CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

[by78]

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where
is
the
fucking
smokestack？
Im going to demand an apology soon.

ok i will stop commenting nuclear power stuff as it is not welcomed.

Is that graphite on the main mast? Graphite is only found in the reactor core as a neutron flux moderator, right? And look at all that smoke, all that radiation. Only 3.6 roentgen per hour, I'm told. Not great, but not terrible.

P.S. By the way, where is your apology?

 

[by78]

Today marks the two year anniversary of the launching of carrier Fujian. Some nice older images to celebrate the occasion.

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Latest view of Fujian at Jiangnan. No aircraft tire marks have been spotted. Posted by

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[by78]

@li450274625

I'm paraphrasing here, the captions say something along the lines of "Carrier Fujian has shattered the myth that electromagnetic catapults can only be installed on nuclear carriers"

 

[test1979]

@li450274625

I'm paraphrasing here, the captions say something along the lines of "Carrier Fujian has shattered the myth that electromagnetic catapults can only be installed on nuclear carriers"

lol, then what will 076 prove next?
Can electromagnetic catapults be installed on non-aircraft carriers?

 

[Vincent Ang]

lol, then what will 076 prove next?
Can electromagnetic catapults be installed on non-aircraft carriers?

With the right engineering electromagnetic catapaults are suitable for a much bigger range of applications compared to steam catapaults.

 

[snake65]

Range of applications? What other applications for a catapult than launching a plane?

 

[Vincent Ang]

Range of applications? What other applications for a catapult than launching a plane?

Google

 

[bd popeye]

Carrier Fujian has shattered the myth that electromagnetic catapults can only be installed on nuclear carriers"

I don't know what wrote this but I must state a question. How many catapult launches with aircraft has Fujian made? I know they tested the catapults.

 

[Andy1974]

Range of applications? What other applications for a catapult than launching a plane?

Could it launch a helicopter? I mean, helicopters that use lifting bodies in their design, and also have wings that weapons are hung from. If the catapult gets it up to a speed to get the lifting surfaces working it would increase the load it can carry versus normal takeoff.

Same applies to a tilt rotor, it could be launched from a catapult with its wings rotated 45%, this would allow it to carry more load than launching vertically.