Posted on 11/26/2011 9:47:54 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
More boat trouble for Norway Navy
The Norwegian military’s new MTBs have been banned from sailing for safety reasons.
KNM Storm during gun exercise, Bergen Photo: Forsvarets mediearkiv
Reports suggest the Mandal-produced Motor Torpedo Boats’ hydraulic systems cannot handle temperatures when at high speed.
The latest episode is just one of several in a series of incidents that have beset the project. It was first discovered the vessels were not able to sail at top speed of 60 knots, parts have worn out quicker than anticipated because of gas turbine vibration problems, and there was a change in operational requirements.
None of the weapons systems had been tested, costs shot up, which meant delivery was delayed by two years. The entire project is now almost three years behind schedule, reports Bergens Tidende.
Moreover, whilst the MTBs ‘enjoy’ their life moored in the sunshine, it is still unclear how much shipyard Umoe will have to spend on the latest round of improvements. Costs in the last three years have totalled 230 million kroner.
Director Anders Nybø says to NRK, “they are complicated vessels. We are going to solve this, and that is what we are focusing on. We are not so concerned with cost at the moment and are very keen to ensure they are back in service.”
They’re just pining for the fjords.......
It’s an amazing concept vessel, and no doubt they’ll iron out the bugs.
These boats are a huge leap, much like the Osprey tilt rotors were to vertical aviation.
...hydraulic systems cannot handle temperatures when at high speed.Bloody Vikings!
A New generation Viking ships, The SKJOLD class.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyPsZ7kBQK0
Very good promotional videos showing the concept at youtube.
Despite the teething problems, this is the future of missile patrol boats.
Where is that European engineering we hear so much about?
They’re just pining for the fjords.......
Very expensive civilian coast guard ships?
60 knots is crazy fast !
Totally useless. I don’t see any fishing platforms, and I don’t see how this boat could be made into a fishing boat. Slower than a bass boat, higher fuel consumption than a deep V, I mean come on, who wants this?
Repower with Pielsticks.
That’ll show em...
So how does it ourrun a cruise missle? Norway Navy, funny.
Are our Navy and/or Coast Guard looking to aquire these?
Instead of "They were expendable"..we can retitle it.."They were 'complicated' "
Who would waste a cruise missile on a boat that small?
Composite construction is a factor I would be concerned about. The damned stuff will burn like a paper napkin.
These boats have traveled trans-Atlantic on their own hulls. They have a radar profile like a wooden rowboat, and can go 60kts. They fire ship-killing missiles, and have a 76mm Oto Malera Super Rapid that can hit a building on land or a boat at sea at ten miles.
Like the Osprey, they are a “game changer” in their class. Like the Osprey, they are going to have a lot of teething pains.
They didn't outrun the Styx missiles either. They spoofed them with EW, went closer, and killed the Osas. Every one that came out to fight. After that, the Syrians and Egyptians kept their remaining Osas in port.
Even though the Arabs had the latest Soviet anti-ship missiles with double the range of the Israeli missiles.
You can't hit what you can't see. That's why going carbon fiber and ultra-stealth is so critical. And there is no way to make a metal boat disappear like one of these carbon fiber Skjolds.
ALL vessels in that size range leave nothing but an oil slick when hit by a missile. Doesn’t matter if they are steel, aluminum, or carbon.
The key is that you must be as hard as possible to target. These vessels are almost invisible to radar. No metal boat can come close to their stealthyness.
It is a surface-effect ship, not a "hovercraft." Basically, they are a catamaran with rubber skirts fore and aft. Air ducts lift the narrow twin hulls. At rest, they need 6' of water, with the air ducts on, the boat rises until only 3' of the hulls are in the water. This radically reduces their wetted surface (friction). The pressurized air between the hulls dampens wave shock to almost nil, allowing it to go twice as fast as vessels in its size class in the same sea states.
“Cruise missile” covers a lot of territory, from giants that can kill aircraft carriers on down.
But you can’t hit what you can’t see.
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