J-15 carrier fighter thread

[Alfa_Particle]

According to Huitong, this image is of a WS-10-powered J-15T from the latest batch and is due to enter service. Any idea if this particular airframe is the same prototype that had the WS-10 or indeed a newbuild?

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I suspect that's just prototype 1518.

Shilao and Yankee‘s point of views still make sense

A solution that I can think of is that the 003 may temporarily carry the J-15T equipped with the AL-31F, but eventually all of them will be replaced with the J-15T/DT equipped with the WS-10H. The replaced J-15Ts will be transferred to the 001 and 002 to replace the older J-15.

Therefore, the J-15T/DH of 001 and 002 will still use AL-31F for a long time, while 003 will be all WS-10H, which will avoid the problem of maintaining too many engine models on one aircraft carrier.

Couldn't they just straight-up not have AL-31Fs on the Fujian? It's not like the production of the J-15T is slow by any means, and the WS-10H/2 has pre-existing WS-10 production lines to base off from.

 

[bsdnf]

I suspect that's just prototype 1518.


Couldn't they just straight-up not have AL-31Fs on the Fujian? It's not like the production of the J-15T is slow by any means, and the WS-10H/2 has pre-existing WS-10 production lines to base off from.

Type 003 will be in service very soon. It is impossible for the PLAN to let the Type 003 no deploying J-15T just for the sake of the WS-10H.

 

[PersianPrince]

According to Huitong, this image is of a WS-10-powered J-15T from the latest batch and is due to enter service. Any idea if this particular airframe is the same prototype that had the WS-10 or indeed a newbuild?

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This is just the prototype 1518 that was seen in Zhuhai last year. They post an old photo.

 

[lcloo]

Should've went for the muted blue and grey stripes.

Red and yellow colours are the colors of China's national flags. Red and yellow is national colors and used on sport garment in international sport games events, national celebrations, and importants events.

 

[hkphooey]

A mutual on X saw this at the Naval Museum in Qingdao within the past week. Does anyone know if this is the real deal or a mockup?

AFAIK based on a very quick online search there was a mockup of it on display in a mall in the city back in 2013, but there's no mention of where said mockup went after that.

The helicopter to the right of the image is a Z-9, again not sure if it's a real one or a mockup.

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Just checked on the Freebirds Database. and the J-15 should be 552 with no con no. They don't normally list mock ups so probably real. However your Z-9 is definitely real , but actually an SA.365N Dauphin II marked 9616 (c/n 6071)

 

[tphuang]

A good overhead photo of the CV-17 deck with 12 J-15s. From what I can see, here just 2 J-15s are with the darker radome, so more of them are J-15Ts from the look of this.

 

[Deino]

Simply great ....

 

[by78]

J-15DH on deck.

 

[by78]

A glimpse of J-15T cockpit.