Originally Posted by glojo
Heat signature when on the flight deck
I have been reading a number of papers that are talking about high temperatures and whilst this might not be an issue on ships that are converted to take this aircraft, will it be an issue when cross decking? I ask this because an airfield will possibly have a lot of concrete on top of maybe hard core whereas a ship has a fairly thin flight deck and then underneath that will be working spaces, accommodation or machinery rooms. All of which might not appreciate excessive heat and having said that I was under the impression this was not going to be an issue.
The issue comes from having the auxiliary power unit exhaust angled downward.
When we were looking at required works for airfields the holding areas were a key concern as the APU would melt the bitumen (we're a bit cheapskateish compared to the yanks when it comes to military airfields) so they would have to be upgraded to concrete.
I'm guessing same thing is an issue for carriers.