J-15 carrier-borne fighter thread

[Blitzo]

Yes I am thinking that one of the original prototypes have been recycled and upgraded for the AESA. Prototypes tend to be retained for further use as test beds.



I think the picture is one of the original J-15 prototypes upgraded with the AESA but it doesn't change the message that a new batch may be produced with or without the nose pitot.

Okay, why do you think that the J-15 shown in the pictures is one of the original prototypes?
To clarify, I'm talking about the J-15 depicted in #3179

J-15 carrier-borne fighter thread

The J-15 is objectively not a good aircraft, especially if operating from a STOBAR carrier. It was a successful project only to the extent that it gave Liaoning and Shandong something resembling an air wing. Other than that, it is plagued with problems - maximum takeoff weight, reliability...

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What is there in those pictures which makes you believe it could be a prototype J-15 depicted??

One of the J-15s have the pitot tube, but the other doesn't. There is also a difference between the birds with and without the pitot tubes in the pattern of the green coloring, which I presume are areas of composite. It could be prototype vs. production model.

Picture 1 shows a suspected batch 3 J-15
Picture 2 shows FC-31V2
Picture 3 shows J-15D
Picture 4 shows a standard J-15


I.e.: it's not "prototoype vs production model" -- it is a "J-15" vs "J-15D". They're different types of aircraft with quite a lot of differences between them.

 

[Jiang ZeminFanboy]

Wonder if the new J-15 will use WS-10 engines or still al-31.

 

[Deino]

Wonder if the new J-15 will use WS-10 engines or still al-31.

I think this is only one of the many questions at the moment (at least for me)?!

- are the other changes besides the green primer?
- will the radar be an AESA like the J-11BG uses?
- will it be catapult capable?
...

 

[antiterror13]

Wonder if the new J-15 will use WS-10 engines or still al-31.

only time will tell ....

 

[Deino]

only time will tell ....

I know, ... but I also know my own impatience!

 

[Air Force Brat]

Official images from AVIC showing new J-15s being produced. Note the green primer now covers more of the fuselage compared to previous batches.

The Chinese characters in the images are basically slogans saying something to the effect of "resuming production, full steam ahead" and so on, confirming previous rumors that a new production line had been operating for sometime.

As a comparison, below image shows an older airframe with mostly yellow primer.

Sorry, I just saw this,,, I'm NOT a fan of that green primer, same thing we see on those nasty old wheels, I like the yellow green mix, hopefully that will fade to the green we see on the verts, that is probably the case...

 

[Air Force Brat]

Official images from AVIC showing new J-15s being produced. Note the green primer now covers more of the fuselage compared to previous batches.

The Chinese characters in the images are basically slogans saying something to the effect of "resuming production, full steam ahead" and so on, confirming previous rumors that a new production line had been operating for sometime.

As a comparison, below image shows an older airframe with mostly yellow primer.

As usual, very nice picture Bub, so we see the J-15's line back up and producing more of these beautiful Flankers, I rather doubt they will be building CATOBAR birds with the launch bar as that adds that much more weight, but I would love to be proven wrong, and I would love to see a navalized WS-10 powering these new birds.

That nose gear is pretty tall to mount a launch bar on, so it will be interesting to see how they engineer that, there is an amazing amount of force required to blow that bird up to 140knts

 

[Tam]

Sorry, I just saw this,,, I'm NOT a fan of that green primer, same thing we see on those nasty old wheels, I like the yellow green mix, hopefully that will fade to the green we see on the verts, that is probably the case...

Green primer means that section isn't aluminum. The yellow primer is zinc chromate, which is used as an aluminum primer.

 

[free_6ix9ine]

only time will tell ....

I thought china stopped importing AL31's from russia?

 

[antiterror13]

I thought china stopped importing AL31's from russia?

only for flanker series (apart from J-15) had been stopped