根据描述， 这是一款重13吨的海军直升机，配备有吊放式声纳, 32个声纳浮标和四枚轻型(235公斤/ 517磅)反潜鱼雷。
Naval Air: Chinese Made Heavies Go To Sea
September 10, 2014: China is currently touting the capabilities of its new locally made Z-18F anti-submarine helicopter, mainly because it wants export sales.
This model is seen as the first acceptable Chinese made anti-submarine helicopter.
It is described as a 13 ton naval helicopter that carries a dipping sonar, 32 sonobuoys and up to four light (235 kg/517 pound) anti-submarine torpedoes.
The Z-18F is too heavy for most Chinese warships and will be used on Chinese carriers and large amphibious ships (that look like small carriers).
The Z-18F appears to be a major upgrade to the earlier Z-8F and is the same weight as anti-submarine used on many Western warships (which tend to be larger than most Chinese ones.)
China was not pleased with an earlier effort, the Z-8 naval helicopter. China eventually built twenty Z-8Fs, and used them on some of their warships.
但是入列服役的大约只有6架次。通过不断的修善, 中国研制出了更强大的引擎，并实现了多次技术跨越。Z-18F面世后，中国人仍旧觉得当前的Z-8F不宜广泛和持续使用。
China spent over a decade tinkering with the Z-8. In the 1990s more models of the Z-8 were developed for the army and some of these performed better and went into production.
But only about half a dozen entered service. China kept tinkering, adding a more powerful engine and hundreds of technical improvements.
Until the appearance of the Z-18F the Chinese did not consider the current Z-8F good enough for widespread and sustained use.
It appears that the Chinese have carried up some major upgrades to the Z-8F and combined that with higher quality Chinese made components.
The Chinese Navy, for the more serious missions like anti-submarine operations, bought Russian models.
China ordered 27 Russian Ka-28/31 naval helicopters, beginning in the late 1990s and is apparently happy with them.
The 12 ton Ka-28 entered service in 1982 in the Soviet (later Russian) navy as an anti-submarine aircraft.
Ka-31配备了大型雷达(部署在直升机下方),并可作预警机之用。Ka-28/31巡航速度205公里/小时, 最高时速270公里每小时。
The Ka-31 model is equipped with a large radar (that is deployed underneath the helicopter once it is in the air), and acts as an early warning aircraft.
The Ka-28/31 have a cruising speed of 205 kilometers an hour, and a top speed 270 kilometers an hour.
发表于 2014-9-11 13:50
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