CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

[taxiya]

Wait, 3 cats instead of 2?

I am surprised of your "surprise". The proper surprise would be "3 instead of 4?". Nobody ever thought of 2.

 

[by78]

Wait, 3 cats instead of 2?

Have you not been following the developments at all? The last time anyone speculated 2 cats,

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was still popular.

 

[l1tchi]

Measurements from @horobeyo on Twitter:
Length: 320.8m
Width: 75.6m
Max width: 80.6m
Lifter width: 20.6m
bow width: 30.4m

 

[celular]

It cannot be a 4th catapult for drone, can it?

 

[Kejora]

It cannot be a 4th catapult for drone, can it?
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Probably just welding mark. It'll dissapear once they polish and paint the deck.

 

[vinnan]

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Measurements from @horobeyo on Twitter:
Length: 320.8m
Width: 75.6m
Max width: 80.6m
Lifter width: 20.6m
bow width: 30.4m

How big are the elevators on the Shandong?

 

[KevinG]

How big are the elevators on the Shandong?

15m wide. J-15 is a little shy of 8m after folding the wings. If 003's lifter is really 20m, then it can fit 2 J-15 one time for sure.

 

[sinophilia]

This ship is apparently over 80m wide at its widest, the widest combat ship ever created by humanity.

Yet a little shorter than the Ford/Nimitz classes, by 10-13m.

So it's going to be girthy.

 

[Vincent Ang]

15m wide. J-15 is a little shy of 8m after folding the wings. If 003's lifter is really 20m, then it can fit 2 J-15 one time for sure.

Thanks.

 

[Kejora]

This ship is apparently over 80m wide at its widest, the widest combat ship ever created by humanity.

Yet a little shorter than the Ford/Nimitz classes, by 10-13m.

So it's going to be girthy.

Only the flight deck though, the waterline width still smaller than Ford.

Size comparison to Ford: