Nimitz carrier doing a hard turn

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-01-31 06:33pm

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

kheegster · Post by **kheegster** » 2003-01-31 06:37pm

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...

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-01-31 07:14pm

Damn, that's one amazing pic.

Should the be in A&P?

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-01-31 07:17pm

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

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-01-31 07:20pm

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?

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-01-31 07:21pm

Damn, that's amazing.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-01-31 07:23pm

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.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-01-31 07:27pm

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

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-01-31 07:30pm

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.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-01-31 07:32pm

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

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2003-01-31 07:37pm

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

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

paladin · Post by **paladin** » 2003-01-31 08:00pm

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

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2003-01-31 08:03pm

Holy shit....

That's all I can think of to say...

Holy shit...

salm · Post by **salm** » 2003-01-31 08:11pm

cooooooooooooool

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2003-01-31 08:14pm

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.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-01-31 08:17pm

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

jaeger115 · Post by **jaeger115** » 2003-01-31 08:18pm

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

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-01-31 08:35pm

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!

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-01-31 08:46pm

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

That was too good to pass up.

Warspite · Post by **Warspite** » 2003-01-31 08:47pm

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...

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-01-31 08:51pm

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.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-01-31 08:53pm

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.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-01-31 08:57pm

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?

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2003-01-31 09:18pm

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.

Warspite · Post by **Warspite** » 2003-01-31 09:23pm

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.