Full speed turn (pic)
 

Boat leans to the out side of turn at full speed.

oh dang...

I see there are ALOT of others who look at consumptionjnunction also...

I thought i was the only freak... hahaha

Looks like it has the new twin step bottom.:p

Trim that bad boy

I just DON"T want to be sitting on the outside when the wake comes by.....:eek: :crazy:

Cool picture. Hope the planes (and dinnerware) are tied down.

:eek::eek: Holy shizzit!!!
That's got to be like a 40' wake!!!

I remember seeing video like that from a Discovery show about the building of a Nimitz-class carrier. Unreal when they took it for sea trials - think about the numbers:

1100 ft long, 97,000 tons displacement, 20 stories from the waterline to the top of the tower, top end better than 30 knots (roughly 40 mph) - can you imagine this big motherf****** tearing by at 40 mph? Jeebus!

No aircraft onboard for this. As Dockrocker said it's during sea trials and also it IS the NImitz (CVN-68) which is currently based in Washington state. I made three deployments on Nimitz from 1977-1981 while assigned to an F-14 squadron VF-84 (Jolly Rogers)...

Not sure if this was the first or secong turn but as I remember they go from a full speed ahead to a hard in one direction to a hard in the other. From on deck it looked like it was going to go over. It is amazing how fast those things are.

Jon

While the official top speed is classified ("over 30 knots" is the official word...), I've heard that they need to have a wind speed of ~30 knots over the deck to conduct flight operations. So, on a calm day, the ship's speed has to provide all of that 30 knot wind.

Not sure if that's true or not, but it sounded plausible to me...

He saw the water patrol.

Might as well start something ... lucky it's not a stepped hull!!

USS Harry S. Truman, coming soon to a Persian Gulf near you ;)

Just a little bit of a bow wake... :eek:

http://www.nns.com/photogallery/Carriers/S00-6-102.jpg

I don't care how militant Muslim or anti-American middleasterner I was, If I saw that, and the punch it's packin, coming to get my ass, I'd have to pause and question my committment for a few seconds! :eek:

cool!
i also watched them ar discovery channel.amazing machines....

that is some SERIOUS prop wash . . . . .whats on that thing . . . merc speedmaster #6,000,000's . . . . :eek: :eek: :D :D . . .wonder if everybody had to lean to the inside for that turn, like they do on them americas cup sailboats :p

how'd ya like to be looking out one of the windows on the starboard side on top of that tower. long way down.

That was a cool pic. I like this one too. :D

Nort, that is badass! Just added it to my collection - I love the shockwave visible on the water.

This is my latest favorite Navy Picture.
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Thanks Abe!

PROPS turning IN or OUT??:D

You can see the Manatee parts flying off the prop wash!

I need glasses...................I dont' see that! :D

i made that exact turn in my fountain one time.... lost my starboard drive about a minute later

All they had to do was put the Port trim tab down, and she would have been fine !!!

Bob Teague said the handling was very preditable, and the fit and finish was some of the best they have seen at Powerboat.

Michael

Did the Navy have an ad in Powerboat? :D

Just like a Cat

I wonder if they took the Tres Martin class:D