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Video of Chinese J-15 carrier ops...

armada1651

Hey intern, get me a Campari!
pilot
In advanced, a sim instructor had me "prove" that the T-45 could deck run...if you went to MIL at the rounddown and took it right down Cat 2.
 

jarhead

UAL CA; retired hinge
pilot
Hey, could a Hornet, clean, take-off via a deck run?
a very quick glance at the NATOPS performance charts: 402 engines; ~half a bag of gas, clean, >1.0 density ratio, 40 knots in the face, dry rwy, full AB -> ~1200 foot roll. w/ 20 kts in the face -> ~1500 ft roll
 

MIDNJAC

is clara ship
pilot
a very quick glance at the NATOPS performance charts: 402 engines; ~half a bag of gas, clean, >1.0 density ratio, 40 knots in the face, dry rwy, full AB -> ~1200 foot roll. w/ 20 kts in the face -> ~1500 ft roll

Ill admit that a clean chuck with light fuel is a beast. I managed to enter the number and a half club before the nose started doing weird things i didnt like and i lost my nerve. Thats with 400s as well
 
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