CVA-01 1/700 scratchbuild #2

[Thorvic]

Ugh, an in-deck elevator.     Limits the ability of what it can carry, unlike the deck edge where tails and noses can extend over the edge.

Great work on the model, and your research.     Looking forward to the final result.

The idea of having aircraft taxi on the outboard side of the island seams to be a waste of space to me. There would be very few times that air operations would be busy enough for you to taxi aircraft from the edge lift to the forward Starboard catapult while keeping the main deck clear for other air operations.

Gondor

Ah thats where you need the research, the Alaskan highway wasnt just a taxi way behind the Island, when you see the detailed drawings there are actually 4 service loations on the deck edge behind the island with weapon lifts and refuelling points.
Thus aircraft would land taxi back around the island after landing to be refuelled and rearmed and lined up to launch from the fwd catapult , waist cat aircraft would refuel either in front of the Island or aft of the deck edge left. Aicraft could be run up using the fantail area, brought up on the deck edge lift and move to the deck park prior to being lined up to launch.

The CVA-01 team had learned kessons from the operations with Victorious and Hermes, plus seen the USN super carriers in use and were looking to optimise the turn around time for flight operations without having the space and resources of a super carrier.