From the traditional steam catapult Kitty Hawk class to the Nimitz class, to the AC electromagnetic catapult Ford class, the overall layout of the flight decks of these three is actually much the same;None of them broke through the so-called optimal take-off and landing process that was determined on the Kitty Hawk class. The most obvious thing is that the total area of the three flight decks has changed slightly, and the shape and number of main lifts have also been repeatedly adjusted, but the only thing that remains unchanged is the position and overall layout of the four catapults. This raises a question: that is, when all have 4 catapults, can 4 carrier-based aircraft be catapulted and taken off at the same time?If you can do it. Isn't it a large-scale combat operation in which 40 carrier-based planes are dispatched at one time, and only 10 simultaneous ejections are needed to complete the take-off mission, so as to quickly maximize combat effectiveness? The idea is good, but in fact, all 3 types of large aircraft carriers cannot catapult and take off 4 carrier-based aircraft at the same time. This is due to the fact that 2 catapults on the beveled deck, if they are ejected at the same time, then the ones that are ejected,
The two carrier-based planes must have collided with each other at the moment of departure from the ship and takeoff. In this way, on the three types of giant aircraft carriers, the theoretical upper limit of simultaneous catapult is to take off 3 aircraft. And the superpower navy seems to have conducted such a scenario test of 3 simultaneous ejections in history. In essence, it is a pure show of combat power. Because it is actually very dangerous to catapult 3 carrier-based aircraft at the same time. Because 3 aircraft are ejected at the same time, during the aircraft carrier deck slide, these 3 aircraft will not collide together because of the position limitation of the catapult shuttle;However, once it reaches the flight stage of the departure and climbing, the air turbulence excited by the take-off aircraft is far greater than the plane itselfIn this way, two carrier-based aircraft, which are only a few meters apart from each other, may fall into serious mutual interference. At this time, the best solution is to catapult the carrier-based aircraft from the starboard side, quickly pedal the right rudder and slightly deflect to the right after leaving the ship, and then climb up. And the carrier-based aircraft that catapulted and took off on the port side operated the opposite
Pedal the left rudder slightly to the left and then climb again, it is to try to avoid collision between the two planes in the air;Or at least avoid rushing into the strong turbulence or even wake caused by the other side. The problem is that if three carrier-based aircraft are catapulted and taken off at the same time on the 3rd line, then the plane that catapults off on the port side on the foredeck will absolutely no longer dare to climb with the left side of the rudder and the left afterburner. You must know that on the same level, the 3rd colleague took off at the same time on the beveled deck!At this point, if you deviate even a little further to the left, you will collide with the third plane in the air!So you can only climb by direct flight. However, the wind direction at sea is ever-changing, and it is almost impossible to yaw at all, and the two carrier-based aircraft that take off from the foredeck at the same time will have lateral air pressure in the air. Dangerous yaw can occur naturally at any time. What's more troublesome is that the take-off projectile of the beveled deck No. 4 itself is hundreds of meters behind the projectile ray on the front deck
The carrier-based aircraft that catapulted and took off would naturally fall into the dangerous tail turbulence of the two colleagues who took off at the same time on the foredeck. Therefore, to catapult 3 planes at the same time, you can only engage in propaganda by chance;It is a pure external show, with great practical risks and no practical significance. It doesn't matter if there are 4 or 3 large beams. The most scientific and practical catapult take-off mode only uses the bullet ray of the beveled deck and the port side of the foredeckThis makes the overall take-off efficiency the highest. Because the beveled ejection ray can take off first, the air speed is slower;And during deck maintenance, it also occupies the largest propeller fixed-wing AWACS aircraft. After the AWACS aircraft takes off, the entire aft deck can be used as a waiting area for the departure of the main carrier-based aircraft for intensive takeoff. On the foredeck, at this time, the location of the original starboard bomb ray can also be opened up as a temporary take-off preparation area, which is enough for more than a dozen carrier-based aircraft to carry out the complex operation of refueling and hanging bombs. One in front and one in the rear, two bullet rays can take off at the same time. And every 2 after takeoff,
The next 2 aircraft need to be at least 90 seconds apart;That is, at least 1 and a half minutes later, it will catapult and take off. It is to artificially avoid the air turbulence caused by the previous batch of takeoffs. And the final total take-off efficiency of the whole ship is not that there are several lines that can be ejected at the same time;It's about the speed of preparation behind the 2-line deflector, whether it can keep up with the rhythm of a batch of 90 seconds. Therefore, the actual amount of available maintenance space before ejection is the key to the total take-off efficiency of the whole aircraft carrier. At present, on the new platform, it can be found that two small red cars are catapulted at the same time, and they are also simultaneously carrying out double-line catapults according to the position described above. This once again shows that the completion of the new platform is already quite high, and it is likely that only dozens of highly sophisticated phased arrays on the bridge need to be fine-tuned;However, it does not affect the maximum efficiency ejection test of the trolley class at all. A full-scale model of a stealth capital carrier-based aircraft can also be seen on board, apparently for deck simulation dispatch testing. I don't see the F15T ejection model and use the stealth version directly on the ship?then implied,
It is not impossible to deploy a lineup of more than 40 fully stealthy carrier-based aircraft in one step soon. After all, in the place of origin, the double stealth carrier-based aircraft have long been in formation to practice Xi tactics. But I have never seen a two-plane formation of the F15T. If it is delivered, it will be a full stealth lineup;Or at least most of the stealth lineup. This is going to make all the active Nimitz and semi-finished Fords cry and faint in Norfolk. After all, have they all gone on vacation for the past 20 years?