Stupid Aircraft carrier question

cj95 · 08-24-08, 04:08 PM

What the heck are these things?

Curb Feelers?

I've looked many places and have never found an answer, and its just bugging me.

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

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.

08-24-08, 04:08 PM	#1
cj95 Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 258 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 0	Stupid Aircraft carrier question What the heck are these things? Curb Feelers? I've looked many places and have never found an answer, and its just bugging me.

08-24-08, 04:26 PM	#2
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	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! __________________

08-24-08, 04:34 PM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,381 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I believe those are radio antenna __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-24-08, 04:40 PM	#4
mrbeast Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bolton, UK Posts: 1,236 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	They look like radio antennas to me. :hmm: I've never heard of or seen a 'curb feeler' either. __________________

08-24-08, 06:02 PM	#5
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	There are 6 or more the whole length of the ship. No wires between them, so I was wrong in my wild guess. __________________

08-24-08, 06:53 PM	#6
Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	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: __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

08-24-08, 06:55 PM	#7
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,381 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	sure they float. What I don't understand is how come they don't tip over? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-24-08, 07:21 PM	#8
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	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. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-24-08, 10:05 PM	#10
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	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. __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

08-25-08, 07:20 AM	#11
cj95 Lieutenant Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 258 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 0	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.