When HD hull 1 was launched it didn't have that panel installed neither, but now it has, it'll be interesting to see whether LN hull 1 has that panel installed but I guess no one captured her launch. My guess is that yards with slipway (WC and HD) will not have the panel installed, while yards (HP and LN) launching them from docks (dry or floating) will have them installed. It makes sense since slipway launch will put more strain, vibration, or deformation on the hull thus affecting the more delicate equipment, that's why the HP hull is far more complete at launch, the floating dock launch is so much more gentle on the hull.
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When HD hull 1 was launched it didn't have that panel installed neither, but now it has, it'll be interesting to see whether LN hull 1 has that panel installed but I guess no one captured her launch. My guess is that yards with slipway (WC and HD) will not have the panel installed, while yards (HP and LN) launching them from docks (dry or floating) will have them installed. It makes sense since slipway launch will put more strain, vibration, or deformation on the hull thus affecting the more delicate equipment, that's why the HP hull is far more complete at launch, the floating dock launch is so much more gentle on the hull.
asif iqbal
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this ship is really making progress!
I notice a minor design change, the center stack now has an enclosure rather than just multiple exposed chrome pipes. Looks much better, don't know if it makes a practical difference.
Mysterre
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Assuming they don't plan on installing pipes later, that's a good catch. The stack does look noticeably taller than on previous ships. It's a glaring RCS deficit that I'm glad they fixed, though it makes me wonder why they didn't think of it to begin with. The same thing happened to the AB class when the Flight IIA's rolled out; their funnels got shielded just like this. It should also have the additional benefit of shielding the electronics on the aft mast from the engine exhaust. Though I wonder if they had to change the vertical angle of the stack walls in order to make it taller. If not, they would have had to enlarge the base of the stack a bit in order to conform to the angles on the rest of the ship. That or tolerate a smaller opening at the top of the stack.
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joshuatree
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I looked at that and thought it was different but then I thought maybe they didn't install the exhaust pipes yet. Definitely a good catch. I don't know if there's any impact on reducing heat signatures from a horizontal view since the exhaust pipes are now within a funnel enclosure.
On a side note, there were pics on the 054 thread showing ship components at HP. They are not 054 funnels, any chance they are 056 ones? Though these are also slightly different in shape.
http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/navy/054-series-frigate-thread-2-a-113-4149.html#post199455
No I think they are for the CMS ship under construction.
joshuatree
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Cool, thanks, so it seems for now, they don't have any additional 056 hulls lined up at HP beyond whatever is already being built.
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Whoa, hold on there. Little about communist economic policies were scientific. The disaster of the Great Leap Forward was caused in part by wacky pseudo-science imported from the Soviet Union, notably the ideas of Trofim Lysenko. Some of those wacky ideas included the hypothesis that if you bury seeds very deep in the ground, they'll grow extra strong root systems. Instead they didn't grow at all! Another was that seeds of the same species don't compete with each other so it's OK to sew seeds densely, which is the exact opposite of what happens. Moreover, Mao was obsessed with increasing steel output so the CCP created thousands of backyard furnaces across the countryside which produced useless pig iron at great expense of time, wood, and iron ore.
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