CV-16 Liaoning (001 carrier) Thread II ...News, Views and operations

[damitch300]

Nothing wrong with that?
Onboard of dutch warships the Engine rooms look the same after using it that much (i.e 20 years plus).

 

[bd popeye]

Nothing wrong with that?
Onboard of dutch warships the Engine rooms look the same after using it that much (i.e 20 years plus).

were you referring to the previous post?

Anyway this is how the 47 year old firerooms aboard USS Kitty Hawk looked just prior to her being retired;

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PACIFIC OCEAN (April 25, 2008) Machinist's Mate Fireman David Mayfield, of Houston, practices a boiler light-off in the two main machinery room aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63). The ship's boilers reach temperatures of more than 500 degrees Fahrenheit to produce steam for the ship's propulsion and auxiliary power. Kitty Hawk is on its last spring deployment before she is replaced by the USS George Washington (CVN 73). Kitty Hawk operates from Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau (Released)

Forty-seven years old...

 

[KIENCHIN]

were you referring to the previous post?

Anyway this is how the 47 year old firerooms aboard USS Kitty Hawk looked just prior to her being retired;

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Forty-seven years old...

Now that's what I am talking about, age of equipment other then efficiency should not be a factor. Remember the toilet which is the dirtiest room in a house should be the cleanest because it reflects on the occupants life style and this analogy can applied to any organisational set up.

 

[perfume]

New videos showing J-15 taking off and landing with combat loads and buddy refuelling probe

Video 1: shows take off/landing with 4x 500kg bombs + 2 AAM and 2 Ashm + 2 AAM

Video 2: buddy refuelling probe 0:28 in

Courtesy of Henri.K's channel

 

[SteelBird]

were you referring to the previous post?

Anyway this is how the 47 year old firerooms aboard USS Kitty Hawk looked just prior to her being retired;

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Forty-seven years old...

A bit off topic; though I don't know how boilers work but the flame ignitor reminds me the ignitor of a gas cooker. A gas cooker ignitor look somehow like a gun. You pull the trigger and it throw a spark that would ignit the gas cooker. My question; why the big flame? The flame might be dangerous to the crew as well (that's why he need the suit).

 

[Blitzo]

New videos showing J-15 taking off and landing with combat loads and buddy refuelling probe

Video 1: shows take off/landing with 4x 500kg bombs + 2 AAM and 2 Ashm + 2 AAM

Video 2: buddy refuelling probe 0:28 in

Courtesy of Henri.K's channel

The videos appear to be new, but the footage they're using is old.

I remember seeing that footage a few years back.

 

[perfume]

Haha thanks for the reminder I had my suspicions. I cross referenced the news entries shown on the screen, these videos were aired in 2013!

Well a good look back at what they were doing already back then - I wish there were newer videos with heavy combat loads. As far as I remember, since then, the most we've seen the LRIP J-15s carry are 4 AAMs.

 

[Engineer]

I saw this photo on sina military channel;

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This PLAN shipmate is lighting a boiler aboard CV-16. The boiler room/main machinery space is very clean & well maintained. To me as an old salt he's missing his safety gear.

It is an oversized colonscope.

 

[bd popeye]

Ok on the first video you see aircraft 552 taking off when it takes off at 10 sec it has a very heavy load of weapons . However at 12 sec the bombs have disappeared. So that video is an compisite and it is about 3 years old.

On the second video I see some sort of pod on the center line but I'm not 100% sure that is a buddy store. It could be just a fuel tank.

 

[antiterror13]

That is correct , There are different type of boiler, Induced draft, draft, atmospheric, balance draft Boiler. Without knowing the detail of boiler it is hard to make judgement.
If it induced draft fan then theoretically the pressure inside the boiler is less than atmospheric,reducing chance of blowback. Operating crew are forced to use Nomex and face shield because of OSHA requirement.

Not trying to defend the practice but China doesn't have strict OSHA regulation yet or it is not enforced

Just a comment from me ... it looks the flame are different, the Chinese one, seems an electric type while the US one old type conventional flame