CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

Deino

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Any idea what part this could be? Just posted by LKJ86 via the PDF

Eventually the first part of - not sure how you call it in English - the overhanging outer part below the flightdeck?

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For those wanting the original source and picture:

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The article isn't very useful as it doesn't add much that we already know, and it still makes the mistake of calling it 002 rather than 003.

Otherwise the key reason it's useful for us is the satellite picture where we get a good estimate of its beam. 41m is a bit bigger than expected but it's within bounds of what some of us have estimated in the past. I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being closer to 38-39m. But we know that it isn't something like 32m.

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