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I'm not imaging a ship here; I'm looking at the design we have been shown. Looking a the diagrams we have for the ship's internal arrangements (page 1), there was no such prep space provided. So yes, they would be arming and fueling in the hangar. Sortie generation is then limited to how fast they can move aircraft from the hangar proper to the elevators, connect them to whatever hold-back device they use (needed to spool the engines), hoist the elevators to the flight deck, and pre-flight the aircraft. And while they're doing this, a hurricane-strength wind is blowing across the elevator's opening in the main deck. I very much doubt that this would be as easy as you think.And even if it does work, what's the point? As Corsair/Sea Archer shows, high speed requires huge amounts of power, with relatively little tactical return. Unless the laws of physics changed greatly, we'd be looking at a ship with as much installed power as a super-carrier to carry twenty or so aircraft.Time after time, extremely high ship speed (in excess of ~35-40 knots) has proved to be a capability in search of a requirement. This looks like another such case to me.
I'm not imaging a ship here; I'm looking at the design we have been shown. Looking a the diagrams we have for the ship's internal arrangements (page 1), there was no such prep space provided. So yes, they would be arming and fueling in the hangar. Sortie generation is then limited to how fast they can move aircraft from the hangar proper to the elevators, connect them to whatever hold-back device they use (needed to spool the engines), hoist the elevators to the flight deck, and pre-flight the aircraft. And while they're doing this, a hurricane-strength wind is blowing across the elevator's opening in the main deck. I very much doubt that this would be as easy as you think.
And even if it does work, what's the point? As Corsair/Sea Archer shows, high speed requires huge amounts of power, with relatively little tactical return. Unless the laws of physics changed greatly, we'd be looking at a ship with as much installed power as a super-carrier to carry twenty or so aircraft.
Time after time, extremely high ship speed (in excess of ~35-40 knots) has proved to be a capability in search of a requirement. This looks like another such case to me.
