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That's fair enough then, the reason I thought otherwise was that the helipad area looks somewhat inset rather than being the full width of the hull, I guess tram-tracks to either hangar?

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At this point, nothing is welded in place, so I can easily make the pad full width.

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One thing I would strongly consider is to go with a full Mk 41 Strike Length VLS installation (even just 16 cell). That would let you fire Vertical Launch ASROC, Tomahawk, VL Harpoon, and eventually SM-3 (if you wanted).

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I was concerned about room for a full Mk 41, but now that the ASROC is removed, I can see that it might well fit there.

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Tried a couple things that were suggested, wanted to see if it actually worked out. Not sure what to put in the stern area, if anything is even needed there. It looks kinda bare and pointless space as it is though. But, I don't want to fall into the trap of putting things on there merely for the sake of putting them on there.

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I would say, move the hangar and helideck a bit aft.... but that depends. on what? on the role you want your ship to do
an helidekc is best placed as much in the center of the ship as possible, as the least movement is over there. but is your helicopter that important? I suppose your engine system is more important, and otherwise your regular weapons. move stuff around with considerations like the above in mind. that's how you can arrange the structure and hull setup the easiest and the best

that is one awful bow btw.....

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Whats wrong with the bow?

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this is how a modern frigate looks like edit: (this is how a bow looks like):



Armament:

1 × 8-cell Mk41 VLS w/ 32 × RIM-162 ESSM
8 × Naval Strike Missile SSMs
4 × torpedo tubes for Sting Ray torpedoes
Depth charges
1 × 76 mm OTO Melara Super Rapid gun
4 × 12,7 mm Browning M2HB HMG Sea Protector
2 x LRAD Long Range Acoustic Device

Prepared for, but not equipped with:

1 × Otobreda 127 mm/54 gun to replace the 76 mm
1 × spare 76mm OTO Melara Super Rapid gun
1 × spare CIWS gun w/ calibre 40 mm or less
3 × spare 8- cell Mk41 VLS launchers
Low cost ASW
ECM: Active Off-board Decoy

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What I heard is that there are at least moving very stern. But it can be by boat up to a certain size.

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well, it always depends, on the stability, center of bouyancy and the center of gravity, where the center of movement is. stern is second best IIRC, bow worst. it also depends on sea state: if the stern slams into the sea just like the bow, that is definitely not the best position to launch an helicopter from

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