CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

SinoSoldier

SinoSoldier

Colonel
Higgle said:
Adding on to these rumors:
  • 003 will have displacement 78,000 tons (likely standard displacement) with EM cats and conventional propulsion.
  • 004 will begin construction at Dalian in the coming years, nuclear with EM cats, and the design has largely been finalized.
  • 5th generation naval fighter is well under development and apparently is already undergoing testing.
If 003 indeed displaces 78,000 tons standard with a 41-metre waterline width, we can assume as much as 85,000 tons full displacement.

Let's wait for more news.
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Did these rumors come from the same presentation? Or written by a secondary source?
 
Lethe

Lethe

Captain
Regarding the assertion of 003 as displacing 78,000 tons and the question of whether this is a standard or full-load displacement, I lean towards the latter as it seems to fit better with reports of 003 having only three catapults and two elevators.
 
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Biscuits

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Lethe said:
Regarding the assertion of 003 as displacing 78,000 tons and the question of whether this is a standard or full-load displacement, I lean towards the latter as it seems to fit better with reports of 003 having only three catapults and two elevators.
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Given that it is as wide as a Nimitz class carrier, it would be unlikely that it is about as heavy as the 001 or even the Kitty Hawk, which are not as wide. 78 000 must be either standard or light displacement.
 
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Orthan

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I wonder when/what will happen next. They cant add the upper hull modules in that place. The hangars and all that stuff there dont allow for it. So they will have to move this piece of the hull (and its a big piece ) somewhere else. Where to?

Anlsvrthng said:
That is a pilling ship with a hammer, and there are the freshly inserted piles .

They construct something in the new basin , that require very deep foundations.

The ship above used to drive piles for windmills.

The barge next to the pile driver contain the piles, means the deep of the foundation can be assessed.
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Does anyone have an ideia about what are they adding under the water? I thought they were dredging the basin to transport the modules elsewhere.

Deino said:
:)

Via @红色金银潍 from Weibo
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interesting. This module is placed transverse to the hangar. I cant see this anywhere else in the photos. The hull is always seen continuous to the hangars

Biscuits said:
Given that it is as wide as a Nimitz class carrier, it would be unlikely that it is about as heavy as the 001 or even the Kitty Hawk, which are not as wide. 78 000 must be either standard or light displacement.
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If it has 41 meters beam at waterline, it will be a very big carrier. But its displacement will depend much on its length, something that we dont have any ideia at this point.
 
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Red Moon

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Bltizo said:
To clarify, when I talk about "long term rumours" I'm talking about rumours that first appeared a long time ago, but which have since then received continuous indications over the years that the original rumour was still "active" usually in the form of acknowledging that it is still active, or sometimes describing predictions for how far the project has moved along (in domains such as subsystems, construction predictions, projected timetable, etc).
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Yes, this was clear in your posts. Maybe I should have said rumors that "have been active" for a long time, rather than "have existed" for a long time.
 
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