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The best quality photo of the Chinese KJ-600 aircraft has surfaced online. This plane is the first and only carrier borne early warning aircraft designed and built by the Chinese. It is believed it will soon be deployed to the type 003 Fujian aircraft carrier.
The photo shows details never seen before. The KJ-600 in many ways look like the US Navy E-2 Hawkeye aircraft. But again we can see many differences.
The layout of the KJ-600 is almost identical to the E-2. In fact, the Soviet Yak-44 naval early warning aircraft also adopted this design. To fit an aircraft with large size radar into aircraft carrier hangar, and to take off and land properly, you will have to design a short fuselage, two propellers and engines, and most importantly a tail stabilizer lower than usual. That pretty much gives you a a layout close to the E-2 Hawkeye.
In this KJ-600 photo, different from the E-2, the two vertical stabilizers on the outside have a taller upper surface, and shorter lower surface. The E-2 is the other way around.
The KJ-600 has larger radar dome support post in the center, possibly indicating the radar dome assembly is heavier.
The KJ-600 likely has an active electric scan array radar. The radar dome has a smaller portion with radio wave transparent material facing one direction. This means the radar will need to rotate to cover 360 degrees.
Its front landing gear has a catapult launcher connection rod, necessary for launching from the type 003 Fujian Aircraft Carrier.
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