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Chinese Navy Carrier - film of first carrier landing and take off
Tregarth:
This appeared on the BBC news website yesterday; the fact that the plane takes off using a ski jump instead of using a catapult is something to think about.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20483716
DigitAL:
An interesting twist on a basic concept of getting fighter planes on and off a moving boat for sure. It wouldn't surprise me if the Big Bear is living vicariously through the Sleeping Dragon though, and that might be something to think about?
Orion:
The ski-jump ramp isn't all that uncommon, according to this Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_deck#Ski-jump_ramp.
--- Quote ---With the exception of the United States,France and Brazil, every navy in the world that operates STOVL naval aircraft uses ski jump ramps.
--- End quote ---
SUBS17:
We use it all the time in FC2 with the SU33.
Its a different type of launching method as you rely on just the aircrafts thrust to get you off the deck and usually you drop quite a bit on launching in FC2 so I can imagine its a bit hairy IRL doing it this way.
Sludge:
--- Quote from: Orion on November 27, 2012, 03:34:30 am ---The ski-jump ramp isn't all that uncommon, according to this Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_deck#Ski-jump_ramp.
--- Quote ---With the exception of the United States,France and Brazil, every navy in the world that operates STOVL naval aircraft uses ski jump ramps.
--- End quote ---
--- End quote ---
Granted, this part is true, but for what its worth ONLY the US puts STRIKE PACKAGES into the air and OPERATES in all weather and day/night ops. Maybe the Chinese can get there, maybe not. My money is NOT for anytime in the near (10 years) future because real-world ops take more than just emulating US procedures (as seen in the Y/T video, right down to the color-coded float coats of the enlisted deck crews). Still not buying into the ski-jump ramp launching operations for non-STOVL A/C, need CATs to get strike packages airborne... just my opinion.
Take this video with a grain of salt... yes, the Chinese are STARTING naval ops but that's where they are at right now. Just starting.
Later
Sludge
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