Chinese carrier fixed wing aircrafts (especially J-15) are marginally bigger in wingspan and length compared to F/A-18 and F-35C. Could that be one of the many reasons why 004’s waterline and deck width would likely be marginally wider compared to the Ford?
00X/004 future nuclear CATOBAR carrier thread
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Any guess how long it took for the Fujian at a similar state of construction until the flight deck level was reached?
Do you have a quick answer off the top of your head or we the minions need to scroll through the hundreds of pages on the 003 thread?
No I don‘t and my hope was, that one of you similar obsessed to Naval Assets like me to serial numbers would know it just out of mind. Otherwise I will check on my own after school tomorrow….
No need for you to work hard for the Minion man.
Due to the different construction methods and ship designs, it is difficult to judge, but I would give a rough estimate that Fujian was in a similar state of completion around Page 433 (October/November, 2020). The flight deck began to flare out around page 512 (March/April, 2021). So that is about 5 months. I'm not sure if that's exactly what you're looking for, but it might help narrow the search.
I'd agree its around early 2021 at this stage. I think this design will assemble more rapidly than Fujian, at least until they hit some dates for installing key elements for the (presumed) nuclear power infrastructure. A like for like is difficult especially due to Dalian workflow being a little different to the one at JN.