J-15 carrier fighter thread

[Jovian]

Just a thought...

The official (?) name of the J-15 being 飞鲨; thus translated as "Flying Shark" (飞 = fly, 鲨 = shark). Just wondered if the designers were thinking of another name instead.

I.e. "Flying Shark" ... was translated from "飞鲨", but was "飞鲨" translated from "Air Jaw"?

Another word, is it possible the designers have intended to name the J-15 after the white pointer sharks off the South African coast (aka "Air Jaws"), but the direct translation resulted it being referred as "Flying Sharks" instead?

PS. Just do a google search for "Air Jaws" and you are likely to come upon photos that explain why those whitepointers are called "Air Jaws". Kind of reminded me of the logo on the test plane, 554!

If that is the case, they have selected a fine name for this plane!

Well, just a though.
Jovian

 

[SinoSoldier]

Do you mean electronic ability? Where did you get this information? thanks.

Those are rumors which claim to have official backing, which I doubted at first, but do have a pretty nice history of credibility to them.

Apparently what happened was that the original plan to install AESA radar on J-15 was pushed back due to budget and time concerns, so instead they decided to start doing it in one of the later batches. While it is clear that all J-15 units are fully capable of combat, I do believe that it is the upgraded J-15s that will be the first air wing aboard the CV-16. Admiral Yin Zhuo subtly implied that he expects the J-15 to fully match, or even possibly exceed, the Super Hornet in air to air combat.

This, I believe, was the same situation with the Super Hornet.

 

[SinoSoldier]

To me performance from the flight deck is what counts with naval aircraft. We know what a Super Hornet can do. Endurance, speed payload etc. IMO we have only "Guesstimates" what a J-15 can do.

Rumored J-15 specifications are :

Maximum speed: M2.17
Load for weapons: 6.5 tonnes
Combat range: 1270 kilometers
Folded wing span: 8.4 meters
Unfolded wing span: 12.7 meters

 

[vesicles]

Just a thought...

The official (?) name of the J-15 being 飞鲨; thus translated as "Flying Shark" (飞 = fly, 鲨 = shark). Just wondered if the designers were thinking of another name instead.

I.e. "Flying Shark" ... was translated from "飞鲨", but was "飞鲨" translated from "Air Jaw"?

Another word, is it possible the designers have intended to name the J-15 after the white pointer sharks off the South African coast (aka "Air Jaws"), but the direct translation resulted it being referred as "Flying Sharks" instead?

PS. Just do a google search for "Air Jaws" and you are likely to come upon photos that explain why those whitepointers are called "Air Jaws". Kind of reminded me of the logo on the test plane, 554!

If that is the case, they have selected a fine name for this plane!

Well, just a though.
Jovian

Good point! Those air jaws are amazing! Acrobatic and ferocious! The image of the shark on the plane does look like one of those air jaws jumping out of the ocean and hunting. Only air jaws adopt such curled up body position while in the air.

 

[Air Force Brat]

Those are rumors which claim to have official backing, which I doubted at first, but do have a pretty nice history of credibility to them.

Apparently what happened was that the original plan to install AESA radar on J-15 was pushed back due to budget and time concerns, so instead they decided to start doing it in one of the later batches. While it is clear that all J-15 units are fully capable of combat, I do believe that it is the upgraded J-15s that will be the first air wing aboard the CV-16. Admiral Yin Zhuo subtly implied that he expects the J-15 to fully match, or even possibly exceed, the Super Hornet in air to air combat.

This, I believe, was the same situation with the Super Hornet.

Well if the J-15s were OVT equipped, they would certainly be a step or two ahead possibly, depending on who's doing the driving, but as is, with the Navy and Marines flying the Super Hornet, I'd predict a fairly even match, as the Hornet is very agile.

 

[Deino]

Good point! Those air jaws are amazing! Acrobatic and ferocious! The image of the shark on the plane does look like one of those air jaws jumping out of the ocean and hunting. Only air jaws adopt such curled up body position while in the air.

Ääähhhm ... Sorry, but what's an Air Jaw !???

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Deino

 

[vesicles]

Ääähhhm ... Sorry, but what's an Air Jaw !???

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Deino

That's it! A lot of times, the shark will leap completely out of water, catch the seal and even make a 180 deg turn on the way down. Amazing. Apparently, sharks in the ocean only around South Africa do this kind of thing. Note that I didn't say "only sharks in the ocean around South Africa". Since sharks travel long distances in the ocean sometimes thousands of miles, there is no reason to believe that only "local sharks" do it. So apparently, any shark that travels to the South Africa begins to do this and stop doing it once it gets to somewhere else, say California or Miami. It might be seal-dependent. It's possible that the seals in South Africa is too agile and the sharks need to adopt something so dramatic to catch one. I don't know...

 

[bd popeye]

Rumored J-15 specifications are :

Maximum speed: M2.17
Load for weapons: 6.5 tonnes
Combat range: 1270 kilometers
Folded wing span: 8.4 meters
Unfolded wing span: 12.7 meters

Thank you..

rumored??.. Ok IMO that combat range is rumored. Is that combat range flying from the ski ramp or flying from ashore? If so that is amazing. That's more than 500km greater than the combat radius of a Super Hornet launching with the aid of a catapult. Amazing.

How do they do that? Must have some fairy dust.

All kidding aside. I just don't believe that launched from a ski-ramp that the J-15 has a combat radius as rumored.

Just my opinion.

 

[SinoSoldier]

Thank you..

rumored??.. Ok IMO that combat range is rumored. Is that combat range flying from the ski ramp or flying from ashore? If so that is amazing. That's more than 500km greater than the combat radius of a Super Hornet launching with the aid of a catapult. Amazing.

How do they do that? Must have some fairy dust.

All kidding aside. I just don't believe that launched from a ski-ramp that the J-15 has a combat radius as rumored.

Just my opinion.

IMO, the specifications are for land-based j-15s.

 

[bd popeye]

IMO, the specifications are for land-based j-15s.

Thank you.. that's what I thought. If anyone has the specifications on range and payload of an J-15 please post..even rumors!