J-15 carrier-borne fighter thread

Intrepid

Intrepid

Major
latenlazy said:
:eek: Is it possible for the J-15 to be mounted with *3* YJ-12s (and still make it off a flight deck of course)? That would be quite an anti-ship payload flying off a carrier deck.
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A question of fuel i think. If it can be refueld immediately after airborne - may bee.

But then You can better use several aircraft with one weapon each. Never put all eggs in one basket.
 
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latenlazy

Brigadier
Intrepid said:
A question of fuel i think. If it can be refueld immediately after airborne - may bee.

But then You can better use several aircraft with one weapon each. Never put all eggs in one basket.
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I suppose that depends on what they're trying to achieve. They could go with three each for several aircraft. Yeah, I know, it's excessive, and operationally they may get a better Pk not forcing single airframes to lug so much weight.
 
SinoSoldier

SinoSoldier

Colonel
Huitong has updated his page, now stating that the second batch of J-15s is being delivered.

I'm not quite sure if he refers to the second batch production (i.e. with serial numbers starting with 2XX) or the second half of the 1XX batch.
 
Deino

Deino

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SinoSoldier said:
Huitong has updated his page, now stating that the second batch of J-15s is being delivered.

I'm not quite sure if he refers to the second batch production (i.e. with serial numbers starting with 2XX) or the second half of the 1XX batch.
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Indeed interesting:

... The 01 batch of 10 J-15s started to be handed over to PLAN in late 2013, carrying a 3-digit serial number and powered by AL-31F engines. They have been stationed onboard the aircraft carrier Liaoning since late 2014. The delivery of 02 batch was thought to have started by mid-2015.
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Does anyone know where this report is based on ?? Will they have indeed different serial numbers like "2xx" instead of the "1xx" for the batch 01 ... or simply since 10 batch 01 aircraft would be the numbers 100-110 and since we've seen 111 and 113 there must a a batch 02 ??

Deino
 
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