00X/004 future nuclear CATOBAR carrier thread
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by78
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Why do you insist on injecting politics into our flagship military threads?
UK bases in Singapore? Politics and more in a flagship-thread on the PLAN's future carrier!
Shopped.
CGI modeling for side-by-side comparison of CV-18 (003 Fujian) and newer CV-20 (004/005) design, also made by @大包CG on Weibo.
Notable comparison:
1. 3 EMALS catapults on CV-20, same as Fujian;
2. 3 deck evelators on CV-20 (1 on port + 2 on starboard), one more than Fujian (2 on starboard);
3. Smaller island superstructure which bears some resemblance to one on Ford than Fujian;
4. Island superstructure moved further towards the aft compared to Fujian;
5. Flight deck being 15 meters longer towards the bow compared to Fujian; and
6. Hangar deck being 15 meters longer towards the bow compared to Fujian.
Do take the above with pinch of salt, as usual.
The island superstructure and the rear elevator on the starboard side should switch position, roughly. Two of the three elevators are a bit far in the stern while majority of the aircraft will be in the bow and around the island. It's not optimal for deck operations.
CV-20 (or whatever 004/005 is called) is a nuclear-powered supercarrier, displacing very likely over 100,000 tons. You can afford to have four EMALS catapults vs three on Fujian, for redundancy.
In other words, closer to Ford than this model.
大包 said that because the original model was omitted a lot details, the 004 in CG is an enlarged version of 003.
FriedRiceNSpice
Captain
Why straight from CV-18 to CV-20? Will there not be a CV-19??
CV-19 is to be assumed to be similar or the same model of as CV-18, which is why they compare CV-20 instead