CV-16, CV-17 STOBAR carrier thread (001/Liaoning, 002/Shandong)

Volpler11

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Black smoke is the product of incomplete combustion that can happened when it is started and the engine is cold Or if they increase the output by injecting more fuel into the boiler. But that is temporary nothing to worry about
Considering one of the photos from day 9 shows J-15 taking off, the second explanation seems more likely.
 

Helius

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It's hard to say that, you don't see black smoke in the other takeoff photos.
That's because not every flight op necessitates carrier to change course/speed if wind speed is already optimal.

When wind speed/direction changes you adjust course and speed accordingly to maintain safe wind speed over deck for conducting flight ops.

Simple as that, nothing "hard to say".
 

Confusionism

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That's because not every flight op necessitates carrier to change course/speed if wind speed is already optimal.

When wind speed/direction changes you adjust course and speed accordingly to maintain safe wind speed over deck for conducting flight ops.

Simple as that, nothing "hard to say".
There is no necessary connection between whether there is black smoke from the chimney and the speed of the ship, and there is no way to determine the speed of the ship from the photo of the takeoff I mentioned, so I would say it is “hard to say”.

In the photo below of the carrier apparently traveling at high speed, we can't see any black smoke.
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Intrepid

Major
The US Navy always wants 40 knots of wind over deck. If the wind speed is 10 knots, the aircraft carrier must be traveling at 30 knots; if the wind speed is 30 knots, the aircraft carrier must be traveling at 10 knots.

I think the Chinese have similar procedural rules.
 

Hendrik_2000

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There is no necessary connection between whether there is black smoke from the chimney and the speed of the ship, and there is no way to determine the speed of the ship from the photo of the takeoff I mentioned, so I would say it is “hard to say”.

In the photo below of the carrier apparently traveling at high speed, we can't see any black smoke.
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Well the picture is part of series of aircraft taking off from the AC So when the wind change then the AC has to adjust it speed. They have 4 steam turbine running 4 propeller Normally there is 2 boiler to provide steam to each of the steam turbine . low speed you need only 1 boiler but if the turbine need more power they will fire the other boiler That is why you get black smoke
 

Confusionism

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Well the picture is part of series of aircraft taking off from the AC So when the wind change then the AC has to adjust it speed. They have 4 steam turbine running 4 propeller Normally there is 2 boiler to provide steam to each of the steam turbine . low speed you need only 1 boiler but if the turbine need more power they will fire the other boiler That is why you get black smoke
But the black smoke only appears when you start to accelerate, not when you have reached high speed, right?
And in the photo we see that the plane has left the deck, which means the ship is no longer at low speed.
 
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