J-15 carrier-borne fighter thread
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So they're not WS-10 engines?
YEs and NO ... it is indeed a WS-10 but surely not a WS-10B since this type is only suitable for the J-10B, whereas the Flankers use the WS-10A and maybe (at least said to be) WS-10H.
The difference is the position of the gearbox, which is for all Flankers on top of the engine (AL-31F and WS-10A), whereas the J-10 all have an engine with the gearbox on the bottom ... as such the AL-31F became the AL-31FN and the WA-10A the WS-10B.
Deino
Didn't they Russians already said that they will supply AL-31s only to J-11As and J-10A/Bs, since J-11Bs and J-15s are technically "illegal copies" of Su-27 and Su-33? Plus, the AL-31s for the J-11As are probably less powerful than the WS-10A (as most sources said), so I guess the AL-31s for the J-15s are probably either AL-31FN or newer versions of AL-31s.
How do you notice the difference between WS-10A and WS-10B? Is the WS-10B the "dark" WS-10?
The only difference - as I explained above - is the position of the gearbox: WS-10A on top, ...
... WS-10B on the bottom.
+ a comparison of an AL-31F and a WS-10A both for the Flanker-family !
I think it is a new video...but made up of various clips we have already seen.
Except perhaps for the first few seconds showing aircraft 100 fairly close up ready for take-off.