March 30, 200818 yr I put the Zumwalt through a few tests to check her sea legs using HCDB-080326 which generated a few observations: o Why a max cruise speed of 18 kts instead of 19 kts? Is this associated with her drive-type? o Why are the 155mm/62 AGS LRLAP rounds modeled as missiles? o Why does the 57mm/70 Mk110 ppq mount have 16 bursts but the 57mm/70 M110 ssq mount have 255 bursts? o The game allows me to use gunfire against a target for which I had a bearing-only, area detection (using sonar). I did not hit while the detection box was big but did when it became near-exact. o She's very stealthy. Thanks, Brad! DN
March 30, 200818 yr I put the Zumwalt through a few tests to check her sea legs using HCDB-080326 which generated a few observations: The Zumwalt adopts in large part the H4.1 data you see here: http://harpgamer.com/harpforum/index.php?showtopic=2648 o Why a max cruise speed of 18 kts instead of 19 kts? Is this associated with her drive-type? The cruise speed is calculated from the max speed. o Why are the 155mm/62 AGS LRLAP rounds modeled as missiles? If they were modeled as gunfire, you would have instantaneous hits or misses, even at the max range of 83 nm. Plus they would be fired automatically, probably something you wouldn't want to do. o Why does the 57mm/70 Mk110 ppq mount have 16 bursts but the 57mm/70 M110 ssq mount have 255 bursts? Because occasionally I make typographical errors too. o The game allows me to use gunfire against a target for which I had a bearing-only, area detection (using sonar). I did not hit while the detection box was big but did when it became near-exact. Interesting. Its a side effect of being modeled as a missile, I expect, but even so, they have only inertial guidance. A code limitation of that, probably. o She's very stealthy. Good to know. Thanks, Brad! No problem. Fun platform to play with, I expect.
March 30, 200818 yr Author A little more on the LRLAP rounds. You can fire them BOL as well. They'll adopt guidance and home on intervening targets. I looked at her a bit in the platform editor and she's got a RCS of 75. That compares to 80 for the LCS, 95 for the F-117, 73 for the B-2 and 85 for the F-22. One thing that puzzles me is that other modern LO ships like the Swedish Visby (RCS=180), Israeli Sa'ar 5 (RCS = 188) and French La Fayette (RCS=186) are significantly less stealthy than the US designs. In fact they don't seem significantly less in RCS than other vessels of similar size - at least to the degree the Zumwalt and LCS are. Any thoughts there? Thanks! DN
March 30, 200818 yr A little more on the LRLAP rounds. You can fire them BOL as well. They'll adopt guidance and home on intervening targets. Something for the bug tracker, I expect. I looked at her a bit in the platform editor and she's got a RCS of 75. That compares to 80 for the LCS, 95 for the F-117, 73 for the B-2 and 85 for the F-22. One thing that puzzles me is that other modern LO ships like the Swedish Visby (RCS=180), Israeli Sa'ar 5 (RCS = 188) and French La Fayette (RCS=186) are significantly less stealthy than the US designs. In fact they don't seem significantly less in RCS than other vessels of similar size - at least to the degree the Zumwalt and LCS are. Any thoughts there? Thanks! You can't really directly compare ship and aircraft RCS values. As far as the ships themselves are concerned, its difficult to guage RCS for platforms that aren't in service (like the Zumwalt and LCS) and for which information isn't readily available. The La Fayette, for example, is considered in some ways to be "first generation" naval stealth, and thats in part why it gets the bigger value here.
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