Above the Pirate King

Chapter 540 Data
What are the difficulties in making an aircraft carrier?
There are many!
But the most important thing is nothing more than the take-off and landing of the carrier-based aircraft!

That's right!

The main difficulty of an aircraft carrier is not power, keel, etc. Although those are also difficulties, they are a little behind the seemingly inconspicuous things like landing and landing of carrier-based aircraft!
And why is it said that the ups and downs are the most important difficulty?

Because the aircraft carrier itself is a ship, the runway must be much shorter than the normal runway, that is to say, the carrier-based aircraft cannot run fast enough to take off on the aircraft carrier!

As for the consequences of not being able to run at the speed of take-off, it goes without saying that there is no other choice but to fall into the sea!
But if there is a problem, there is a solution!

Thus, something like a carrier-based aircraft catapult was born!
This kind of thing makes use of the principle of catapult. A catapult is installed on the aircraft carrier. When the carrier-based aircraft is about to take off, it is ejected to shorten the runway distance required for its take-off, so that the carrier-based aircraft can fly within a short time and within a short distance. Get up to takeoff speed!

It looks simple!
But the technical content is very high!
In the world before Arthur traveled, countries with this technology can be counted on the palm of one hand, which is much rarer than countries with nuclear bombs!
And again, since the runway is shorter than normal, a normal landing would definitely not work!

In that case, the carrier will not be able to reduce its speed due to insufficient runways, and it will directly hit the aircraft carrier!
However, there are also problems and there are solutions!

Thus, the Barrier Cable was born!

What is a barricade?
To put it bluntly, it is a rope!
The role of this rope is to pull it when the carrier-based aircraft lands, and let it slow down so that it will not hit the aircraft carrier!
But this rope is also very difficult to make!

First of all, the weight of the carrier-based aircraft itself is already very heavy, plus the force added by the speed when landing, so this rope must be able to withstand the impact of more than [-] tons!

Well, there are not a few countries that can make ropes that can withstand the impact of more than [-] tons!
But the problem is that the rope used on the aircraft carrier is not an ordinary rope!

It should be fine!
Because it is placed on the deck, if it is not thin enough, it may affect the normal taxiing of the carrier-based aircraft when it lands, resulting in accidents, aircraft crashes and fatalities!

Moreover, it must not only be thin, but also have sufficient toughness!
After the arresting cable is hooked to the tail of the carrier-based aircraft, it must also bend as the carrier-based aircraft runs forward. If there is no toughness and cannot follow the bend, then the tail of the carrier-based aircraft may be torn off directly!
At that time, not only will it not be able to slow down the speed, but it will also lead to the destruction of the carrier aircraft!
Therefore, this kind of blocking cable sounds simple, but it is very difficult to make!
Before Arthur crossed, there was only one country that could be counted with one hand, and it could be made!

The above are only the difficulties brought about by the ups and downs, but in fact there are many difficulties!

Say so!

Before Arthur crossed, there was no country that did not use parts from other countries when making aircraft carriers!
Even if it is a so-called domestic aircraft carrier, only most of the parts and some key parts are made in China, and a small part does not have that technology, and they use foreign ones!

And in that technologically advanced world, making an aircraft carrier is so difficult, let alone in this world of pirates, if you want to really build an aircraft carrier, it's outrageously difficult!
But the strength is not enough, black technology comes to make up!

St. Martin has been working for so many years, and has acquired a lot of black technology. Isn't it easy to cobble together a simple version of an aircraft carrier?
Let's just talk about the main difficulty, about the ups and downs, it was easily solved by Arthur!

Because, his aircraft carrier does not use carrier-based aircraft!
It's a steam mech!
Steam mecha, soaring in place!
What kind of catapult, what kind of high temperature resistant material, what kind of blocking cable, don't use it at all!
The steam mecha takes off against the wind shell of the empty island, and there is no problem taking off and landing on the spot, and there is no high temperature, so the deck material naturally does not need any high temperature resistance! ——
After Arthur arrived in the valley, he was immediately greeted by a group of soldiers on the aircraft carrier in front of him.

At this time, hundreds of scientists and workers from Saint Martin have gathered on the aircraft carrier!

"See Your Majesty!"

Seeing Arthur coming, everyone on the boat saluted respectfully!

"Free gift!"

Arthur waved his hand.

"Your Majesty, this is the surprise I told you!" After Arthur finished speaking, Meke greeted him with a smile.

Hearing this, Arthur's eyes lit up, and he said, "You mean the aircraft carrier has succeeded? Can it go into the water?"

The aircraft carrier has always been one of St. Maarten's projects!

It has been developed for a long time, and this ship has been parked here for a long time, but it has always remained in a state of not entering the water, just parked in this valley and sea water.

Now, since Meck said so, it means that this ship can enter the water and be used for real!

"That's right, Your Majesty!" Meck said with a smile, "Just now, we have conducted the last inspection, and now this aircraft carrier can be officially launched!"

"Great!" Arthur said in surprise, and then asked, "What is the current data of this ship?"

The aircraft carrier has been under construction. Although Arthur has the data when the aircraft carrier was originally designed, but because the aircraft carrier has continuously added new black technology, the current data is somewhat different from the original one!

Therefore, Arthur does not know the current data!

"Return to Your Majesty, the general data has not changed!" Meck explained in a deep voice, "The displacement is 30000 tons, the ship is 270 meters long, the ship is 40 meters wide, the deck is 200 meters long, and the draft is 8.5 meters."

Compared with the aircraft carrier in the previous life, this aircraft carrier is inferior, but considering the average technology in this world, then this aircraft carrier is indeed not bad!
"In terms of power, I used my latest steam engine, Steam Pioneer Type [-], four, and added the tidal energy researched from the Tik Kingdom to form a hybrid power!"

The aircraft carrier is very large and heavy, and the power required to drive it is very high, so there is really no way to use hybrid power!

St. Maarten does not have nuclear power, and the tidal energy has only been studied. It can only convert 30.00% of the tidal energy, which is not enough to drive an aircraft carrier. Therefore, only hybrid power can be used to achieve the start of the aircraft carrier. power!
"As for the speed, it is normally at [-] knots (a knot is equal to a speed of about [-] kilometers), but we have attached many double wind shells around the ship, so when necessary, these double wind shells can be activated. Bei, accelerate the aircraft carrier and reach a speed of [-] knots in a short time!"

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Listening to Meck's introduction, Arthur nodded in satisfaction, and then asked the key question, "So, how many steam mechs can this aircraft carrier carry?"

(End of this chapter)