New Posts For Thread: new £3.1 billion aircraft carrier leakinghttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973405/new-31-billion-aircraft-carrier-leakingthe sun - tues we have titanic 2Very good coverage of the situation from the Sun.I'm sure that article will have had workers up and down the factories in Britain, sitting on the edge of their toilet seats scrutinising the drawings and data about the ship.Not to mention the chat ithttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973405/new-31-billion-aircraft-carrier-leaking?post_id=553250091#553250091Very good coverage of the situation from the Sun.I'm sure that article will have had workers up and down the factories in Britain, sitting on the edge of their toilet seats scrutinising the drawings and data about the ship.Not to mention the chat itTue, 19 Dec 2017 13:41:34 -0600Woopse, how "nauty", I spelled someththing wrong there:)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973405/new-31-billion-aircraft-carrier-leaking?post_id=553250073#553250073Woopse, how "nauty", I spelled someththing wrong there:)Tue, 19 Dec 2017 13:31:25 -0600Very good minardi.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973405/new-31-billion-aircraft-carrier-leaking?post_id=553250069#553250069Very good minardi.Tue, 19 Dec 2017 13:30:45 -0600In perspective, say a personal yacht weighs 5 tons, QE displaces 70,000, that's a ratio of 14,000.So 200 litres an hour is equivalent to a sailing yacht leaking 200/14,000 = 0.014 litres an hour. So about 1/20th of a can coke, broadly, a can of cokehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973405/new-31-billion-aircraft-carrier-leaking?post_id=553250067#553250067In perspective, say a personal yacht weighs 5 tons, QE displaces 70,000, that's a ratio of 14,000.So 200 litres an hour is equivalent to a sailing yacht leaking 200/14,000 = 0.014 litres an hour. So about 1/20th of a can coke, broadly, a can of cokeTue, 19 Dec 2017 13:30:26 -0600200 litres an hour isn't that much, that's about the average between us when I'm drinking with William Hague on a friday night.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973405/new-31-billion-aircraft-carrier-leaking?post_id=553250039#553250039200 litres an hour isn't that much, that's about the average between us when I'm drinking with William Hague on a friday night.Tue, 19 Dec 2017 13:21:05 -0600The fact its Scottish built you would think the seals would be very tight indeed.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973405/new-31-billion-aircraft-carrier-leaking?post_id=553250029#553250029The fact its Scottish built you would think the seals would be very tight indeed.Tue, 19 Dec 2017 13:15:44 -0600I think there might be a clue in the word "trial" Aka During trials, boats are put through all possible extremes ... stress tests for instance.The Sunhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973405/new-31-billion-aircraft-carrier-leaking?post_id=553249925#553249925I think there might be a clue in the word "trial" Aka During trials, boats are put through all possible extremes ... stress tests for instance.The SunTue, 19 Dec 2017 12:31:43 -0600A non story from the gutter press.Carried out varies sea trials with very few problems.What do you expect, Scottish built.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973405/new-31-billion-aircraft-carrier-leaking?post_id=553249627#553249627A non story from the gutter press.Carried out varies sea trials with very few problems.What do you expect, Scottish built.Tue, 19 Dec 2017 10:57:35 -0600That's almost equivalent to a 3 litre bottle of cider a minute. Bit less that 400 tons ... unless it's heavy duty ciderhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973405/new-31-billion-aircraft-carrier-leaking?post_id=553249469#553249469That's almost equivalent to a 3 litre bottle of cider a minute. Bit less that 400 tons ... unless it's heavy duty ciderTue, 19 Dec 2017 10:08:57 -0600titanic - 400 tons water per minuteaircraft carrier 200 litreshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30973405/new-31-billion-aircraft-carrier-leaking?post_id=553249399#553249399titanic - 400 tons water per minuteaircraft carrier 200 litresTue, 19 Dec 2017 09:50:53 -0600