Ok, now this has me curious.
Me too. For as long as I can remember the carriers in DCS have top speeds that are too slow.
So no more sonic shock cones off the Stennis? 
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I think I got a video somewhere of setting an Essex carrier to 700kmh in IL2.
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Did I ever tell you the story I heard of the time the Pegasus got into a drag race with the Theodore Roosevelt?
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No but do tell 
[buys the old sailor a beer]
I heard this from an old, very salty Hull Tech I stood watch with. He swears he was there, so this is no $%##.
Now as I remember it being told to me, the CO of the TR was a former Tomcat, or maybe Viggie driver; either way he had a need for speed.
So the two ships were operating in the same formation, when the Captain of the Pegasus kicked in the gas turbine, put the ship on her foils, and sped away.
The Captain of the TR saw this, and ordered an ahead flank bell, and was still unable to catch the hydrofoil. Somehow the order came down to Central Control for more speed, so Engineering and Reactor started getting creative with how to send more steam to the main engines. Shut down the reboiler, catapult risers fully shut, kill laundry steam, rig the entire ship for any reduced electrical loadingâŚ
TR was still not gaining on Pegasus at this point, but wasnât losing ground either.
According to the guy who told me the story, the CO called down to Central again, the Load Dispatcher (senior nuke electrician watch) answered as is typical, and immediately replied with, âyou want me to do WHAT?!?!â before turning and handing the phone to the Engineering Officer of the Watch (senior nuke officer watch underway). I canât say exactly what they did next, but there was speculation that it involved some of this.
Finally, the TR gains on the Pegasus, overtakes her, and almost swamps her in the process, from the sheer size and force of the bow wave the bigger ship was generating (hydrofoils get very unhappy in very rough water). In fact, the bow wave was so powerful, it did damage to the foils of Pegasus, and she had to pull in for repairs.
As an aside, when I related this story in another corner of the internet, an ex-submariner who had been an instructor in the 80âs commented about a student whoâd been on a hydrofoil that had been the loser in a race against a CVN.
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That drew a chuckle from me. Boys and their toys have a beer mate! 
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Whatâs an easy way to move the Dcs install? I got a sad specifically for Dcs
You can just move the folder. Youâll have to adapt the windows shortcuts afterwards, though.
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Hey, if it moves, it can race! 
Fantastic story! 
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just messing with the editor ⌠does anyone know if the destruction radius and the shelling triggers work with the persian gulf map yet (or at all )
Theoretically, what type of speeds are we talking here?
Officially, the line for the top speed of the Nimitz-class is in excess of 30 knots. I was able to watch the speed, both via hull sensors and GPS during our high speed run in sea trials, and I can verify Reagan was able to match that.
There are stories though of Enterprise easily exceeding 40+ knots during her sea trials with a clean hull, fresh cores, tight steam plants with minimal leaks, and the special âspeed screwsâ she had mounted during the first twenty years of her life. Plus, she could generate so much more steam than a Nimitz that the bigger limiting factor (instead of literally running out of steam) was the risk of literally twisting her shafts until they snapped. Not to mention being longer in the hull, narrower in the beam, and shallower in the draft. Enterprise was built for speed.
I think Iâm going to jump in game and see what speed I can set the carrier to.
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Yeah, top speeds are officially classified to maintain the ability to move the thing where an enemy might not expect it to be able to show up, but in the modern era of commercial satellites and prevalent UAVs I think thatâs lowered from strategic to tactical advantages.
You may not know where it is close enough to get a lock and engage, but youâre gonna know itâs in potential striking distance unless youâre asleep, broke, or stupid.
In theory if youâre lucky you could pull a Battle of Midway and get a ship from the dock to the front in a day without forewarning, but the world is so connected now that subs are the only ones that can still move around without everyone having a pretty good idea theyâre in the area.
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Facebook Live from the deck of the Stennis prior to our opening strikeâŚ!
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I also remember reading a story about Big E going somewhere (donât remember the destination or where it came from, but I think it was Vietnam war time) and if you plot that on a map and put the time the voyage took into account you get something very impressive, an average of 37 knots.
Carriers can go very fast, so fast that their escorts have a hard time to stay near them if they really want to.
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Enter the nuclear cruisers 
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Nuclear power helps but it isnât the only factor to take into account. Hydrodynamics are complicated.
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