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cj95
08-24-08, 04:08 PM
What the heck are these things?

Curb Feelers?



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/cj95/aircraft_carrier_front.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/cj95/CurbFeelers1.jpg



I've looked many places and have never found an answer, and its just bugging me.:damn:
Letum
08-24-08, 04:26 PM
I know nothing about modern carriers, but ww1/2 carriers often had booms and
wires that look a little like that to catch any aircraft that fall off the deck.


Curb Feelers on cars? I learn something new each day!
Platapus
08-24-08, 04:34 PM
I believe those are radio antenna
mrbeast
08-24-08, 04:40 PM
They look like radio antennas to me. :hmm:

I've never heard of or seen a 'curb feeler' either.
Letum
08-24-08, 06:02 PM
There are 6 or more the whole length of the ship. No wires between them, so I was wrong in my wild guess.
Blacklight
08-24-08, 06:53 PM
Stuped Aircraft Carrier Question !!!! OH BOY !!! I've had a TON of these stewing in my head but I've been aftaid to ask !!!

Okay... so... Aircraft Carriers....

Do they really float ? :hmm:
Platapus
08-24-08, 06:55 PM
sure they float. What I don't understand is how come they don't tip over?
Sailor Steve
08-24-08, 07:21 PM
Those are radio antennae. The fold down when launching planes and can point up when needed.

The thing on the car is a curb feeler. When I was a kid in the '50s everybody had them. They aided with parallel parking and kept you from scraping your lovely hubcaps.
UnderseaLcpl
08-24-08, 07:58 PM
Those are radio antennae. The fold down when launching planes and can point up when needed.



Why would they position them so low? Ultra-high frequency Near Vertical Incident Skywave (NVIS) transmission? Does the hull of the carrier itself not impair electromagnetic propogation? Does the reactor's shielding cause interference?

Explain, please. I'm lost.
bookworm_020
08-24-08, 10:05 PM
As above, they are antenna. The british during WW2 had a similar looking thing that was used for parking aircraft, it created more deck space. It fell out of use as aircraft got heavier and tricycle undercarriage took over from tail wheels.
cj95
08-25-08, 07:20 AM
Thanks guys....thats been bugging me for years.


AS far as not having heard of Curb Feelers....I guess you dont get too many Pimp-mobiles over in the UK...LOL.


Most of the cars that have them over here are ridiculously pimp'd out monstrosities which is why the notion of them on carriers was kinda funny.