. I was not going to bother but I suppose I can take some of my time to enlighten Tobius. I will reply. In the real world the FAA does not come back to RN control till mid 1939 - far too late for the FAA to be able to make any real improvements before wars start, RN are left with obsolete aircraft ...
Unfortunately Tobius you have come in rather late in the piece and may have missed some of the earlier discussions on FAA aircraft types. The original F5/34 had an 890hp radial, same powerplant as the Skua/Roc. For AU use I use an uprated 1100-1200hp radial in both to enhance performance (that is e...
Hunter Killer Groups. When the Deutschland appeared in 1933, the biggest problem was not really how to sink it but how to find it, then sink it. In 1933, the mark one eyeball was still the main detection facility. The eyes may have been added to by binoculars and a directors optics but that still d...
This is a strange one for me. Implementing a form of homing/acoustic torpedo that can be used in both an ASW and Surface Warfare situation. It is a rocket assisted projectile, and that is one of my contentious issues. How far should the RAP section work for? The problems I have to solve are the ASD...
The drawing is ok Nighthunter, but I am not sold on it being a Deutschland killer, I would rate its chances as only 50/50 in a one on one battle. The Wichita is credited with a 6.4" strake of belt armour, but as you can see from your drawing, that armour only covers the boilers and engine rooms and...