CV-17 Shandong (002 carrier) Thread I ...News, Views and operations

[Deino]

Still no news from Dalian shipyard (via LKJ86/PDF)

 

[Sczepan]

crewship 89 is leaving

 

[asif iqbal]

The calm before the storm

 

[Hendrik_2000]

The calm before the storm

It is now may day holiday in China. So it has to wait until the holiday is over

 

[bd popeye]

and esp. to clean the fighters (beware of destroying salt) you need a lot of fresh water to

So true.. The USN washes aircraft with fresh water once a week ashore and aboard ship. I don't know what the interval is for the PLAN.

 

[Intrepid]

crewship 89 is leaving

Pictures available?

 

[kwaigonegin]

So true.. The USN washes aircraft with fresh water once a week ashore and aboard ship. I don't know what the interval is for the PLAN.

slight correction Gerry, when on land based rotation they can be washed every 2 weeks but out to sea definitely EVERY week w/o failed during maintenance inspection. As to PLAN, one would presume same schedule once it's all operational. Anything longer than a week at sea w/o washing would severely degrade aircraft integrity and flight safety due to corrosion and other environmental impact

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With the sensitive skins of F-35s I would imagined such maintenance would be even more robust and taken with greater care since stealth integrity is now a factor unlike 4th Gen fighters.
Catapults takes up a LOT of water so CV17 etc would thereotically use a LOT less together with a smaller crew size but not sure how efficient or voluminous the desalination plant is onboard.

Sometimes pilots would purposely fly into a rain spell to 'wash' their planes like a free wash.

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[Franklin]

Its quite amazing that China can put Type 001A out to sea just little over a year after its launch. The Soviet Union launched the varyag in december 1988 and 3 years later its still just 68% complete. Its a testament of China's shipbuilding technology, skills and its industrial supply chain.

 

[bd popeye]

light correction Gerry, when on land based rotation they can be washed every 2 weeks but out to sea definitely EVERY week w/o failed during maintenance inspection

They still have 7/14/28 day inspections correct? My old brain seems to think we washed aircrfat every week. Oh well. ..hey cut me some slack..I'll be 65 in September...oh a 21 day inspection is a 7 day inspection. Correct?

Sometimes pilots would purposely fly into a rain spell to 'wash' their planes like a free wash.

True. On board Hancock which had great difficulty making fresh water. the ship was often turned into rain squalls to dowse the aircraft on the flight deck with fresh water.

 

[Air Force Brat]

if I had been in charge of the US Pacific Fleet, I would've said "oh that's great"

Naaaaah! not unless that was their third or fourth Nuke Boat?? That's actually their first build aircraft carrier Jura, so in fact I'm happy to see them designing, building, manning, and maintaining those boats,, that will tie up a wad of cash that should keep them out of real trouble?? LOL

being a "near peer" means you don't have a lot of excess time or cash to go looking for trouble! LOL in fact ROFL