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Chinese Navy Carrier - film of first carrier landing and take off

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Tregarth:
Sludge, certainly a catapult is one way of doing it, but the Harrier, both RN and USN, uses (used) the "ski-jump".  In the Falklands nastiness it was the only way the Harriers were launched, and they were fully loaded.

In fact there is a video of the F-35 using a ski jump on the USS Wasp.  The difference is the F-35, because of its STOVL capability has a lot more engineering (i.e weight) than the F-18 or it's Chinese equivalent.

It is interesting that the Chinese use coloured shirts (imitation is the sincerest form of flattery).  Granted the film clip is a great propaganda boost but I think the Chinese are a lot closer to being a fully operational force than many would like to admit.

Cheers,

Tregarth

SpazSinbad:
Tregarth, USS Wasp does not have a ski jump but successfully hosted the initial F-35B trials in Oct 2011 - more trials are scheduled for 2013. The UK CVF x 2 being built now will have a ski jump and it will enable the F-35B to launch with less deck run compared to the flat deck USMC. It seems both services will be able to launch with full internal load (PLUS whatever else according to WOD / Temp and other factors) according to the required Key Performance Parameters (KPPs - 600 feet LHA run / 450+ feet for CVF Ski Jump (not decided due to slight change to USMC KPP from 550 to 600 feet). It is likely that the F-35B will launch via the ski jump at Patuxent River soon if it has not done so already (I would guess it will be news when it does ski jump) for testing the STO parameters required for CVF use.

SUBS17:

--- Quote from: Tregarth on December 05, 2012, 09:18:11 pm ---Sludge, certainly a catapult is one way of doing it, but the Harrier, both RN and USN, uses (used) the "ski-jump".  In the Falklands nastiness it was the only way the Harriers were launched, and they were fully loaded.

In fact there is a video of the F-35 using a ski jump on the USS Wasp.  The difference is the F-35, because of its STOVL capability has a lot more engineering (i.e weight) than the F-18 or it's Chinese equivalent.

It is interesting that the Chinese use coloured shirts (imitation is the sincerest form of flattery).  Granted the film clip is a great propaganda boost but I think the Chinese are a lot closer to being a fully operational force than many would like to admit.

Cheers,

Tregarth

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The US offered the Brits a carrier with steam catapults but they turnned it down. IMO it would have changed the war dramatically as an E2C would have been the best answer to all these incoming flights to setup good intercepts. Thats the advantage of a decent carrier with catapults is not only the strike aircraft but also the support aircraft which give you better and constant round the clock coverage of the area. IMO putting a radar on a Seaking and using that as an AWACs is not a smart idea.

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