J-15 carrier-borne fighter thread

plawolf

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Not entirely correct. It is an IFR-pod, but not a tank,
But I guess is that if the plumbing is in place for the buddy refueling pod, it would also be able to take a drop tank.

The only question mark remaining would be the weight that pylon is rated to carry. However, given that the central pylon is often used with large PGMs on other flanker variants, I don’t think weight should be an issue given the limited size fuel tank they would be able to fit there to start with. That may be the main limiting factor, since the clearance between nacelles would probably limited that pylon to a 500-1000l tank at most, so is that juice really worth the squeeze?
 

Deino

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But I guess is that if the plumbing is in place for the buddy refueling pod, it would also be able to take a drop tank.

The only question mark remaining would be the weight that pylon is rated to carry. However, given that the central pylon is often used with large PGMs on other flanker variants, I don’t think weight should be an issue given the limited size fuel tank they would be able to fit there to start with. That may be the main limiting factor, since the clearance between nacelles would probably limited that pylon to a 500-1000l tank at most, so is that juice really worth the squeeze?


Agreed, but this is so far not confirmed ans AFAIR I haven't seen any image even of a Russian Flanker with tanks.
 

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If true indeed another major news: This latest image from SAC suggested that the J-15T - eventually officially as the J-15B (?) CATOBAR variant - is in production at SAC. Quite interesting it seems to feature new handles (for a CAT-launch similar to thise on the F-14) and a new HUD.

(Image via @柳絮纷飞竟不是雪 from Weibo)

J-15B in production maybe.jpg
 

Jiang ZeminFanboy

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Amazing, it looks like the J15 for Shandong has been built, we have many new images of the new J15s coming into service. Now production starts for a catapult variant?
 

11226p

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Apparently the image is a little older as Yankeesama said on his weibo that he had seen the image end of last year already

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Deino

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Apparently the image is a little older as Yankeesama said on his weibo that he had seen the image end of last year already


Does he have any info on the J-15S and even more J-15D?
 
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