PLAN Naval Aviation Training Facility

Jeff Head

Jeff Head

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As far as potential catapult systems...this thread is about the PLAN Naval Aviation Training Facility.

If located at the Training Facility, then it will be one or the other catapult system, as I suspect that the PLAN will put the one there that they intend to use.

I am not sure they are at that stage yet.

If at a research and development facility, then they might have both for comparison and development of the one they would ultimately use.
 
vincent

vincent

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Jeff Head said:
If located at the Training Facility, then it will be one or the other catapult system, as I suspect that the PLAN will put the one there that they intend to use.
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Maybe it is a cost saving move. Once you test both and decide which one you want, you can continue to use that one for training instead of building a new one at the training centre
 
Intrepid

Intrepid

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taxiya said:
I guess the four big modules in the right one are energy storage modules just like US. EMALS has four of them.
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I saw an article somewhere in the internet, that the US EMALS test installation has one storage module for one catapult and the carrier has three storage modules for four catapults.
 
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taxiya

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Intrepid said:
I saw an article somewhere in the internet, that the US EMALS test installation has one storage module for one catapult and the carrier has three storage modules for four catapults.
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My understanding of following wiki link
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is that, one linear motor (one catapult) requires energy up to 484MJ, which requires four modules, each module is a disk alternator which can store 121MJ, four of them make 484MJ.
so my understanding is one catapult has four modules.
Here is how a EMALS ESS module look like
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. The size seems to be similar to the module in China.
I could be wrong, so if you can show me the article you mentioned, I'd appreciate it.
 
Jovian

Jovian

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Will it be possible to make an estimation of the length of this (potential) catapult(s)?

After all, there is an outline marking of the Liaoning close by; the arrestor landing training setup...
 
danielchin

danielchin

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is this another training center for the newbies?

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