CM, I hear and fully understand what you are saying, I also appreciate why the hook is not catching the wire. I think my point was
If the redesign does not work, what happens? Are LM obliged at their cost to redesign the rear end of the C so that there is enough room between the wheels and the hook and does this change of shape get carried forward to the A and B models? In my perception the time and cost to do this this late in the process would be astronomical.
Or does LM say to the USN "Sorry Mate its too difficult, we cannot get the carrier version to land on a carrier." This would make some contracts interesting.
If this is the situation, I suppose we Brits can breath a sigh of relief that we did not have the design of the Prince of Wales altered to have EMALS installed to launch the C, as well as having the wires installed to let it allegedly land back on.
Fingers crossed for the B and let us hope that the SRVL system works as advertised, by LM.
