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From the article: "The elevators aren’t the only issue plaguing the ship, which has had problems with two other core systems -- the electromagnetic system to la
by sramsay 7y ago
From the article: "The elevators aren’t the only issue plaguing the ship, which has had problems with two other core systems -- the electromagnetic system to launch planes and the arresting gear to catch them when they land."
So let's see, the only the problem with this aircraft carrier is that it has trouble with airplanes taking off. And landing. And carrying, you know, bombs.
- smacktoward 7y ago“But other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?”
- el_benhameen 7y agoThis all seems fine to me, then. They can't get the bombs to the planes, but that's fine because the planes can't take off, which is fine because they couldn't land anyway.
- weego 7y agoSeems like a pretty decent take on an MVP to me. Ship it.
- thunderrabbit 7y agoOops! Wrong industry! /s
- iseanstevens 7y agoLiterally, a ship.
- Havoc 7y agoHey if you're ever sick of programming I've got a government job for you. Chief widget surveyor.
- penagwin 7y agoREAD: Docker Container Enthusiast
- ianamartin 7y agoWe'l fix it later if the MVP proves that bombs, takeoffs, and landing are a good product-market fit.
- FooHentai 7y agoThe wireframe prototype sank in testing, but we're confident the production version will float!
- liability 7y agoWell, at least the front hasn't fallen off. The LCS-2 had problems like aggressive galvanic corrosion between the aluminum hull and steel propulsion system due to inadaquate isolation. Any small boat owner could have told you that dissimilar metals and salt water are a bad mix unless you use sacrificial anodes and take measures to eliminate current flow. Yet the USN botched it.
- vonmoltke 7y agoI can't believe they went for an aluminum hull after the Royal Navy's disastrous experience with the Type 21 frigates.
- Gibbon1 7y agoNot to mention the USS Stark where the aluminum superstructure caught fire after being hit by a dud Exocet.
- scottlocklin 7y agoBetter hope nobody drops a zinc penny in the bilge.
- qtplatypus 7y agoAfter a bit of research I was a little confused. According to my research you can use sink as a sacrificial anode for Al depending on the exact alloy you are using.
- scottlocklin 7y agoOwners of aluminum boats make guests empty their pockets of loose change, because a penny in the bilge of an aluminum boat will punch a hole in the hull. I did make a mistake; has to be an old style copper penny for maximum galvanic corrosion. It's a fairly lousy material for boats, though people use it anyway.
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- zipwitch 7y agoThe real scandal isn't that the Ford is having (lots) of problems with it's new technology. That can happen. It's not even that a decision was made to put multiple novel, unproven systems into a major warship. The biggest scandal is that the US Navy accepted delivery of the Ford and commissioned it when it was non-functional. This should be ending swathes of careers at the top of both the US Navy and Huntington Ingalls Industries.
- teilo 7y agoBased on the scuttlebutt I've been hearing from Navy insiders, this is just the tip of the iceberg, and the entire organization is a mess right now.
- krapht 7y agoYup. How many times does this engineering mistake have to be made? "Let's save time and money by not building a prototype and do our testing of the system on the actual ship itself!" Whenever someone thinks: let's cut corners on "x" to save money and time, it has always come around to bite me. And now they are far behind schedule, and they ended up having to build a carrier replica at the drydock to do testing anyway.
- cle 7y agoIt keeps happening b/c so many people have the same attitude as GP: find scapegoats and fire them! That will fix the systemic problems...right?! No, it won't.
- vkou 7y agoIt will if the scapegoats are admirals. From my conversation with navy folks, unless a scandal sinks an admiral, the organization does not take it seriously, and will not make any institutional changes.
- cryptonector 7y ago
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- pkphilip 7y agoSo Duh?! So just use helicopters instead of planes.. and have the choppers also land the munitions on deck. Do I need to do ALL of the thinking around here?!!
- __m 7y agoThis calls for a noble peace price
- TomK32 7y agoWhile do I appreciate any form of pacifism, and praise the US Navy's efforts[1], it could be reached much cheaper. [1] They're doing it better than the Norwegian Navy which last year sunk one of their frigates.
- KozmoNau7 7y agoA warship that cannot perform it's primary functions is much preferable to one that can. I suggest the Navy use it as a power plant instead.