PLAN Carrier Strike Group and Airwing

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no_name said:

It looks like parts of the angle deck section still need to be added, or am I missing something?

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They do not have a very large protrusion for their angled deck. You can see it on the one picture in the shi[pyard looking aft on the port side there, behind the sponson, and also on the flight deck to the right of the picture.

They will paint an angled flight deck extending from the aft starboard side to the forward port quarter where that small extension is.

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Ok then it is somewhat different from the cg depictions. The hull shape is also different.

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Goodboy makes some good videos.

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First: not even the US can now export an EM cat, even if they wanted to.
Second: the length of the ski ramp in Liaoning is longer than a US cat.
Third: it must be possible to use curved steam cats but no-one will be 3-D printing a curved steam cat cylinder.

The purpose of the ski ramp is to give the aircraft velocity a vertical component to give the aircraft enough time to accelerate to flying speed in a semi-ballistic trajectory even after a single engine failure ( unless overloading the aircraft is even more important than that point of safety - think of the P-38's sent out to shoot down Admiral Yamamoto ).
The ski ramps of Adm K and Liaoning are long enough to enable a Flanker to reach its end with lift off speed. An aircraft launched by cat experiences a much higher acceleration and achieves that lift off speed in half the length of an ordinary cat. That means that the ski ramp can have the same length.
A medium sized carrier as Liaoning with two cats in a smaller ski ramp would have more more space to spot aircraft. A similar carrier without ski ramp will have even more space to spot aircraft but that includes space that will have to be cleared when aircraft are to be launched. If that respotting is not necessary you save on work for the flight deck crew.
Btw an EW turboprop will have a lower lift off speed and can use the same cats.

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AssassinsMace said:

I don't know if you can get anymore information off this video but it shows the section about at the 1:41 mark and then afterwards some video of the 052D.

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the subtitle did say "suspected carrier section"

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Here is a video of the INS Vikrant that's about to be launched today.

[video=youtube;2TSBjMx3C1M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TSBjMx3C1M[/video]

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the guy says that trials will be at 2016 and enter service in 2018 but i predict more time as the superstructure is yet to be build

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[video]http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/fromndtv/286476[/video][video]http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/fromndtv/286476[/video]

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INS Vikrant, India's first indigenous aircraft carrier, officially launched

The launch of the 37,500-tonnes, 260 metres long and is 60 metres wide vessel is behind schedule by three years. It is expected to start its sea trials in 2016 before being commissioned into the Indian Navy by the end 2018

Maximum speed of the ship is announced at 28 knots, the ship reported range is 7,500 nautical miles at a speed of 18 knots. INS Vikrant is set to receive a large crew complement composed of 160 officers and 1,400 sailors.

The aircraft carrier will be able to accommodate 30 fighters and helicopters, including Mig-29K fighters and Ka-31 helicopters .

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A couple of more pictures from today's launch of India's 1st indigenous carrier: