfully tight.

[Zephyr]

It is in an identical location to virtually every US ship which carries it. That sound more like nitpicking than anything else, honestly.

[Blackbuck]

Tolerances. I'd imagine the more space there is there the better.

[acelanceloet]

also, with the setup you have right now, it would be best to have your SPS-49 aft of the mast, so you can cover at least part of the area you do not cover with your SPY-1, if you insist in having those at that position.

[TimothyC]

Zephyr, I'd like to point out that the on AEGIS ship to have offset funnels had the aft SPY-1 faces aft of the funnels. Even CGBL with the aft faces aft of the funnels went for a centerline configuration.

In the current configuration, the funnels will dramatically reduce the effectiveness of combat system and sensors of the ship in such a manner that is highly detrimental to operations.

Also, I'm in the process of tweaking your SM-6 and will post it after I get back from class later this evening.

[Demon Lord Razgriz]

Another issue, your mid-ship VLS is cutting into the engine room. Compare this to your ship and think of how it is internally.

[Zephyr]

Another issue, your mid-ship VLS is cutting into the engine room. Compare this to your ship and think of how it is internally.

Acelanceloet and I discussed that issue at length via PM early on in the design stage and we determined that it is indeed workable as is. Not perfect, but workable. That isn't changing. (It should be noted he wasn't a huge fan of the layout either, but did work with me on it to make it workable.)

also, with the setup you have right now, it would be best to have your SPS-49 aft of the mast, so you can cover at least part of the area you do not cover with your SPY-1, if you insist in having those at that position.

OK, not quite sure just how I would accomplish that. I'll see what I can twiddle together.

[Thiel]

Simple, centreline funnels. Unless your ship is dimensioned like a needle you'll have plenty of beam to do it. The Lynx is significantly smaller than the Sea Hawk and the similar sized Ticos could carry two of those.

[Zephyr]

I already use the Tico's as my "Mars" class, which is one of the leading reasons I want something different this time around.

so, we'll give this one another shot then, okay?

[Thiel]

I already use the Tico's as my "Mars" class, which is one of the leading reasons I want something different this time around.

I'm not following. My suggestion would make her less like a Tico. Yours make her more like one.
Additionally it'll give you more useful space in your hangar, put the goal keeper on the centreline (With the associated better firing arcs), saves weight (No need to build a deck house aft), and a host of other reasons.

Oh and having directors side by side is a bad idea. Twice the weight and cost of a single with only minimal increase in performance.
And like I said, your ship is all straight lines and flat side, so the round funnels really looks off.