That's great Darth! One of the sad what-ifs. Given Westland's successes this could have been a winner. Have you seen the plans for the twin-Eland powered Westminster, the rival to the Rotodyne and its military variant with clamshell rear door (a la Mi-8 Hip)? These are in the book Project Cancelled....
Well its educational but unless you want to every single gun mount and hoist and VLS system ever built I can't see it catching on. Those without source material or the skills won't be able to do this accuratley. If I remember correctly I think it was Golly who first drew some underdeck missile launc...
Excellent work RP1. I've been waiting for this eagerly!
I'm sure there are dozens of CGI out there and will be more before these ships are laid down. If this is BAe's current thinking then that's fine. Doubtless as we know more as the construction unfolds this profile will be refined further.
Erik_t, true but they weren't carried quite so far back, they were aft of the hull break to the qaurterdeck. These ones though are over the rudder, there isn't going to be much room there given the contours of the hull there. Torpedoes over rudders on a weak stern (a German weakness of the time) = b...
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c275/hangar/ShortSturgeon.png The Short Sturgeon, developed to Specification S.11/43 the Short S.38 (later called S.A.1 Sturgeon) first flew on th June 1946 and three prototypes were built. It was the first twin-engined aircraft designed for the Fleet Air Arm (alth...