J-15 carrier fighter thread

[Deino]

nice

so Batch 3 is using which engine ?

That's for the moment the Mio.$% question ... so far we've only seen it uses a different - aka green - anti-corrosion primer, but this could bean it is simply a different one or it could mean it covers a different surface material.

Otherwise we know nothing: if it uses WS-10 engines, if it has a new - maybe AESA - radar, if it is catapult capable ...

I think we simply have to wait for more images.

 

[by78]

Re-posing lost images. All are high-resolution.

 

[Hendrik_2000]

Buddy to buddy refueling beautiful shot. I guess this practice will be more common in the naval carrier unit. I see progress. via lkj86

 

[Aniah]

Buddy to buddy refueling beautiful shot. I guess this practice will be more common in the naval carrier unit. I see progress. via lkj86
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I've actually never seen this before. I thought only those large carriers could do this. Question is, is the gas from the plane itself or does it have a tank with gas or is it something entirely different?

 

[Sczepan]

So one of two planes have to play "tanker" and can't work as a fighter in case of war

 

[Hendrik_2000]

I've actually never seen this before. I thought only those large carriers could do this. Question is, is the gas from the plane itself or does it have a tank with gas or is it something entirely different?

You need to have this capability In 2nd WW many pilots ditch their plane into sea because they run out of fuel after doing their mission. Well recently Mig 27k of the Russian Kutznetzov carrier unit did the same thing because foul up with arresting cable get broken

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With the deck fouled from the cable break, the third MiG – which was on approach
closely behind the second fighter – was told to circle back into a holding pattern while the crew of Admiral Kuznetsov cleared the deck for the next landing.

“While in the holding area, both of the fighter’s engines shut down,” read the translation.
“A preliminary explanation is that they were no longer receiving fuel. ln such situations, a fighter falls like a rock, and the pilot has only one option — to eject.”

 

[PiSigma]

I've actually never seen this before. I thought only those large carriers could do this. Question is, is the gas from the plane itself or does it have a tank with gas or is it something entirely different?

Pretty common practice these days. Also aircraft does not burn "gas". What we North Americans can gas is gasoline which is a naphtha based fuel. Airplanes use jet fuel, which is a kerosene based fuel.

 

[Aniah]

Pretty common practice these days. Also aircraft does not burn "gas". What we North Americans can gas is gasoline which is a naphtha based fuel. Airplanes use jet fuel, which is a kerosene based fuel.

Thanks! You learn something new everyday.

 

[Intrepid]

In the past, there was also gasoline on aircraft carriers. The propeller planes with piston engines require gasoline. S-2 Tracker and C-1 Trader were probably the last planes for which gasoline had to be carried. Then the gasoline tanks were removed because they carry the risk of explosive vapors. Kerosene is not that dangerous.

 

[Air Force Brat]

Re-posing lost images. All are high-resolution.

The only really dirty primer bird, you can see she's been in flight test!