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

[Marjohn]

You mean automatic ballast system But why they have to requalified twice? I guess the anti skid coating add considerable weigh to the ship so the need to re calibrate the automatic system

Or, the first test was not conclusive. But it seems strange.

 

[snake65]

22 April

 

[bd popeye]

Pretty sure the photo above is from May 14th of last year.

Post 2732 of this thread as posted by Jeff Head...nice photo never the less.

https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/ty...r-news-discussions.t8035/page-274#post-508357

 

[by78]

This is the latest (April 22nd, local time)... All images are high-resolution.

 

[snake65]

Pretty sure the photo above is from May 14th of last year.

Post 2732 of this thread as posted by Jeff Head...nice photo never the less.

https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/ty...r-news-discussions.t8035/page-274#post-508357

You are correct, bd. My fault, should have made Google check before posting

 

[Intrepid]

You are correct, bd. My fault, should have made Google check before posting

The deck markings painted in one day is impossible I think .

 

[bd popeye]

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Notice in the above photo. There is a black streak on the hull. This is more than likely from the exhaust of an auxiliary/emergency diesel generator.

 

[Intrepid]

Notice in the above photo. There is a black streak on the hull. This is more than likely from the exhaust of an auxiliary/emergency diesel generator.

On Liaoning, there is always the same smoke at the same position.

 

[Anlsvrthng]

I become curious about the J-15 vs type 001 lift compatibility.

I calculated the lift size based on deck maps, and knowing length of the carrier, it should be 15m*15m. ( sea side has a curve, it is the end of curve)
Length of the J-15 is 21.9m.

Based on the pictures the distance between the landing gear and the tip of nose is 15m.

Width of the fighter with folded wings is 7.4 m.

So, the fighter has to be positioned by mm allowances to not to shear off the nose, or not to drop into the sea.

Two fighter can be lifted only if there is few mm of clearance between them.

Same data for F/A-18 vs nimitz lift:
Size of lift : 22.2 width *17.76 ( from deck maps)

F-A-18 length : 17.1m
width with folded wings : 9.94m

Based on wiki / deck maps / fighter pictures. So, there can be same error.

 

[Intrepid]

So, the fighter has to be positioned by mm allowances to not to shear off the nose, or not to drop into the sea.

Two fighter can be lifted only if there is few mm of clearance between them.

There are videos in the internet. Only one fighter can be liftet and the pitot tube has to be tilted down.