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The hull/conf arrays should have the same geometry fore and aft (symetrical coverage).
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Yep - agreed .
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The primary limiting factor on the sphere arrays is the heavy sound shielding directly between it and the submarine that the hull and conformal arrays don't have.
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Yep- exactly my point above so it cant ''see'' as far sternwards
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The acoustic geometry of the conformal arrays, reaching around the tops and bottoms of the rounded hull, make it very likely that they can see farther after than the conformal arrays
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Exactly my point.
And I have done a lot of'' figuring and picturing and drawing''
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if we reduced the backward sweep of the hull and conformal arrays, logically and mechanically we would have to reduce the forward sweep of the array
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Right - correct and I'm sure thats how it is in reality. I dont think it is ''implausable'' at all. You draw it out.
Finaly if the Greenvilles Conf sternwards cover was greater then those limits the report would have said - there was no need for them to make a distinction, and the didnt attempt, between SA and Conf so we have set boundary limits. I cant see how we can justify
any second guessing.
But as I say gameplay considerations will probably prevail :hmm: