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Of note, the QLZ and POW don’t have fan tails or an engine test area either, but are still considered long-range blue water carriers….
https://qr.ae/psRYtV As it seems, this is one of the clearest recent images of the PLANS-18 „Fujian“ after being in the water again since 14th February. https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....bc1a48e0fc.png The most obvious question for this angle is yet again what sort of facilities, if any Fujian has to test aircraft engines onboard. There may not be any, pointing to the possibility that the carrier is primarily intended for operations not too far abroad. Pure guessing of course. To illustrate what I am referring to, here you see the related fitting (door and sponson) on Nimitz CVN. The area in question is the sponson carrying the writing "Harry S Truman" and the opening above it on the first image. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....eac3775be.jpeg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....ae80c0acb3.png |
Originally Posted by ORAC
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Of note, the QLZ and POW don’t have fan tails or an engine test area either, but are still considered long-range blue water carriers….
https://qr.ae/psRYtV As it seems, this is one of the clearest recent images of the PLANS-18 „Fujian“ after being in the water again since 14th February. The most obvious question for this angle is yet again what sort of facilities, if any Fujian has to test aircraft engines onboard. There may not be any, pointing to the possibility that the carrier is primarily intended for operations not too far abroad. Pure guessing of course. To illustrate what I am referring to, here you see the related fitting (door and sponson) on Nimitz CVN. The area in question is the sponson carrying the writing "Harry S Truman" and the opening above it on the first image. Its also possible that they're assuming their engines will be so reliable they'll get minimal use out of such a facility...(ho ho ho) or that they'll be delivered by the engine OEM via magical COD (ho ho ho again). To be fair, it may be that the engine test facility is a legacy holdover from previous engines - I'd suspect frequency of use depends on frequency of engine change and whether you need to do a bench test prior to strapping it into the cab and testing that, noting that full-power runs might be challenging in tie down terms! |
He does make the assumbition that the area on the stern immediately below the flight deck isn't just shielding to hide that area whilst in the dockyard
e.g. CdeG in dock https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...G-photo116.jpg CdeG at Sea https://navyrecognition.com/images/s...eyond_2038.jpg |
https://www.twz.com/sea/deck-of-chin...rcraft-mockups
Deck Of China’s Nearly Complete Carrier Now Hosting Multiple Aircraft Mockups The sight of mock fighters, a trainer, and an early warning and control aircraft on the Fujian gives a glimpse of its future air wing. |
Video report. China's New Carrier Starts Sea Trials
China's third and most advanced aircraft carrier, named Fujian, has begun sea trials. Via TaiwanPlus News. |
FUJIAN begins sea trials 01 May 2024
JPG: https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/...d/AA1nZleJ.img https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....a0930833cb.jpg |
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