It was believed a Seaking could land crossdeck in an emergency
The dauphins rotor disc was 1,205ft with a diameter of 39ft and the overall length of the fuselage helo being 45ft
The Seaking rotor disc is 3,020ft with a rotor diameter of 62 feet and an overall length of fuselage being 55ft.
Absolutely no safety margin, was never going to happen but the handling characteristics were never trialed.. but the again some RAF lunatic did put a Chinook on a Castle Class OPV in a hurry once upon a time.
However if the flight deck had been built to extend over the quarter deck we wouldn't be having this discussion.
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