J-15 carrier-borne fighter thread

Gatekeeper

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I'm no engineer, so please don't me up on this. But as a layman. I do like the J15. But looking at the landing gear, and considering the punishment they endured. The F14s look much more substantial.

It look as though the J15 movement sideways is secured but movement front to back is not as substantial as those on the F14.

Just a layman's eyeball analysis for what it's worth.
 
The Observer

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Gatekeeper said:
I'm no engineer, so please don't me up on this. But as a layman. I do like the J15. But looking at the landing gear, and considering the punishment they endured. The F14s look much more substantial.

It look as though the J15 movement sideways is secured but movement front to back is not as substantial as those on the F14.

Just a layman's eyeball analysis for what it's worth.
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That's precisely why I'm asking the question about J-15/Su-33 landing gear. Sure, their lineage comes from Russian rough and tumble doctrine, but F-14 is specifically designed to take the Carrier landing punishment and in regards to Carrier landing experience the US is miles above other countries, mainly because of how long they have operated CVs. The knowledge gained from that experience should be pretty significant.

Also, the Su-57 landing gear has transitioned to halfway between Su-35 and F-14, though closer to F-14. However, I suspect it's because of the stealth requirement rather than the integrity of the landing gear.

here's Su-57's landing gear
Su-57 landing gear.jpg
 
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dankris said:
That's precisely why I'm asking the question about J-15/Su-33 landing gear. Sure, their lineage comes from Russian rough and tumble doctrine, but F-14 is specifically designed to take the Carrier landing punishment and in regards to Carrier landing experience the US is miles above other countries, mainly because of how long they have operated CVs. The knowledge gained from that experience should be pretty significant.

Also, the Su-57 landing gear has transitioned to halfway between Su-35 and F-14, though closer to F-14. However, I suspect it's because of the stealth requirement rather than the integrity of the landing gear.

here's Su-57's landing gear
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The first prototype of Su-27, T-10-1, used a similar design:
t-10-prototype.png
The chief designer of Su-27, Mikhail Simonov, had the landing gear reworked: main struts were provided with "slant" main pivot, which made it possible to retract the gear into the wing's center section, thus requiring no folding struts (as seen on F-14 and Su-57) to be installed. In terms of aerodynamics, this reduced the lifting body's cross-section in the area of the landing gear wells.
J-15/Su-33 inherited the landing gear design from Su-27/J-11 but made it much stronger.
 
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by78

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A cryptic message from a fairly reliable Weibo user. I think it has something to do with revised J-15. Could someone translate the Chinese slang words for me?

今天是15，某改（严谨点不说是BT了[哈哈]）什么时候收费的？捡图无码！[太开心]#中国海军#

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go4sdff

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by78 said:
A cryptic message from a fairly reliable Weibo user. I think it has something to do with revised J-15. Could someone translate the Chinese slang words for me?

今天是15，某改（严谨点不说是BT了[哈哈]）什么时候收费的？捡图无码！[太开心]#中国海军#

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The OP is asking when a new variation of J-15 made its maiden flight.
 
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what are the meaning of the colors ? Is it like in the US where different colors mean different roles ?
 
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