But CV 67 has three catapaults. Emals are a generational shift from steam catapaults in that it is a lot easier to adjust for varying loads. Most importantly the boiler technology has also advanced rapidly since the CV-67 was built. This development is important for the nuclear carriers the Chinese intend to built.
CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread
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CV67 had 4 catapults. All US postwar carriers had 4 catapults and 4 elevators. Given that CV67 was designed literally 60 years ago, one should certainly hope the current state of material science and computer modeling should allow a carrier substantially superior in many details to be designed and built even by a power with considerable less carrier design and operating experience.
The island looks smaller than previously predicted.
Also is this another weapon elevator? This also confirm that the blast deflectors are parallel to the elevator.
Also is this another weapon elevator? This also confirm that the blast deflectors are parallel to the elevator.
That's old photo, now most of the modules are already placed. I think they already finished the port sponson and elevator rail.
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If one looks at American carrier design history, it is striking just how conservative American post WWII carrier design really has been, and how much basic American carrier design has stagnated since the late 1950s. Even the latest Ford Class carriers are really still just a half hearted attempt to update the basic american carrier design with had largely been fixed since the Kitty Hawk design of the mid 1950s, and passed down from class to class with little substantive changes through the 16 ships spanning almost 70 years. This can be attributed to the fact that during all this period, no one else built another very large carrier.
I suspect with several major powers now building and operating very large carriers, the basic design of carriers will evolve much more rapidly in the next 20-30 years. Carriers being commissioned in 2030s will probably be very much more different from carriers built today, then carriers built today is from the Kitty Hawk of late 1950s.
I suspect with several major powers now building and operating very large carriers, the basic design of carriers will evolve much more rapidly in the next 20-30 years. Carriers being commissioned in 2030s will probably be very much more different from carriers built today, then carriers built today is from the Kitty Hawk of late 1950s.
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CSIS estimates the carrier length to be 315m, estimates from people like @Horobeyo(Twitter) found it to be 325m
I think the focus on whether the length is 325 or 315 is misplaced. There is no guaranty 003’s hull shape would be very to that of the Kennedy, Kitty Hawk, 001 or 002. The exact length is therefore not an sure indicator of its displacement through analogy.
Model of Type 003. Note the super tall island is a optical illusion due to light refraction in the glass. I think this is from a PLAN museum? The elevator looks wider than Shandong, so I think it can fit 2 J-15s.
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The smaller box on the right looks like a Type 055. The carrier looks accurate enough to be real thing. Even has J-15 and AEW&C aircraft in it.
The long protruding bulbous forefoot seems to conflict with recent photos of the real ship.
