BBC Parliament and new aircraft carriers.

[Chuck328]

Aside from rioting, they are debating this right now. Could be interesting.

[Eric Mc]

What are they debating?

[Chuck328]

Turn over and have a look!

(Funding)

[Eric Mc]

Sorry, working.

[Chuck328]

Apologies.

They have a public accounts committee with some Admiral and others discussing the various facets regarding funding and the capabilities of various types of carrier design.

[Eric Mc]

I thought they had sorted all that out ages ago.

[Chuck328]

So did I.

It appears however, that as one young MP rightly questions the good Admiral.

"Why is that we see time and time again, we design something and half way through the design changes and ends up costing a fortune more"

He's referring to what seems to be talk of installing cat launch capability and other possible design changes.

[ninja-lewis]

If that's the one I'm thinking of, the Committee were a bunch of idiots who didn't understand the NAO report, the questions they were asking nor the simple answers they were given.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/...

[Seight_Returns]

How are they going to make catapults work on a ship without a steam powerplant ?

[rhinochopig]

Seight_Returns said:

How are they going to make catapults work on a ship without a steam powerplant ?

Scalextric track or something

[andy400]

Seight_Returns said:

How are they going to make catapults work on a ship without a steam powerplant ?

Harness the steam from the galley.

[Eric Mc]

Seight_Returns said:

How are they going to make catapults work on a ship without a steam powerplant ?

Electro-magnetic.

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rhinochopig said:

Scalextric track or something

Basically, yes!

[Hooli]

Seight_Returns said:

How are they going to make catapults work on a ship without a steam powerplant ?

Doesn't matter, we've got nothing to launch from them anyway.

[Popeyed]

Seight_Returns said:

How are they going to make catapults work on a ship without a steam powerplant ?

Errr, by fitting a boiler or two, maybe an exhaust gas boiler; just like on the majority of non-steam powered ships that exist today.

[rhinochopig]

Popeyed said:

Seight_Returns said:

How are they going to make catapults work on a ship without a steam powerplant ?

Errr, by fitting a boiler or two, maybe an exhaust gas boiler; just like on the majority of non-steam powered ships that exist today.

I think by steam power-plant, he was referring to SGs, or lack thereof.

[Timmy35]

Perhaps we need to take a lesson from the Chinese and part convert it into an 'aircraft carrier' hotel to help cover the costs?

[Roberty]

rhinochopig said:

Popeyed said:

Seight_Returns said:

How are they going to make catapults work on a ship without a steam powerplant ?

Errr, by fitting a boiler or two, maybe an exhaust gas boiler; just like on the majority of non-steam powered ships that exist today.

I think by steam power-plant, he was referring to SGs, or lack thereof.

They are not going to be fitting Steam Catapualts but electo-magnetic ones.

So a lack of Steam Powerplants is irrelavant.

http://www.converteam.com/majic/pageServer/1z04040...

[Mojocvh]

Chuck328 said:

Aside from rioting, they are debating this right now. Could be interesting.

As in interesting watching the expenses count rise?