Vanguard-class Ballistic Missile Submarine
Users:
Royal Navy
Built: 1986-1999
In Commission: 1993-present
Being the largest submarine manufactured in the United Kingdom, and the third largest class of vessel, the Vanguard class submarine is among the royal navy's greatest vessels. With no ICBM installations installed in its homeland and all freefall bombs decommissioned, the Vanguard class acts as the United Kingdom's sole Nuclear Deterrent.
The class is equipped with four 533mm torpedo tubes, and sixteen ballistic missile tubes. It is designed to launch the American made UGM-133 Trident D5 ballistic missiles, capable of carrying at least eight Multiple Independently Targeted Reentry Vehicles. Powering the class would be the Rolls Royce Rolls-Royce PWR 2 nuclear reactor. Two linked steam turbines power a pump jet propulsor, with two diesel engines acting as emergency generators.
Though it has served well, a replacement program has been in progress to develop a replacement class known as the Dreadnought class, expected to enter service around the late 2020's-early 2030's.
Source(s)
Wikipedia
Naval-Technology
seaforces
Features:
- Fully working hydroplanes and rudder (pitch and yaw)
- Simulated Ballast Control
- Unlimited Dive
- Near 1:1 Scale
- Deployable Ballistic Missile
Instructions:
Submarine Operation
- Pitch for Pitch
- Roll for Steering (yaw)
- VTOL for Ballast Control (sinking and floating)
Missile Operation
1)AG1 to activate Trident II missile and detach. DO NOT activate below 60 feet.
2)FireGuns to boost missile out of the water, keep boosting till the engine powers up.
3)Trim and Yaw to maneuver missile
4)Switch to Air to Ground Mode
5)FireWeapon to launch warheads
At Tang0five's request, here is the Vanguard Class! My first fully functioning boomer submarine and currently my largest. It's quite responsive on the bow and stern planes for its size, and is stable enough to maintain a constant depth when you set autopilot. Though the flare on the bow's a little rough, I'm happy with how I managed to do the humpack on this thing!
Next up, America's Big Boomer.
Specifications
Spotlights
- KerlonceauxIndustries 4.7 years ago
- Tang0five 4.7 years ago
- JohnnyBoythePilot 4.7 years ago
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s)
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 66.6ft (20.3m)
- Length 491.1ft (149.7m)
- Height 74.2ft (22.6m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 2,948,228lbs (1,337,295kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.001
- Wing Loading 45.0lbs/ft2 (219.7kg/m2)
- Wing Area 65,517.2ft2 (6,086.8m2)
- Drag Points 54779
Parts
- Number of Parts 202
- Control Surfaces 8
- Performance Cost 848
@SCienceFist 
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make sure the s is taken out of the https part of the link.
Btw how did you put the picture in the description
@hops Thank you!
She is very beautiful!
@Nobodygood Minecraftpoweer is the one responsible for inventing that neat trick, I added a bit of my own spin to it.
Oh my gawd more clickies! Awesome stuff! I love how you got them coloured the same as the buttons to comment and upvote. Great work on the buttons! Was there anything else... ermmm... I like the variable floatyness of this boat, cool stuff.
Brilliant, top job with this! 1:1 scale but of course!
@MintLynx Sweet. I was also on vacation: Going to the beer capital of the world (Milwaukee, Wisconsin). Sadly they didn't let me take a small sip of Miller Lite
@Gameboi14 Visiting my aunt, swimming, going to six flags hurricane harbor, fun summer stuff.
Where were you these days?
@Tang0five
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