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Found this on spacebattles and thought I'd share it with everyone here.

Good thing there weren't any aircraft on-deck...I hope she doesn't ever have to carry out such maneuvers in a real situation...

Damn, that's one amazing pic.

Should the be in A&P?

Holy Mustard Gas! I Can't Believe it's not Butter!

K3\/\/L!!! I always like the sight of something big doing maneuvers only meant for something a tenth its size!

BTW Which carrier is it?

Damn, that's amazing.

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:K3\/\/L!!! I always like the sight of something big doing maneuvers only meant for something a tenth its size!

BTW Which carrier is it?

USS Nimitz, I believe. I'm not big on navy designations so I might be wrong.

Yup, it's Nimitz. I noticed a big-ass 68 painted on the superstructure, and Google Search: CVN 68 quickly confirms that.

Shinova wrote:USS Nimitz, I believe. I'm not big on navy designations so I might be wrong.

You're correct. The "68" on the island is the ship's hull number. CVN-68 is the Nimitz.

Maybe I should join the Heavy Armor Brigade. I seem to be quite accurate with the military hardware today...

To quote the Chief in-charge of Deck Operations
-WEEEEEEEEEE!

To quote those out on thier first cruise
-OH FUCK!

See, I told the ship could turn on a dime.

cooooooooooooool

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Maybe I should join the Heavy Armor Brigade. I seem to be quite accurate with the military hardware today...

Funny that you should mention it, the HAB had that pic posted a few days ago.

Too bad the angle of the camera's not that great. Makes the carrier look small.

Whoa... I didn't know a supercarrier could do that....

Hotfoot wrote:

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:Maybe I should join the Heavy Armor Brigade. I seem to be quite accurate with the military hardware today...

Funny that you should mention it, the HAB had that pic posted a few days ago.

That's it, I'm applying for the HAB!

paladin wrote:See, I told the ship could turn on a dime.

That was too good to pass up.

That's part of the initial trial runs, required before a ship is commissioned, I can bet that is the zig-zag maneuver. It's a pretty impressive pic...

Warspite wrote:That's part of the initial trial runs, required before a ship is commissioned, I can bet that is the zig-zag maneuver. It's a pretty impressive pic...

Apparently such a maneuver can spoof wake-homing torpedos, though it's effects to the crew on top and aircraft might not be so good.

phongn wrote:

Warspite wrote:That's part of the initial trial runs, required before a ship is commissioned, I can bet that is the zig-zag maneuver. It's a pretty impressive pic...

Apparently such a maneuver can spoof wake-homing torpedos, though it's effects to the crew on top and aircraft might not be so good.

Better than a long dip in the North Atlantic.

You know, it looks awfully smaller than it actually is from that angle. Is a part of it bent away from view or something, since the carrier's made up of interlocking hull sections?

Shinova wrote:You know, it looks awfully smaller than it actually is from that angle. Is a part of it bent away from view or something, since the carrier's made up of interlocking hull sections?

I don't think so, but it looks narrow to me because at that angle, you can't tell the flight deck is angled. I think it's just the angle of the picture combined with the roll of the ship.

It's only an optical ilusion, caused by the angle on the angled flight deck and the horizontal, which happens to be almost paralel to the camera.
If any carrier would have to perform that kind of maneuvre in it's lifetime, I would personally commend the sub commander, or pilot, for performing such a wonderfull attack, and kick the admiral in charge for fucking up a zillion dollars carrier!

That maneuver is only done in the test runs, to establish maneuvrability parameters necessary for several ship's certificates of sea-worthiness, and to atest propulsion and helm machinery.
It's done for all commercial and naval vessels, and consists of several tests, including the zig-zag maneuver (also called "S" maneuver), the helm-over, circle, spiral, and a couple more.