The reason why the carrier-based aircraft island of Charles de Gaulle is placed in front is that it is a little smaller, so that the area behind the island is wider, which is convenient for the centralized support of carrier-based aircraft, and the ship island is far from the landing area, which reduces the impact of bumps on the carrier-based aircraft landing, but also has an impact on the route from the carrier-based aircraft to the bow.

2. American aircraft carrier

The backward movement of the US aircraft carrier's island itself affects the landing of carrier-based aircraft, but the island is also reduced in size and optimized in shape, which will offset the adverse effects of the backward movement of the island.

The backward movement of the ship island also has great advantages. Taking Ford class as an example, the United States has a high evaluation of the backward motion design of Ford class aircraft carrier, which is called the reform of flight deck.

Compared with Nimitz, the Ford-class aircraft carrier island has moved back about 30 meters, leaving a lot of space in front as a centralized aviation support area, which is equivalent to a one-stop support area for racing cars. China's Liaoning ship is subject to the original design and has to pull carrier-based aircraft everywhere to complete the support, which is not only inefficient, but also affects the take-off and landing of carrier-based aircraft. This is where domestic aircraft carriers need to be improved.

After the Ford-class aircraft carrier returned to the island, the deck area behind the island decreased, the number of parked aircraft decreased, and transportation was inconvenient. However, the early warning aircraft is generally placed here, without ammunition support, and the frequency of dispatch is low, with little impact.

Speaking of the adverse impact on carrier-based aircraft landing, the Ford class has also been adjusted, and the length of the ship island has been reduced a lot, only 18 meters, and the Nimitz class is 30 meters; Moreover, the triangular profile is adopted at the back of the ship island above five decks, which is beneficial to the formation of laminar flow and further reduces the adverse effects.

3. Aircraft carrier Kuznetsov

The reason why the aircraft carrier Kuznetsov floated the island so far was because it was too big to leave enough space for the flight deck. As for the center of gravity, it must be solved in the design stage.

The ship island is very heavy, but its proportion is still very small compared with tens of thousands of tons of hull, and it will not be equipped with any particularly heavy equipment. Although the ship island is very big, it is not as heavy as you think. As long as it is balanced, it will not have adverse effects.

Anyway, large aircraft carriers have floating platforms, which are relatively heavy, and one more floating big ship island outside will not be fatal.