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Re: UCAV Carriers

Posted: February 8th, 2011, 10:20 pm
by RP1
@erik_t: Yes, but I haven't Shipbucketed my Artisan 3D model yet. Possibly because it has NO STRAIGHT LINES. How am I supposed to draw that? It was difficult enough producing the UCAV :-)

Re: UCAV Carriers

Posted: February 9th, 2011, 3:26 am
by TimothyC
RP1 wrote:@TimothyC: Yes, it's a short EMALS or long EMCAT. It terminates before the ramp.
This surprises me. EMALS is designed in such a way that it can curve, so is there a reason you don't have it start up the ski jump?

Re: UCAV Carriers

Posted: February 9th, 2011, 4:33 am
by erik_t
RP1 wrote:@erik_t: Yes, but I haven't Shipbucketed my Artisan 3D model yet. Possibly because it has NO STRAIGHT LINES. How am I supposed to draw that? It was difficult enough producing the UCAV :-)
I'll try my hand at it if you'll share the relevant references. All I've got is a few sales-brochure PDFs.

Re: UCAV Carriers

Posted: February 9th, 2011, 5:48 pm
by orihara
It might not be quite as large of an aircraft as you were thinking, but VARIOUS might be a good concept for the UCAV. Rolling takeoff alone would probably be able to provide an increase in lift without requiring a catapult, and the concept includes fairly lowly loaded fans.

Re: UCAV Carriers

Posted: February 11th, 2011, 8:02 pm
by Colombamike
And the UVX ?
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RP1, you are expected to draw ?

Re: UCAV Carriers

Posted: February 11th, 2011, 8:30 pm
by Remko
Colombamike wrote:And the UVX ?
RP1, you are expected to draw ?
Damn, you just beat me to it! I was about to ask the exact same thing! The UVX would be fantastic, and open for so many variations in load out and weapons fit.