China Flanker Thread II

[zyun8288]

Here are all the video clips from the same guy. His skill is hopeless, but he's damn lucky.
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[tphuang]

十万分的强烈呼唤的沈飞的爬墙党，8月底就看你们的歼15首飞照片了(ZT)
8月6日下午2时30分，中航工业副总经理耿汝光，项目办主任吕杰一行在强度所所长孙侠生、副所长兼总师强 宝平、党委副书记孟凡君等有关人员的陪同下，来到该所耀州试验基地，就某型飞机首飞前全机静力试验情况进行 现场检查指导。

耿副总一行首先听取了强度所所长孙侠生关于某型飞机全机静力试验情况的工作汇报，所长孙侠生、副所长兼总师 强宝平详细地回答了有关问题。接着，耿副总一行在孙所长等陪同下来到试验现场，观看了某型飞机首飞前最后一 项全机静力试验全过程。当试验成功后，耿副总一行向三方参试人员表示祝贺并和参试人员合影留念 。

该机首飞前全机静力试验的完成将为其按期首飞提供有力保证。

someone posted this on Chinese bbs. Several people have been mentioning that J-15 is finishing its final testing needed before the first flight and it will test fly before the end of the month.

[Munir]

grabbed from a video
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That plane has surely not used the jump...

[vesicles]

That plane has surely not used the jump...

The jump might have some sort of spring system that catapult the plane upward.

[tphuang]

The J-15? Is that the J-XX or the naval flanker? Seems that the planes designation changed on cnair.

J-15 may or may not be the naval flanker designation, but I'm pretty sure it's talking about the naval flanker here.

[Roger604]

J-15 may or may not be the naval flanker designation, but I'm pretty sure it's talking about the naval flanker here.

Is it possible that J-11B is the naval flanker? We never saw any photos of J-11B in PLA colors, or flying for that matter. It seems to still be in prototype.

Maybe J-11B's wings can fold up. And they're ready to start flight tests.

[Hyperwarp]

Is it possible that J-11B is the naval flanker? We never saw any photos of J-11B in PLA colors, or flying for that matter. It seems to still be in prototype.

Maybe J-11B's wings can fold up. And they're ready to start flight tests.

According to what we have seen... it has entered service with PLAAF...

From Hui Tong:

Chinese Military Aviation

The first batch of J-11B entered the service with PLAAF 1st Division (serial # 10x2x) in late 2007

http://cnair.top81.cn/fighter/J-11B2.jpg
http://cnair.top81.cn/fighter/J-11B3.jpg

[Quickie]

Could the J-15 be the semi-stealth naval fighter that was once much talked about? If so, it would be a big surprise.

[tphuang]

Is it possible that J-11B is the naval flanker? We never saw any photos of J-11B in PLA colors, or flying for that matter. It seems to still be in prototype.

Maybe J-11B's wings can fold up. And they're ready to start flight tests.

nope, even J-11Bs status in PLAAF is in doubt right now. I hear so many bad rumours coming out about it, that I didn't even list it in my top 20 list. Basically, whether J-11B is even considered to be fully operational is debatable.

[latenlazy]

nope, even J-11Bs status in PLAAF is in doubt right now. I hear so many bad rumours coming out about it, that I didn't even list it in my top 20 list. Basically, whether J-11B is even considered to be fully operational is debatable.

What happened? Is it hinged around the engine or something else?

[Roger604]

J-11B is very bad news.

This means PLA has no choice. It has to go hurry up and fund a twin engined J-10.

It also suggests the SAC naval flanker is not going to work out. SAC should just shut its doors permanently. They are like the PRC soccer team.

[bayareajimmy]

Thanks to the reliability problems WS-10A engine, the J-11B had been in limbo the last few years. It seemed the major problems of the WS-10A was finally resolved and production is now in full swing.
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[Totoro]

Do tell, Huitong, just what do rumors say is the problem with j11b? Production or the whole airframe or subsystems or what?

[Skywatcher]

Or they've just decided that given all the time that's passed, they might as well just work on the J-11C, in a case of Arjunitis (no offense to our Indian members).

[Engineer]

Well, it's SAC so I'm not really surprised. I would be surprised if they actually managed to come up with something decent.