AWACS for future chinese carrier

Gollevainen · Sep 17, 2005

Well i've heard that those RATO things are not quite popular onboard carriers...something to do whit the highly flamamble rocket fuels...mayby Popeye could tell more...

I once had this crazy tough that if Y-7/hawkeye size plane fitted whit similar type of engine aragment like in An-72 Coaler to provide STOL capapility?

Or what the hell...how about his one? THe Planned AWACS version of it called An-71 Madcap

Jeff Head · Sep 17, 2005

Great pics there too! It is amazing what one can find.

I believe the US will ultimately develop an AWACS version of the V-22 Osprey. It would be a natural for any Wasp, Tarawa, or allied nation's jump jet carriers.

I would not be surprised tosee the PLAN ultimatley do something similar.

MIGleader · Sep 17, 2005

the turbo props on the model dont look big or strong enough to take off vertically like the ospry. maybe the chinese will use rokets, or maybe a combo.

its not imposible to put a catapult on the side deck of varyag.

Jeff Head · Sep 17, 2005

MIGleader said:
its not imposible to put a catapult on the side deck of varyag.

I agree that it is not impossible...but I personally believe it is unlikely.

I believe the first cats on PLAN carriers will come when they build their own.

Just my opinion.

Su-27 Pilot · Sep 17, 2005

Jeff Head said:
I agree that it is not impossible...but I personally believe it is unlikely.

I believe the first cats on PLAN carriers will come when they build their own.

Just my opinion.

Good one though. PLAN also showed strong interests in getting that Russian AWACS during the Peace mission 2005.

Jeff Head · Sep 17, 2005

Su-27 Pilot said:
Good one though. PLAN also showed strong interests in getting that Russian AWACS during the Peace mission 2005.

Thanks. I guess time will tell.

MIGleader · Sep 17, 2005

russian awacs? the plan can do better thanm that. they cant just go to the russians for everything on the carrier.

cmon, if the the first chinese cvbg is varyag holding sea flankers with helix's and featuring russian awacs and escorted by sovs and kilo's, that wouldn't be a big sense of natiional pride. the plan should do something like this if they want a carrier quik, but then they should build thy're own. i heard they already are.

bd popeye · Sep 17, 2005

Well i've heard that those RATO things are not quite popular onboard carriers...something to do whit the highly flamamble rocket fuels...mayby Popeye could tell more...

Yes those rockets would not be practical on a CVN. You'd have to clear the flight deck to launch something like that. I think that on the Forrestal they just deck launched the C-130. (took off from the stern like a runway)

sumdud · Oct 2, 2005

Gollevainen said:
Well i've heard that those RATO things are not quite popular onboard carriers...something to do whit the highly flamamble rocket fuels...mayby Popeye could tell more...

I once had this crazy tough that if Y-7/hawkeye size plane fitted whit similar type of engine aragment like in An-72 Coaler to provide STOL capapility?

Or what the hell...how about his one? THe Planned AWACS version of it called An-71 Madcap

Dam.... a bit late. (Didn't America have a C-14 like this?)

But, well, it can take off in 70m, so I say it'll work on a CV(N). I don't know about the landing though, those legs are independent of each other, but we just don't know how much stress it can take.(Looks kinda flimsy.) But since it is smaller n more STOLed, I'll pick it over the Hawkeye.

As for the Hercules, it's pointless. It takes the whole deck, making it totally impractical. But why the C-2 leave the deck?

FriedRiceNSpice · Oct 3, 2005

I've read that the F-14 have been used as a mini-AWACs. Could the same be done to a future variant of the J-8II?

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