Best Naval aircraft for STOL

Does anybody know which size of angled deck a Rafale or a Hornet needs?
Rafale was tested from Foch which only has 165m. CdG has the larger size for the Hawkeye.
BSAC 220 was obviously designed with Hornet in mind. Judging from the drawings the angled deck seems to be a bit shorter than 200m.

C-2A Greyhound COD

F18 a STOL A/c ? Lol 🙂

The Yak-38 and Yak-141 were STOVL aircraft, so they’d beat out any of the bigger fast jets as far as distances are concerned.

RE: Best Naval aircraft for STOL

Apart from the Harrier derivatives and the F35, which Naval aircraft requires the shortest decks for take off? The French Rafaele, the US F18’s, any other US planes, or a Russian plane?

It is difficult to say since the Rafale requires the same catapults the F/A-18E/F does. The MiG-29K and Su-33 use the ski-ramp to take off of a carrier. They all require assistance of one form or another to take-off a ship.
I guess what you have to find out which aircraft requires the shortest take-off run on land.

Adrian

I always mispell rafale. I keep thinking it is similar to Raphael. Anyway I would not be surprised if it was the best, as it is the most modern.

Rafale

(not sayin’ Rafale is the best (though it is), just correcting the name).

Nic