J-15 carrier fighter thread
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Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
Here is the video
Re-posing lost images. All are high-resolution.
In the first picture, what is the external pod in the belly between the air intakes ? Is it a fuel tank for refueling another J-15 ?
plawolf
Lieutenant General
Just a random thought, but has anyone tried using magnets (electric or rare earth) to aid mid-air refuelling?
That means once you get the probe within a certain range, the magnets would finish the connection for you, reducing the difficulty and improving the speed of refuelling.
With electric magnets, you have amp up the power to create bigger effective range, which you can then shut off once you are done without needing to worry about beefing up the probe and dough to take the extra pull stress.
With rare earth magnets, you get less complexity and potential for malfunctions.
That means once you get the probe within a certain range, the magnets would finish the connection for you, reducing the difficulty and improving the speed of refuelling.
With electric magnets, you have amp up the power to create bigger effective range, which you can then shut off once you are done without needing to worry about beefing up the probe and dough to take the extra pull stress.
With rare earth magnets, you get less complexity and potential for malfunctions.
Intrepid
Major
Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
It house the mechanism and reeling system for the drogue chute. The fuel tank is the same like any other J15 maybe inside the wing. There is photo of it somewhere in this forum
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
at one point it looks like its going right in and yet it misses by a few inches, so hard to do this
ever harder at night over the sea on a moonless night with a helicopter imagine that, USN do it
ever harder at night over the sea on a moonless night with a helicopter imagine that, USN do it
Intrepid
Major
There are reports here in the forum about a Chinese study, how one can achieve a less dancing behavior of the basket by changing the length of the hose.
The Chinese must have experimented a lot. They were not satisfied with what Western countries invented.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
its nice to see China doing things for what works for China
really good to see China making progress in these fields
these are not easy tasks