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CUVX Design – VT Team 2 Page 71speeds of VT-UCAV-N and Shadow 400. The cables have run-outs of 100, 93 and 86 meters. Figure 64 shows adimensioned plan view of the recovery deck. The arresting gear machinery is located in the overhead of HangarDeck 1 and weighs 76 MT. This system requires 500 kW of power during aircraft recovery operations. There are 6meters of deck on each side of the aircraft’s wheels on touchdown. There are no wingtip obstructions for 75% of thelanding strip and a 1 meter starboard clearance for the last 25% due to the AEM/Deckhouse and aircraft parking.Table 37 compares CUVX and CVN recovery system dimensions. CUVX bolters would automatically clear to port.Table 37. Recovery System ComparisonCVN CUVXMinimum LandingWingtip Clearance3 m Clear most oflength; 1m end ofrecovery stripCable Run-Out 103.6 m 100 mCable Spacing 12 m 7 mFigure 64. Recovery Deck with dimensions4.6.6 Weapons MagazinesCUVX HI3 has a total weapons magazine volume of 8304 m 3 capable of holding 432.5 MT of munitions. Thetotal magazine capacity is divided into four weapons magazines. These magazines are located separately forredundancy and survivability and so that their elevators are within proximity of the aircraft. All the weaponsmagazines are protected by the advanced double hull. Weapons Magazine 1 is the largest; it is 9 meters long andstarts 90 meters aft of the forward perpendicular. This magazine, like all four magazines, spans the entire beam ofthe ship inside the double hull. It is 10 meters high, 2364 m 3 in volume, and is capable of storing 123 MT ofmunitions. Weapons Magazine 2 is the next largest magazine. This space is 12 meters long starting 99 meters aft ofthe forward perpendicular. It is 7 meters high, 2207 m 3 in volume, and is capable of storing 115 MT of munitions.Weapons Magazine 3 is the smallest of the four compartments. It is 12 meters long, 6 meters high, and starts 156meters aft of the forward perpendicular. This magazine is 1824 m 3 in volume and can hold 95 MT of munitions.Weapons Magazine 4 is 12 meters long, 6 meters high, and starts 168 meters aft of the forward perpendicular. Thismagazine is 1909 m 3 in volume and can hold 99.5 MT of munitions. Weapons Magazines 1 and 2 (Group A) areloaded with the same munitions as Weapons Magazines 3 and 4 (Group B) for redundancy. Weapons are usedincrementally from Group A and Group B so that either can support any combination of weapons load-out in theevent of a weapons elevator malfunction. Figure 65 is a top view of the weapons magazines, highlighted in red.Figure 65. CUVX Plan View Showing Weapons Magazines