| Thanks for the link duncan, that is an incredible model. As for recovering aircraft with my head out the elevator well, I'm certain that I would be the fellow shown on the evening news being carried off in a stretcher with a model plane sticking out of his forehead.
The technologies I referred to are onboard real time cameras, sensors, and long range transmitters (i.e being able to send the plane off over the horizon), plus a few other neat concepts. All these options would be better suited for larger scale planes. Besides, I will need to navalize the aircraft by adding internal flotation, waterproofing the electronics, and strengthening the fuselage, these tasks would be easier with a larger scale plane.
As I said earlier, I intend to build a mock up of the island first, this will help me determine if that structure at 1/7th scale will be large enough to house command and control functions, if not then I have two options, either increase the scale to 1/6 ( and somehow find the space) or chose a different carrier class ( a rather difficult option since I am very much attached to HMS Victorious in particular).
Staging air and naval battles at this scale would be impressive. If only someone out there wanted to build a 1/7 scale HIJMS Ryujo or Zuiho the possibilities would be endless. |