And use the same engines.Some good comparison pics of the PLAN Type 071 LPD and the US Navy San Antonio Class.
They are fundamentally very, very similar in design:
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Well, the Type 071, as I understand, is CODAD and uses four Shaanxi 16 PC2.6 V400 diesel engines (each engine producing a maximum power of 35,197kW), driving two controllable pitch propellers through twin shafts.And use the same engines.
The Shaanxi engines are Pielsticks too and of virtually the same design.Well, the Type 071, as I understand, is CODAD and uses four Shaanxi 16 PC2.6 V400 diesel engines (each engine producing a maximum power of 35,197kW), driving two controllable pitch propellers through twin shafts.
While the San Antonio uses four sequential turbocharged marine Colt-Pielstick diesel engines driving two shafts.
They may be patterned after the Pielsticks...but they are not Pielsticks as far as I have ever been able to determine.The Shaanxi engines are Pielsticks too and of virtually the same design.