Post by admiralwoodside on Dec 30, 2021 6:47:25 GMT
The reason I ask is because of a scholarly 2019 thread on the Secret Projects website, which argued that the Sparviero CV design often ascribed to the ship was based on outdated 1936 plans of the ROMA/AUGUSTUS conversion that were meant for both Aquila and Sparviero. Therefore, since Aquila had abandoned the 1936 gang-plank like fore deck, the Sparviero would have abandoned it as well, leading to a full deck carrier also for Sparviero, albeit possibly with Diesel propulsion for long range. On page one of the two page thread the author gives his first detailed 2-view drawing interpretation of all available data for the Sparviero CV:
www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/the-real-sparviero-aircraft-carrier.32320/
In the second page of the thread he finalizes the design in a colour 2-view drawing near the end that expands the ship to a full flight deck:
www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/the-real-sparviero-aircraft-carrier.32320/page-2
As a matter of game balance, I think it is worth considering having a second Italian aircraft carrier carrying two W@S squadrons. The W@S card could retain the Neptune deck SA's, but add a Slow-# SA to reflect the long range Diesel propulsion still envisioned. Adding a second aircraft carried to the slower vessel would cost maybe 14pts, or perhaps 15pts like Aquila.
Or as my original thread title implied, maybe we should just allow for the taking of 2x RM Aquila CV cards as its new class limit, which would be immediate and easy, as well as a plausible what-if historically.
www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/the-real-sparviero-aircraft-carrier.32320/
In the second page of the thread he finalizes the design in a colour 2-view drawing near the end that expands the ship to a full flight deck:
www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/the-real-sparviero-aircraft-carrier.32320/page-2
As a matter of game balance, I think it is worth considering having a second Italian aircraft carrier carrying two W@S squadrons. The W@S card could retain the Neptune deck SA's, but add a Slow-# SA to reflect the long range Diesel propulsion still envisioned. Adding a second aircraft carried to the slower vessel would cost maybe 14pts, or perhaps 15pts like Aquila.
Or as my original thread title implied, maybe we should just allow for the taking of 2x RM Aquila CV cards as its new class limit, which would be immediate and easy, as well as a plausible what-if historically.
