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that looks fantastic, thanks Hood. Just a couple of observations:1) Based on the original drawings I think you can clean up the fantail, raise it by a deck and then have a helicopter hangar immediately aft of the aft NIGS launcher with its roof at the same height as the roof of the NIGS magazine/at the deck level of the NIGS launcher. This would give the empty two deck high space seen on the original drawings, that leads out onto the fantail - that I believe is space for a helicopter hangar. It would also give the ship a handsome, if bulky, flush deck appearance with the fantail following the line from the bow, which is what I think the drawings show.2) I think the radar blockhouse needs to be split in two given the comments about power going to both ends of the ship, the aft facing arrays either need to be between the funnels amidships or aft of the aft funnel, amidships seems most likely. Perhaps, in both scenarios, with the relevant (forward in my opinion) funnel integrated with the superstructure housing the radar? The amidships mast could be relocated to the forward superstructure and integrated with it in a way that eases placement of the directors? I also like the idea of angling the arrays 45 degrees from the centreline as in every post Tico AN/SPY-1D ship. Just as a reference point, I note that HMS Bristol actually has a highly angled bridge superstructure with only a very narrow forward facing section. In addition to potentially helping with interference from the launchers it would probably help with firing arcs. It might also be neccessary to raise thebidge and radar blocks by another deck.Are the arrays you depict 20ft wide by 15ft high?
that looks fantastic, thanks Hood. Just a couple of observations:
1) Based on the original drawings I think you can clean up the fantail, raise it by a deck and then have a helicopter hangar immediately aft of the aft NIGS launcher with its roof at the same height as the roof of the NIGS magazine/at the deck level of the NIGS launcher. This would give the empty two deck high space seen on the original drawings, that leads out onto the fantail - that I believe is space for a helicopter hangar. It would also give the ship a handsome, if bulky, flush deck appearance with the fantail following the line from the bow, which is what I think the drawings show.
2) I think the radar blockhouse needs to be split in two given the comments about power going to both ends of the ship, the aft facing arrays either need to be between the funnels amidships or aft of the aft funnel, amidships seems most likely. Perhaps, in both scenarios, with the relevant (forward in my opinion) funnel integrated with the superstructure housing the radar? The amidships mast could be relocated to the forward superstructure and integrated with it in a way that eases placement of the directors? I also like the idea of angling the arrays 45 degrees from the centreline as in every post Tico AN/SPY-1D ship. Just as a reference point, I note that HMS Bristol actually has a highly angled bridge superstructure with only a very narrow forward facing section. In addition to potentially helping with interference from the launchers it would probably help with firing arcs. It might also be neccessary to raise thebidge and radar blocks by another deck.
Are the arrays you depict 20ft wide by 15ft high?
