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

[taxiya]

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[kwaigonegin]

Well, well what we got here via LKJ86
September 12, 2018

Pls elaborate so layman like me can understand. What am I suppose to see here?

 

[fatfreddy]

Pls elaborate so layman like me can understand. What am I suppose to see here?

I think arresting wires, in other words, preparing for aircraft landing

 

[Deleted member 13312]

Which is in line with PLAN's land based experience.
Practice up to November 19th, 2017
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then changed no later than November 25th 2017
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Maybe PLAN realized that 3 arresting cables setup is too risky for fresh Carrier aircraft pilot, not worth to reduce.

3 is the bare minimum for any carrier, even the USN with their vast experience in carrier aviation still uses 4 arresting cables across the deck. Reducing the number from 3 to 2 is insanity incarnate, because in normal carrier aviation the first cable is almost always a guaranteed miss. The PLAN did be seeing a lot of j-15 shaped reefs if that was to happen.

 

[kwaigonegin]

I think arresting wires, in other words, preparing for aircraft landing

Still don’t get it... it’s a carrier! why wouldn’t it have the wires? Were they not there before?

 

[Deino]

Still don’t get it... it’s a carrier! why wouldn’t it have the wires? Were they not there before?

AFAIK not, they were not installed before the previous two cruises.

 

[Blitzo]

Still don’t get it... it’s a carrier! why wouldn’t it have the wires? Were they not there before?

They were not installed yet. The initial sea trials would not have needed the arresting wires.

The fact that they're installing them now may mean the subsequent sea trials may involve fixed wing aviation trials

 

[taxiya]

3 is the bare minimum for any carrier, even the USN with their vast experience in carrier aviation still uses 4 arresting cables across the deck. Reducing the number from 3 to 2 is insanity incarnate, because in normal carrier aviation the first cable is almost always a guaranteed miss. The PLAN did be seeing a lot of j-15 shaped reefs if that was to happen.

Who are you talking about?

 

[kwaigonegin]

They were not installed yet. The initial sea trials would not have needed the arresting wires.

The fact that they're installing them now may mean the subsequent sea trials may involve fixed wing aviation trials

Thanx for clarification... did not realize she didn’t have those before.

 

[Hendrik_2000]

Not sure if this mock up or real thing via LKJ86. the helicopter look real with ramp and folded tail
and wheel stowaway