Publicado: Jue Jul 25, 2013 5:59 pm
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El tema de la capacidad aérea de un portaaviones tiene que ver fundamentalmente con el blindaje de este. A más blindaje menos capacidad por efecto de los pesos altos y la estabilidad minima que requiere un buque para navegar. Dejo un aporte de (1) en el que se habla de los Ark Royal e Illustrous británicos . Estos ultimos compartian en parte el sistema alemán de diseño de portaaviones en los que el blindaje impedia 2 cubiertas:
Any form of naval construction requires a compromise. For aircraft carriers the design has to balance speed, protection and aircraft capacity. The extra level of protection afforded these new carriers – whose type was designated as the Illustrious Class – meant that one of the other two elements needed to be sacrificed. It was decided that the extra armour would make the vessels top-heavy, so where the Ark Royal had two decks of hangars these new carriers would have only one. This lowered the centre of gravity, but also halved hangar space, so the ships could handle fewer aircraft. Ark Royal had a capacity of 60 aircraft, but the new carriers would be limited to just 36 aircraft apiece.
The key feature of these new carriers would be their ‘armoured box’. The top of this was the flight deck, protected by 3in (75mm) of armour, and the ‘box’ ran the whole length of the ship, to encompass the entire hangar. The sides were protected by 4½in (112.5mm) of armour, with armoured bulkheads of the same thickness fore and aft. The box then merged with the armoured belt which protected the carrier’s vitals – the propulsion system, fuel tanks and magazines. The hangar itself was 458ft long, 62ft wide and 16ft high, and at a squeeze could hold 30 Fairey Swordfish torpedo-bombers and six fighters or dive-bombers.
Saludos
(1) Konstam , Angus “British Aircraft Carriers 1939–45” Osprey 2010 pag 18
El tema de la capacidad aérea de un portaaviones tiene que ver fundamentalmente con el blindaje de este. A más blindaje menos capacidad por efecto de los pesos altos y la estabilidad minima que requiere un buque para navegar. Dejo un aporte de (1) en el que se habla de los Ark Royal e Illustrous británicos . Estos ultimos compartian en parte el sistema alemán de diseño de portaaviones en los que el blindaje impedia 2 cubiertas:
Any form of naval construction requires a compromise. For aircraft carriers the design has to balance speed, protection and aircraft capacity. The extra level of protection afforded these new carriers – whose type was designated as the Illustrious Class – meant that one of the other two elements needed to be sacrificed. It was decided that the extra armour would make the vessels top-heavy, so where the Ark Royal had two decks of hangars these new carriers would have only one. This lowered the centre of gravity, but also halved hangar space, so the ships could handle fewer aircraft. Ark Royal had a capacity of 60 aircraft, but the new carriers would be limited to just 36 aircraft apiece.
The key feature of these new carriers would be their ‘armoured box’. The top of this was the flight deck, protected by 3in (75mm) of armour, and the ‘box’ ran the whole length of the ship, to encompass the entire hangar. The sides were protected by 4½in (112.5mm) of armour, with armoured bulkheads of the same thickness fore and aft. The box then merged with the armoured belt which protected the carrier’s vitals – the propulsion system, fuel tanks and magazines. The hangar itself was 458ft long, 62ft wide and 16ft high, and at a squeeze could hold 30 Fairey Swordfish torpedo-bombers and six fighters or dive-bombers.
Saludos
(1) Konstam , Angus “British Aircraft Carriers 1939–45” Osprey 2010 pag 18