The original Navy towing tank was installed at the Washington Navy Yard down the street from Nat's stadium in 1896 by David Taylor. The model basin building still exists and is currently an annex to the U.S. Navy Museum.
We've had a lot of testing facilities for the last century. My father was in charge of the hypersonic wind tunnels at Lockheed, (they called them the hot shot wind tunnel) where they tested models to 25K and above. Then he went and did the same thing at Ocean systems, their Lumph tanks. But what has really changed is that so much less of that needs to be done, so much more can be done and projected by computer now. With the advent years ago of computers capable of such modeling, then a lot less testing has to be done, only when you are much closer to a final design. What we have seen in the last 30 years, is nothing compared to what we will see in the next 30... In the last 10 generations, we as a country have gone from fighting the British with Muskets, to traveling to the moon in 8 generations, to now be ready to travel to Mars in the next generation. We currently can't imagine how we will leave this solar system, but then 2 1/2 generations ago we didn't really have computers either.
Maybe it's just me, but based on the convergent designs of both rail guns in conjunction with GPS-guided projectiles in current use, it makes me think that the U.S. Military's prime objective is to be able to launch a cost-effective projectile with as much velocity as possible while having an onboard guidance system capable of withstanding the internal shock of a high-G launch and adjusting to target in-flight with extremely high-accuracy. An accurately-guided railgun shell is sure to spawn nightmares for anyone on the receiving end.
@@Stanzig666 Honestly, that could even be scarier than drone strikes, knowing that if the Americans felt like it and you stayed in one position long enough, a big piece of tungsten going over Mac 3 comes down at you directly
@Voin Before the drone, we have the Tomahawk Missile. GPS guided, 1000 lbs of explosive, but it goes subsonic around 500 mph. It's still a great platform to get the job done, but with the railgun, faster is better.
Had lots of rides in the tunnel. Both on the carriage and the small retrieval boat. Determined the transonic dip for fins in a blow down wind tunnel. Spent many days on the water for testing and exercises. Months at the Aberdeen Undex pond. All of the Navy labs and many other installations. Now retired enjoying the fruits of my labors. Want to have fun, work with some Navy seals for a couple years.
Yeah I kind of wondered that math but I think it's just a general area of avoidance from radar detection that they can possibly cover. Basically making it harder to pinpoint exact location of the carrier at least that's what my simple brain took from it.
Wow that shot down the runway while in full turn you could see the deck twisting from front to back. Crazy power to do that and amazing it holds together.
Ocean simulation tanks have been around for decades. The UK one has been around for about 50 years and can float a couple of destroyers if you could lift them in.
What exactly do you mean when you say "The ships (nimitz class aircraft carriers) can cover up to 700 miles in a 1/2 hour". It would be impossible for any ship to sail at 1400 miles per hour, so I am hoping you meant something other than the speed it can travel.
Yeah I had the same question.... idk what kind of Algebra equation that can give you 700 miles . +or- 15 miles in any direction. 15 squared =225 so unless your including a third axis as floating atop 30,000'(6 miles deep)of water it doesn't cover 700 miles.
@@user-qo5fd4ej3v That is still not really what is said though - "could be anywhere within a 700 square mile area" would be accurate. "covers 700 square miles" is not. The thing is, it is a ridiculous concept anyway. Based on what was said it can only ever be 15 miles from its initial position and at most 30 miles from any point on the 15 mile radius circle around that initial position. That is, even if the carrier was on the direct opposite side of the circle from a searcher, it would be at most 30 miles away. This massive aircraft carrier would be visible to the naked eye from any aircraft within 30 miles, let alone radar equipped ships or aircraft. Put simply, even when corrected, it sounds impressive but really isn't. But here is the important part - The carrier can maintain a speed of 30+ KNOTS. That's a speed measured in nautical miles per hour, not miles per hour. The radius of the circle would actually be over 17 miles, not 15 miles. It doesn't make much difference to whether or not it would be easily found. It is simply not accurate to say it can "hide in the open ocean by covering up to 700 square miles of distance in just half an hour" - not even close.
700 square miles or about 528 square nautical miles. Runs approximately 23 nautical miles per hour or 11.5 nautical miles per half hour. Still pretty fast seeing as the ship weighs more than 100,000 tonnes.
Towing tanks to test ships’ models is something we naval archictects are using since centuries! There are documented test basins of the Royal Navy in the UK from the 18th century. Nevertheless very interesting video, thank you.
@@davekennon4136 looking up; how fast does an aircraft carrier travel. It says the same thing a possibility of 700 square miles so I must not have the right formula. I couldn't find the proper formula.
That wave generation technology was invented by Stephen Salter and the first such tank called the wide wave tank with multiple wave makers was built by the University of Edinburgh to develop wave power.
Stuck a pin in it would be a better description. I worked at a test and evaluation squadron in MD not terribly far from this facility, and it's not uncommon for us to use long mothballed airframes and platforms, briefly resurrecting it's long dead supply chain like some kinda logistical necromancer just so we can test the smallest detail for something some Boeing engineer though crucial for a future project. Nothing dies in the Navy until we literally deep 6 it in the ocean.
@@attemptedunkindness3632 Here is a concept for you. LOOK IT UP ! As for making sure the helicopters didn't crash, sounds like you would not have passed any of my inspections as I was the QA Chief and a QAR, and back in the 70's I was a CDI.
Grahamo22 is correct, we have similar facility since1950, but used for civilian purposes only. As to the railgun - looks similar to Fat Berta or the Paris cannon in WWI - able to makefew shots to be demounted and repaired back in Krupps facility. Zumwalt is a failure andd the three units will have to operated under significantly lowered requirements.
Who else would have thought of trying a model in a tub! The whole world spent ages putting a tub inside a model and wondering, where they got it wrong, till the US Navy came along and showed them.
That model is really cool. How much does it cost to build one.? 😎🇺🇸👍 What I wanna know is how come you didn’t talk about this sooner Like 40 years ago I would’ve applied for a job. I think it’s awesome.
And remember: for every sleek and sexy new innovation by uncle sam, there are dozens of very boring and very dry sub productions supporting it. Everybody wants the bang, but all too few people know how to make the buck work for it.
I'd have thought that if you're modelling a ship or sub in sea water, then the density of the water/fluid medium needs to be to scale, so if the model is 50% scale size then the fluid needs to physically have 50% less viscosity than sea water. However, this appears not to be a design or engineering consideration during testing.
All this testing equipment and the ONLY class of ship that can power the rail gun has already been removed from service because its hull keeps breaking apart among other reasons.
So, over 100 years ago the American Military built a marine testing facility that was 5/8 of a mile long. Five eighths of a mile… Americans just can’t bring themselves to admit to the existence of The Kilometre!
It isn't unique. Check out MARIN's Seakeeping and Maneuvering facility in Wageningen, The Netherlands. And they have a truly unique facility: The Depressurized Wave Basin in Eda, The Netherlands. There is no other facility like it in the world.
No one said it was. He clearly says there are several facilities like this across the us. He never said it’s the first of its kind or that it was the only one in the world. I hope the Netherlands has a facility like this with their long coastline and history of maritime tradition. Just tell us about the facility instead of putting words in the creators mouth.
10:08 "square miles" is not a measure of distance, it is a measure of area. What are you trying to say here? You are not using ChatGPT to write the script, are you?
I wonder if anyone asked the fish living in the area where so called shock wave tests were conducted and did anyone count the dead fish that floated to the surface?
What we need are hundreds of CBT/servailance Drones to intercept and destroy Aircrafts, ships, and missiles on the First wave from the enemy, and immediately a second wave useing pilots. And a third wave using both Cbat Drones and pilots. A Drone is expendable.
1,000 x $20k suicide drones each with 50kg high explosive. Then x10 standard cruise missiles. $25B Carrier strike group sunk for $50 million with no casualties. Just stating the obvious. Iranian HESA Shahed range > 1,000 km.
God it’s weird seeing the fanuc robots outside of work, I can still hear alarms blaring. Dear lord and yaskawa, I have nothing but bad experiences with those too.
Considered all the results and document already stolen by Chinese hacker according to US claims, I would rate its opponent as the more genius side, training bunch of spy and hacker should be much cheaper.
700 square miles or about 528 square nautical miles. Runs approximately 23 nautical miles per hour or 11.5 nautical miles per half hour. Still pretty fast seeing as the ship weighs more than 100,000 tonnes.
They make a big deal about the scale carriers, but they never say a thing about the teeny tiny sailors they developed to sail it!
Nice to see a sense of humour still exists
Aka "seamen"!!!
I can produce enough seamen for the entire planet with 30 seconds and a centerfold. Lol
@@charleslacombe8325 then again, we are all able-bodied se(a)men!
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The original Navy towing tank was installed at the Washington Navy Yard down the street from Nat's stadium in 1896 by David Taylor. The model basin building still exists and is currently an annex to the U.S. Navy Museum.
We've had a lot of testing facilities for the last century. My father was in charge of the hypersonic wind tunnels at Lockheed, (they called them the hot shot wind tunnel) where they tested models to 25K and above. Then he went and did the same thing at Ocean systems, their Lumph tanks. But what has really changed is that so much less of that needs to be done, so much more can be done and projected by computer now. With the advent years ago of computers capable of such modeling, then a lot less testing has to be done, only when you are much closer to a final design. What we have seen in the last 30 years, is nothing compared to what we will see in the next 30... In the last 10 generations, we as a country have gone from fighting the British with Muskets, to traveling to the moon in 8 generations, to now be ready to travel to Mars in the next generation. We currently can't imagine how we will leave this solar system, but then 2 1/2 generations ago we didn't really have computers either.
Everything is fine, it's a pity that one small contradiction interferes - the poor get poorer, the rich get richer.
Man where does fluctuate get such awesome footage of us military it’s so good.
I am sure very Limited Info and footage but enjoyable and interesting and to seeing your tax dollars at work
هذا لا شيء أمام قدرت الجبار المنتقم الله جل جلاله. أمريكا والناتو دول تقتل المسلمين كي تنعم في خيراتنا
Drive by here every day to work! Always wondered what the inside was like ty!!
I wish people would stop overusing "Genius". It's just a normal part of engineering.
Thanks for spending the time to create and share this content 🤙🏾
Maybe it's just me, but based on the convergent designs of both rail guns in conjunction with GPS-guided projectiles in current use, it makes me think that the U.S. Military's prime objective is to be able to launch a cost-effective projectile with as much velocity as possible while having an onboard guidance system capable of withstanding the internal shock of a high-G launch and adjusting to target in-flight with extremely high-accuracy.
An accurately-guided railgun shell is sure to spawn nightmares for anyone on the receiving end.
That's the idea
@@Stanzig666 Honestly, that could even be scarier than drone strikes, knowing that if the Americans felt like it and you stayed in one position long enough, a big piece of tungsten going over Mac 3 comes down at you directly
@Voin Before the drone, we have the Tomahawk Missile. GPS guided, 1000 lbs of explosive, but it goes subsonic around 500 mph. It's still a great platform to get the job done, but with the railgun, faster is better.
@@Stanzig666 Faster and cheaper mind you but yeah I get what you mean.
GPS is too high up, that’s where LEO come in and the rapid development of small replaceable satellites constellations
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Had lots of rides in the tunnel. Both on the carriage and the small retrieval boat. Determined the transonic dip for fins in a blow down wind tunnel. Spent many days on the water for testing and exercises. Months at the Aberdeen Undex pond. All of the Navy labs and many other installations. Now retired enjoying the fruits of my labors. Want to have fun, work with some Navy seals for a couple years.
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700 miles of distance in 30 minutes?!?! I didnt know those carriers could go mach 2
700 square miles or about 528 square nautical miles. Runs approximately 23 nautical miles per hour or 11.5 nautical miles per half hour
Yeah I kind of wondered that math but I think it's just a general area of avoidance from radar detection that they can possibly cover. Basically making it harder to pinpoint exact location of the carrier at least that's what my simple brain took from it.
Lmao
Wow that shot down the runway while in full turn you could see the deck twisting from front to back. Crazy power to do that and amazing it holds together.
Flight deck, not runway. Veteran USN served aboard the USS Ranger CV-61 1985 to 1988.
U sure that's what ur seeing r the ship is build like that
This ingenious method has been used by the USSR since ancient times... So a very successful find!
Ocean simulation tanks have been around for decades. The UK one has been around for about 50 years and can float a couple of destroyers if you could lift them in.
What's your point? The video just said the US Navy has had one since 1930.
This one is more advance.
exact ! And, probably ... there are a NUMBER of better educated IMMIGRANTS from Europe or Asia behind it too ...
@@pvp64 Why did the Americans have ships in 1930? or wooden boats?
@@LOLOVAL-os3pq Huh?
Esse canal não passa de uma colcha de retalhos de assuntos diferentes e curiosos.
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What exactly do you mean when you say "The ships (nimitz class aircraft carriers) can cover up to 700 miles in a 1/2 hour". It would be impossible for any ship to sail at 1400 miles per hour, so I am hoping you meant something other than the speed it can travel.
Yeah I had the same question.... idk what kind of Algebra equation that can give you 700 miles . +or- 15 miles in any direction.
15 squared =225 so unless your including a third axis as floating atop 30,000'(6 miles deep)of water it doesn't cover 700 miles.
@@user-qo5fd4ej3v That is still not really what is said though - "could be anywhere within a 700 square mile area" would be accurate. "covers 700 square miles" is not.
The thing is, it is a ridiculous concept anyway. Based on what was said it can only ever be 15 miles from its initial position and at most 30 miles from any point on the 15 mile radius circle around that initial position. That is, even if the carrier was on the direct opposite side of the circle from a searcher, it would be at most 30 miles away.
This massive aircraft carrier would be visible to the naked eye from any aircraft within 30 miles, let alone radar equipped ships or aircraft. Put simply, even when corrected, it sounds impressive but really isn't.
But here is the important part - The carrier can maintain a speed of 30+ KNOTS. That's a speed measured in nautical miles per hour, not miles per hour. The radius of the circle would actually be over 17 miles, not 15 miles. It doesn't make much difference to whether or not it would be easily found.
It is simply not accurate to say it can "hide in the open ocean by covering up to 700 square miles of distance in just half an hour" - not even close.
700 square miles or about 528 square nautical miles. Runs approximately 23 nautical miles per hour or 11.5 nautical miles per half hour. Still pretty fast seeing as the ship weighs more than 100,000 tonnes.
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Towing tanks to test ships’ models is something we naval archictects are using since centuries! There are documented test basins of the Royal Navy in the UK from the 18th century. Nevertheless very interesting video, thank you.
Wait, what is this documentary about? Yes.
In South Africa we will never be able to use a rail gun due to fact that we have most of the time Loadshedding 😁😁😁 but anyway thanks for video clip
And the materiel trucks would get hijacked before reaching the factory.
10:00 Covering up to 700miles in just a half hour? Typo?
That would be the √ 700 which is 26 1/2 miles. Since they said 700 square miles if I'm thinking correctly.
700 square miles they said, but even in a straight line that’s over 52 miles an hour, or 26 miles…
But about 52 MPH … not likely
@@davekennon4136 looking up; how fast does an aircraft carrier travel. It says the same thing a possibility of 700 square miles so I must not have the right formula. I couldn't find the proper formula.
@@davekennon4136 they go 35 mph
That wave generation technology was invented by Stephen Salter and the first such tank called the wide wave tank with multiple wave makers was built by the University of Edinburgh to develop wave power.
Let God be glorified in all that you do.
I thought the U.S. Navy dumped the rail gun project, due to cost, bulk, power requirements, and the short life of the barrel.
Stuck a pin in it would be a better description. I worked at a test and evaluation squadron in MD not terribly far from this facility, and it's not uncommon for us to use long mothballed airframes and platforms, briefly resurrecting it's long dead supply chain like some kinda logistical necromancer just so we can test the smallest detail for something some Boeing engineer though crucial for a future project. Nothing dies in the Navy until we literally deep 6 it in the ocean.
@@attemptedunkindness3632 You sound like a politician. Must have take classes in circumlocution.
@@dallasarnold8615 I don't know what that gat dang ten dollar word is. I just made sure the helamacopters didn't crash.
I,m sure they did, but when you can print dollars like it's monopoly money and are accountable to NOBODY .
Then cost is irrelevant.
@@attemptedunkindness3632 Here is a concept for you. LOOK IT UP ! As for making sure the helicopters didn't crash, sounds like you would not have passed any of my inspections as I was the QA Chief and a QAR, and back in the 70's I was a CDI.
Let the robots fight it out.
Before you know it Humans will be fighting Robots
جاهزيه في كل القطاعات واستعداد تام لكل الاحتمالات فائق الدقه ويفوق التوقعات
That would be a fun wave pool
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Grahamo22 is correct, we have similar facility since1950, but used for civilian purposes only. As to the railgun - looks similar to Fat Berta or the Paris cannon in WWI - able to makefew shots to be demounted and repaired back in Krupps facility. Zumwalt is a failure andd the three units will have to operated under significantly lowered requirements.
Please use the metric system, only 3 countries in the whole world use the imperial system.
If a sailor would be touching the hull, would the shock wave hurt the sailor ?
Shockwave as in hydraulic shock not electric shock.
Who else would have thought of trying a model in a tub! The whole world spent ages putting a tub inside a model and wondering, where they got it wrong, till the US Navy came along and showed them.
Love your sarcasm🤣
08:17 Can anyone tell me where I get the Application to apply for that Job?
Did they send out a memo to the marine life informing them of when these underwater explosion tests would be performed?
How do they account for the fact that the properties of the water are not scaled down? Should't it be slightly more viscous, more dense?
In Japan in 1984 were the similar Ship Computer Aided Measuring systems.
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These guys get to wake up in the morning knowing they get to play Godzilla all day they the boys
I wonder if the MASK can create rogue waves.
That model is really cool. How much does it cost to build one.? 😎🇺🇸👍 What I wanna know is how come you didn’t talk about this sooner Like 40 years ago I would’ve applied for a job. I think it’s awesome.
Here's a question is it a "Rail" gun or a "Coil" gun there is a big difference here in both power consumption and usability
"They" have been doing this all over the world for many, many years, the technology has advanced in most locations.
I hope they placed warning signals for the surrounding fish to evacuate before detonating these explosives.
Coolest job on the planet.
And remember: for every sleek and sexy new innovation by uncle sam, there are dozens of very boring and very dry sub productions supporting it. Everybody wants the bang, but all too few people know how to make the buck work for it.
I'd have thought that if you're modelling a ship or sub in sea water, then the density of the water/fluid medium needs to be to scale, so if the model is 50% scale size then the fluid needs to physically have 50% less viscosity than sea water.
However, this appears not to be a design or engineering consideration during testing.
Damn they got drones that can land and move through water.
In short. For a country develop itself can have many offices. But it always be needed a workshop
Can't we planet or soler Nuclear energy engines for deep space travel
All this testing equipment and the ONLY class of ship that can power the rail gun has already been removed from service because its hull keeps breaking apart among other reasons.
how does it cover 700sq miles of distance in half hour?
So, over 100 years ago the American Military built a marine testing facility that was 5/8 of a mile long.
Five eighths of a mile… Americans just can’t bring themselves to admit to the existence of The Kilometre!
It isn't unique. Check out MARIN's Seakeeping and Maneuvering facility in Wageningen, The Netherlands. And they have a truly unique facility: The Depressurized Wave Basin in Eda, The Netherlands. There is no other facility like it in the world.
You're so above and beyond it
Sorry but thats not unique either
It said genius not unique this United States obviously won’t be the only place in the world to test things like this
No one said it was. He clearly says there are several facilities like this across the us. He never said it’s the first of its kind or that it was the only one in the world. I hope the Netherlands has a facility like this with their long coastline and history of maritime tradition. Just tell us about the facility instead of putting words in the creators mouth.
He said some things make it unique, but the whole idea isn’t unique. We get that
10:08 "square miles" is not a measure of distance, it is a measure of area. What are you trying to say here? You are not using ChatGPT to write the script, are you?
faced with hypersonic missiles, I doubt whether it is appropriate to continue building aircraft carriers.
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Mecca of military standard?
I can make the Super Aircraft carrier that can fly, float and submerge in any sea states.
How can you fly gigantic Aircraft carrier
I wonder if anyone asked the fish living in the area where so called shock wave tests were conducted and did anyone count the dead fish that floated to the surface?
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What we need are hundreds of CBT/servailance Drones to intercept and destroy Aircrafts, ships, and missiles on the First wave from the enemy, and immediately a second wave useing pilots. And a third wave using both Cbat Drones and pilots. A Drone is expendable.
13:43 A cyborg !
미국은 돈이 엄청나게 많으니깐... 연구를 하는데에 있어서 걱정할 것이 없을것 같습니다^^
the hull of the ford is not heavily armored
as long as the emery does think of "Bombing closer" it will be fine.
Salt water? Density is everything
9:38 No it's not, hahah. It's not armored at all. I bet it's not even 1" thick in most places.
good jup mann
I always wonder when there's exercises on the ocean with explosions carried out, if the scientists consider oceanic life !!
1,000 x $20k suicide drones each with 50kg high explosive. Then x10 standard cruise missiles. $25B Carrier strike group sunk for $50 million with no casualties. Just stating the obvious. Iranian HESA Shahed range > 1,000 km.
Captain: "Ivan stop playing drone!"
Ivan: "I'm not sir!"
Captain: "Then wtf is infront of my face in the middle of fuking Black Sea!?"
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"What is this??A CARRIER FOR ANTS!!!"
Only cost a trillion to come up with a way to test a multi billion dollar ship. Sounds about right.
God it’s weird seeing the fanuc robots outside of work, I can still hear alarms blaring. Dear lord and yaskawa, I have nothing but bad experiences with those too.
chinese still testing their naval ships in a bath tub 😂
What do you mean?
Stupid, overproud , and uneducated
i honesty dont think this info should be public.....😟
The navy had been doing this for years
I know that France have one too
Considered all the results and document already stolen by Chinese hacker according to US claims, I would rate its opponent as the more genius side, training bunch of spy and hacker should be much cheaper.
Perhaps he meant 700 hundred miles in half a (day) not half a (hour). That would be roughly 51 knots or so.
They would have to have air breaks to stop.
700 square miles or about 528 square nautical miles. Runs approximately 23 nautical miles per hour or 11.5 nautical miles per half hour. Still pretty fast seeing as the ship weighs more than 100,000 tonnes.
they should use something more viscous than water so it behaves the same in scale.
about time they came up with an idea worth a sh1t!
Is this an aircraft carrier……for ANTS?
uss nimiz ?
I find it comical how much money they spend on R&D and Defence budgets+Contracts, that all could be thawted with 1 Singular Emp
If it’s the military I’m sure the test cost billions of dollars too hahaha
I think the first thing they need to properly design is the toilet!
Killer robots. People not happy without war. They played people's life.
czego to człowiek nie uczyni, żeby zabić drugiego człowieka
The rail-gun project has been shelved.
Lots of free dead fish around the explosion test area I'm sure they have fish on the menu the following days......
aitamanaa an 'ati ala alwilayat almutahidat al'amrikia
The Ford Class is way overdue and over budget... they need to ramp up the hurdles so it can be deployed at the Pacific