CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread

[ZeEa5KPul]

They reworked the windows, great design！
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I knew it! I knew it! "Compression artifact" my ass!

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

A satellite update from yesterday (June 15th in North America).

Notice what looks like a stage right in front of the carrier's bow section.

(Highlighted by Deino)

 

[jvodan]

A satellite update from yesterday (June 15th in North America).

Finally it's been launched and it floats
Yes I know not officially launched but it has water under the keel !!

 

[Helius]

They reworked the windows, great design！
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A satellite update from yesterday (June 15th in North America).

From a design standpoint, apart from the modified larger windows for the flight control deck, and a nice bit of symmetry with the parallel-running port catapults, what I'm most pleased by thus far is that the PLAN has pretty much filled every available square inch of the surface area with deck space, most notably the stern section of the deck, ostensibly so as to afford more parking space.



This is in contrast to the Ford, which has dedicated pretty big swathes of surface real estate to those large sponsons at the stern, which I always think is a peculiar design choice to have so much empty space for a lone Mk.25 and RAM on either side, as justified by some ill-defined "future-proofing" rationale for future systems and fixtures that might occupy those spaces, all at the expense of less deck space as if that's not already at a premium which they've now fixed themselves up to have to do without.

Still, aesthetically this makes the 003 look like she has a bigger "butt" in comparison, which I like and I cannot lie.

 

[Richard Santos]

Finally it's been launched and it floats
Yes I know not officially launched but it has water under the keel !!

Just to be pedantic, Water under keel does not mean it is floating yet. The water comes in under the keel minutes after the dock’s sluice valves open. It will take many hours to several days to fill the dock enough before the ship actually floats.

 

[pakje]

From a design standpoint, apart from the modified larger windows for the flight control deck, and a nice bit of symmetry with the parallel-running port catapults, what I'm most pleased by thus far is that the PLAN has pretty much filled every available square inch of the surface area with deck space, most notably the stern section of the deck, ostensibly so as to afford more parking space.

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This is in contrast to the Ford, which has dedicated pretty big swathes of surface real estate to those large sponsons at the stern, which I always think is a peculiar design choice to have so much empty space for a lone Mk.25 and RAM on either side, as justified by some ill-defined "future-proofing" rationale for future systems and fixtures that might occupy those spaces, all at the expense of less deck space as if that's not already at a premium which they've now fixed themselves up to have to do without.

Still, aesthetically this makes the 003 look like she has a bigger "butt" in comparison, which I like and I cannot lie.

would the hypothetical 4th steam catapult be in the same position as on the ford?

 

[Richard Santos]

would the hypothetical 4th steam catapult be in the same position as on the ford?

I suspect when the decision was made to switch from steam to EW catapults, the axis of port bow catapult had to be slightly rotated clockwise, which crowded out one of the two waist catapults.

 

[Biscuits]

Oh no! It's tilted. (Just Kidding~)

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Bruh this shit would be able to launch H-6 bombers with catapults and ramps of that size.

 

[Intrepid]

As I know it is the distribution system from three current storage systems (with four flywheels each) to four catapults, that isn't reliable. If the Chinese use an other distribution system, they may have other or no problems.

Easier installation with one set of four flywheels serving one catapult. On the carrier are three sets with four flywheels each serving four catapults and the distribution system failed several times.

Of the four Ford-class electromagnetic catapults, only three can be used at a time.

 

[Paulo R Siqueira]

From a design standpoint, apart from the modified larger windows for the flight control deck, and a nice bit of symmetry with the parallel-running port catapults, what I'm most pleased by thus far is that the PLAN has pretty much filled every available square inch of the surface area with deck space, most notably the stern section of the deck, ostensibly so as to afford more parking space.

View attachment 90877

This is in contrast to the Ford, which has dedicated pretty big swathes of surface real estate to those large sponsons at the stern, which I always think is a peculiar design choice to have so much empty space for a lone Mk.25 and RAM on either side, as justified by some ill-defined "future-proofing" rationale for future systems and fixtures that might occupy those spaces, all at the expense of less deck space as if that's not already at a premium which they've now fixed themselves up to have to do without.

Still, aesthetically this makes the 003 look like she has a bigger "butt" in comparison, which I like and I cannot lie.