JTninja wrote:
^Thanks, great reference!
Question, for the rear flight deck supports, are they on the edge of the stern, or a couple feet away on both side? Im having a hard time with the above plans...
If I understand your question, you are referring to the vertical beams supporting the fore / aft girders under the flight deck. Here are pictures that should answer your question. The rearmost pair of supports are angled outward, the forward pair are completely vertical. There is a picture of HORNET in drydock taken from directly astern of her that shows the angle of the supports very well. It is too big to attach here, but you can find it in the navsource photo index under HORNET CV-8.
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These are pictures of my current project - HORNET. The picture only shows the aftmost pair of supports, but they are the ones that may be hardest to figure out. The forward pair of supports go under the second side to side girder forward of the one to which the shown vertical supports are attached in the picture. In other words, they are attached to the most forward side to side beam in the pictures below. Note that the supports are not yet glued in place. When they are, they will be right on the edge of the main deck. Note that there are stiffening webs on the supports which I also have not yet attached. The outermost web actually bends to follow the edge of the deck at the very bottom. In other words, there is no way to walk around the outside of them and remain on the main deck. (Splash!)
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Hope this answers your question. The blueprints / plans can be hard to understand in some places, so pictures are very important.