Type 076 LHD/LHA discussion

obj 705A

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Is Shenyang Aircraft Co (Shenfei) developed VSTOL fighter for Type 076?
Deploying a VSTOL aircraft on a ship that has EM catapults makes no sense. If the catapults on the Type 076 are as weak as some people here make them out to be to the point where they can't launch a fully loaded J-35 then the 076 will just launch the J-35 with reduced load.
 

ACuriousPLAFan

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If an EMCAT with a maximum length of 40 meters is really able to launch a fully-loaded J-35 to takeoff speed - Then why aren't the Fujian CV and the Ford-class CVNs equipped with EMCATs that are only 40 meters in length? Why bother with going for 100-or-more meters?

I wonder why...
 
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obj 705A

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We don't know wether the PLAN requires the 076 to be able launch 5th gen fighters or not. However if the PLAN did have that requirement then I would say it is rediculous to deploy a STOVL fighter on a ship with catapults, especialy since a STOVL fighter has reduced load anyway so you might as well launch the aircraft with the reduced load using the shortened catapult.

What is the fully loaded weight of a GJ-11 drone anyway? A fully loaded GJ-11 is probably only 2-3 tonnes lighter than a J-35 with reduced fuel load & say 4 A2A missiles.

In the end I would say regarding the length of the catapults we have to wait and see how long they actually are and how many of them there are & wether they are all of the same length or not.
 

Blitzo

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So The Type 076 LHD plan only bring UCAV combine helo or UCAV combo J-35 and helo?

On CDF most of your posts are just making inane one liner questions. As it's been mentioned to you on CDF, that forum doesn't exist to just answer your questions -- do some research of your own and actually read the thread first at minimum.

The same applies on SDF as well.
 

Gloire_bb

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Deploying a VSTOL aircraft on a ship that has EM catapults makes no sense. If the catapults on the Type 076 are as weak as some people here make them out to be to the point where they can't launch a fully loaded J-35 then the 076 will just launch the J-35 with reduced load.
It still does - because there is a landing part of the equation, especially for a straight-deck ship.
Basically, STOVL allows a much larger plane to reasonably operate from a small deck.

But whatever it makes any sense is a different number. As of now, we saw some STOVL-related research, but no concrete signs of development of such a fighter. J-35 is clearly not the one.
 
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by78

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Self-explanatory.

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