CV-16 Liaoning (001 carrier) Thread II ...News, Views and operations

[Mirabo]

Liaoning's propulsion can sustain 30 knots for a duration of at least 5 hours. We know that much. There is no need for a clearly poorly-researched article to tell us otherwise.

 

[bd popeye]

I have a question...

Another error J15 has 5 ton payload with full complement of fuel

1) If available I want to see a video of an J-15 being launched with the load described..
2) with a load as described does the aircraft have to launch from the far launch point on the angle deck? Thanks!

Considerably smaller than the 100,000-ton U.S. Nimitz-class carriers, it can carry just 24 fixed-wing aircraft compared to 55 for the American flat-tops, according to a recent report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Incorrect. A Nimitz class can carry 80 Fixed wing aircraft plus helos. USN air-wings have been reduced in size in recent years..but the ship capacity remains the same.

 

[vincent]

Incorrect. A Nimitz class can carry 80 Fixed wing aircraft plus helos. USN air-wings have been reduced in size in recent years..but the ship capacity remains the same.

Just curious, is there a catch?

 

[Intrepid]

... but the ship capacity remains the same.

Look at the bow of a Nimitz-class carrier and you will imagine, that it can handle fourtimes more aircraft than a Kuznetsov-type carrier with one wave:

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

.

 

[Jura The idiot]

the source (in Facebook) says December 21, so I went back here, didn't see this posted (hope you wouldn't mind a repost anyway

 

[B.I.B.]

Look at the bow of a Nimitz-class carrier and you will imagine, that it can handle fourtimes more aircraft than a Kuznetsov-type carrier with one wave:

Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!

.

Not a fair comparison. You probably need to wait for over another decade or two to see the final form of China's carriers will take.

I wonder if by that time that its not too far fetched that she too might have a 100,000 ton nuclear powered carrier as well.

 

[bd popeye]

Just curious, is there a catch?

Oh no, no comparison. just a statement of fact. On board Nimitz in 1991 we had 77 fixed wing aircraft;

24 Hornets
24 Tomcats
6 Vikings
4 Prowlers
4 Hawkeyes
15 Intruders

Years before this deployment S-3 Viking squadrons had 10 aircraft.

 

[vincent]

Oh no, no comparison. just a statement of fact. On board Nimitz in 1991 we had 77 fixed wing aircraft;

24 Hornets
24 Tomcats
6 Vikings
4 Prowlers
4 Hawkeyes
15 Intruders

Years before this deployment S-3 Viking squadrons had 10 aircraft.

Thanks Popeye. What i meant was is there any issue when stationing the maximum number the aircraft carrier can handle? Like increase risk of accidents, shorten some equipments' lives, etc

 

[Intrepid]

Not a fair comparison. You probably need to wait for over another decade or two to see the final form of China's carriers will take.

I wonder if by that time that its not too far fetched that she too might have a 100,000 ton nuclear powered carrier as well.

Some days in the future China will have same size, fire power and number as US carriers.

At the moment we compare existing carriers like Liaoning and Nimitz. Liaoning can handle about one dozen aircraft in one wave, Nimitz can handle about four dozen aircraft at the same time.

 

[Blackstone]

the source (in Facebook) says December 21, so I went back here, didn't see this posted (hope you wouldn't mind a repost anyway

Elephant walk on a carrier deck. Love it!