Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

Porsche Le Mans Prototype development simulator:

Wow!

stroker wrote:

fasted58 wrote:

I have to build one of those, someday...

My son and I were at the same race!! I pretty much fell in love with all the Formula Juniors and wish this one was just a bit faster (it pretty much ran at the back).

Hotlink requirement:

-Rob

In reply to Bumboclot:

The Zumwalt. A 15,000-ton destroyer...half again bigger than a WW2 heavy cruiser or an Independence-class CVL. That is huge for a DD.

DukeOfUndersteer wrote:

Nice going.

In reply to Will:

Sure is. There is a whole lot a ass kicking aboard that thing.

Will wrote: In reply to Bumboclot: The Zumwalt. A 15,000-ton destroyer...half again bigger than a WW2 heavy cruiser or an Independence-class CVL. That is huge for a DD.

not quite .. the ship I was on was a .. end of the war design heavy cruiser ( USS Newport News CA 148) which was 21000 tons

but those guns are the size of the guns on the light cruisers .. and odds are they're rapid fire (our 8" could fire 1 round every 6sec.)

the 5"54 on the modern day destroyer is faster than that ... so I'd expect a brand new 6" gun would be an automatic rapid fire like the 5"54

wbjones wrote:

Will wrote: In reply to Bumboclot: The Zumwalt. A 15,000-ton destroyer...half again bigger than a WW2 heavy cruiser or an Independence-class CVL. That is huge for a DD.

not quite .. the ship I was on was a .. end of the war design heavy cruiser ( USS Newport News CA 148) which was 21000 tons

Fair enough. I based my statement on the Northampton class which were ~10,000 tons.

The seller posted this pics of a car he is trying to sell. Good luck with that.

I know how the little guy feels when life is holding you back some jackass makes you carry more.

Will wrote:

wbjones wrote:

Will wrote: In reply to Bumboclot: The Zumwalt. A 15,000-ton destroyer...half again bigger than a WW2 heavy cruiser or an Independence-class CVL. That is huge for a DD.

not quite .. the ship I was on was a .. end of the war design heavy cruiser ( USS Newport News CA 148) which was 21000 tons

Fair enough. I based my statement on the Northampton class which were ~10,000 tons.

I see where you got mis-lead ...

the Northhampton-class cruisers did see action in WW2 ... but the Northampton-class cruisers were a group of six heavy cruisers built for the U.S. Navy, and commissioned between 1928 and 1931.

additional info

the design of the ships was heavily influenced by the Washington Naval Treaty, which limited cruisers to a maximum of 10,000 tons displacement and a maximum main battery caliber of 8 inches (203 mm). The Northamptons were a reaction to the weight and cost of the immediately preceding Pensacola class, differing in several ways. The Pensacolas mounted a main battery of 10 8-inch (203 mm) guns in four turrets, a twin and superfiring triple fore and aft. In contrast, the Northamptons mounted 9 8-inch (203 mm) guns in three triple turrets, two forward and one aft, the layout followed in all subsequent U.S. heavy cruisers. Although armor was increased, the Northamptons turned out to be lighter than the Pensacolas, and nearly 1,000 tons below the treaty limitations. Freeboard was increased in the Northamptons by adopting a high forecastle, which was extended aft in the last three for use as flagships. These ships were also the first U.S. ships to adopt a hangar for aircraft, and bunks instead of hammocks. Their lighter than expected weight caused them to roll excessively, which necessitated the fitting of deep bilge keels. The immediately following Portland class was essentially a modified Northampton.