The ford class has an open platform at the back. I won't call that a bridge though.
So 003 could be doing just that.
CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread
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So 003 could be doing just that.
One little tidbit in the video. The author claims that EMAL catapult is 10 meters longer than steam catapult, and the design change requiring additional length is the reason why flame deflector is now protruding into the landing strip.
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It's just not an expert who tells stories. The rest of what he said is correct only by chance - if at all.
How come there is just 1 level of bridge on the type 003 vs 3 or 4 levels on the ford?
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And new CG showing the Type 003 aircraft carrier ...
(Images via @西葛西 from bilibili）
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(Images via @西葛西 from bilibili）
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The long protruding bulbous forefoot similar to those on the last few members of the Nimitz class is AFAIK unevidenced by any photograph. The best photo seem to show a modest, possibly sonar bearing, bulb similar to those on Kuznetsov and Liaoning.
Also, the active roll stabilizer in front and behind the bilge keels seems to be conjectural, as is the shape of the propellers
A further thought on the row of windows depicted on the back of the island. Photos of the island shows there are boiler room air intake vents on both sides of the island, outboard of boiler uptake. This would effective bisect the island into a front part and rear part separated by boiler room air intake shafts and boiler room smoke uptake trucks. There would mean there is actually no internal space which connects the front part of island, where bridge and Prifly is, with the space on the back of the island where there is currently no windows but many CG depictions seem to insist there would be.
A large working space in the back of the island that is not connected to the rest of the island, and would demand its occupants walk down to flight deck level, exit the island, walk forward, then re-enter the island to access related working space seems an implausible design.
This strengthens my believe the area at the back of the island where CG insist on continuing to depict windows is actually not intended to be a routinely occupied space. There will not be windows there.
A large working space in the back of the island that is not connected to the rest of the island, and would demand its occupants walk down to flight deck level, exit the island, walk forward, then re-enter the island to access related working space seems an implausible design.
This strengthens my believe the area at the back of the island where CG insist on continuing to depict windows is actually not intended to be a routinely occupied space. There will not be windows there.
