J-15 carrier fighter thread

[FirebirdFan]

Nasty accident with the J-15 (NOT T), pilot was said to be safe fortunately.
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Pilot is safe!
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Glad pilot lived. Video at link is deleted though.

 

[Alfa_Particle]

Accidents are inevitable in military aviation. Frankly it’s impressive the losses aren’t much higher for China compared to the world average.

The J-15 has already been accident-prone though. Flight control problems inherented from the Soviets, plus IIRC the AL-31Fs are more prone to the shaft shattering.

It was free-falling, so I suppose an engine failure? They really should hurry up with the naval WS-10.

 

[Alfa_Particle]

Glad pilot lived. Video at link is deleted though.

Edited to a different link.

 

[Blitzo]

The J-15 has already been accident-prone though. Flight control problems inherented from the Soviets, plus IIRC the AL-31Fs are more prone to the shaft shattering.

It was free-falling, so I suppose an engine failure? They really should hurry up with the naval WS-10.

Imo it's hard to compare the accident rates of J-15 without knowing how hard they're flown (especially in context of early production batches and when training initial batches of pilots).

Event per flight hour would be a better measure if we had it, rather than per airframe type

 

[gk1713]

I just take one cigarette and I believe a new J-15T is ready.

 

[bsdnf]

J-15 again? It is likely that the AL-31F is the problem again. PLAN needs to speed up the transition to J-15T

 

[Alfa_Particle]

J-15 again? It is likely that the AL-31F is the problem again. PLAN needs to speed up the transition to J-15T

...most of the J-15T fleet still use AL-31Fs though, only one airframe is confirmed to have WS-10s.

 

[Stealthflanker]

J-15 again? It is likely that the AL-31F is the problem again. PLAN needs to speed up the transition to J-15T

What makes you think Al-31F is the problem ?

 

[Alfa_Particle]

What makes you think Al-31F is the problem ?

It was free-falling uncontrollably and IMO that points towards an engine failure more than a flight control malfunction.

Besides, it's kinda well-known that the 31F isn't exactly the most reliable of engines. Shaft shattering being a prominent issue.

 

[lcloo]

Canopy, parachutes and landing gears fully extended. The aircraft was rotating while on the way down. This is about 2-3 seconds before flame and smoke was observed.