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Originally Posted by Schwieger
Christ, think we finally found a worthy opponent of the Titan Superfortress.
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Am find some more big ship
project with the World War II seeking to build a giant plastic carrier named pykret, which is a mixture of ice (86%) and wood pulp or sawdust (14%) with a strength similar to reinforced concrete. Predicted displacement had reach 2 million tons.
The project developed in 1943 by Geoffrey Pyke - thickness of the filler mass pykretowej side was in the range of 12 meters. The system would provide continuous cooling kits refrigeration compressors and pipelines oziębiających external and internal parts of the sides were additionally be insulated with rubber and plastic. Concerns about the reliability of the cooling system and the opposition of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill led to the suspension of work on the project.
Drive lotniskowcowi two teams were to ensure the screws (after the 13 on the side) driven by separate electric motors. Hangar decks of aircraft had a capacity of 300 aircraft (including Beauforty, Wellingtons and Mosquito). Ship artillery armament was to consist of 80 (Doubly linked), Universal caliber cannon 5.2 inches and a few hundred teams of high-velocity guns caliber 40 mm.
In Canada, the flight deck was built with a miniature pykretu and there have been numerous attempts strength of the material. In the acute phases of project development work on it simultaneously, three independent teams in Canada, Britain and the United States. One of the effects test was to maritime safety and valor of the project even at the 15th meter waves.
As a final assembly site provides Canadian Corner Brook, Newfoundland and the Gulf of Seven Islands Bay, Quebec. Home base for the finished aircraft was about to become a Canadian Halifax, also predicted the expansion of one of the naval bases in Scotland, especially for the possible adoption of a floating giant.
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Remember, this Habbakuk model I'm building is 1/700 scale.
Here's some pics of a 1/700 Nimitz AC hull and a Iowa battleship hull next to the wood Habbakuk hull for scale:
^^^ Habbakuk, CV Essex & ss ?
