SinoSoldier
Colonel
This is 3 years old, but is claimed to be a model of the J-15B:
J-15 carrier-borne fighter thread
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err is there any reason to believe that?
It looks like the guy just removed the vertical stabilizers and changed the foldable horizontal stabilizers to be a jury rig of "fixed" V tails in a half folded position... Apart from that it's just a model of a standard J-15. J-15B, yeah right.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
To be honest I don't see a scope for J15B as of yet there is no reason to believe a J15B
Just look at specs for J15/S
Just look at specs for J15/S
plawolf
Lieutenant General
I think if there is a J15B, it will be a more strike oriented modification as it shifts role from primarily air superiority with secondary strike to primarily strike with secondary air superiority as the future 5th gen carrier fighter is selected and developed.
As such, I would not really expect much in the way of significant structural modifications/changes for the J15, certainly nothing like the Silent Eagle as that model suggests. The only structural mods I expect are structural reinforcement to allow it to hang more heavy ordinance and strengthened front landing gear and supports for catapult launch.
As such, I would not really expect much in the way of significant structural modifications/changes for the J15, certainly nothing like the Silent Eagle as that model suggests. The only structural mods I expect are structural reinforcement to allow it to hang more heavy ordinance and strengthened front landing gear and supports for catapult launch.
Well, to me, that almost looks like someone took Trumpeter's special J15 model in 1/72 scale, which comes with a piece of carrier deck, and simply modified it to look like that. it would be very easy to do to make the tail look differently, and to make the deck look like an airfield.
With no rear stabilizer fins the flight in one of there would not be very good at all.
Why would that be? It's a configuration otherwise known as delta wing, or in this case canard.
Also note the rudder are canted outward -- this surface serves double function as rudder and stabilizer.
danielchin
Junior Member
J-15 pilots training
The canards are rather small in area to provide the kind of "pitch transitions that a fighter would need, if you look at the horizontal stabs on the J-15 they are twice that size in addition to the forward canards, and no the verts do not have enough cant off the vertical to function as rudder/vators as on a bonanza.
Looks like T-50 verts, which are to small to function to fighter standards without the OVT of the T-50. So this is some-ones "flight of fancy" cool and all, but BD is right, the proportions are rather skewed. If you notice the T-50 the horizontal stabs are huge, the all-flying vertical stabilizers are rather small, but additional Yaw control is available with the 3D OVT.
