J-15 carrier fighter thread

[sunnymaxi]

I'm not really sure if it's 1518 or a production airframe with WS-10H2. 1518 uses WS-10H, the petals here also seems kinda of short unlike Taihang II engines with longer petals so maybe it's still 1518?

two things. even if it's still a prototype but testing on 003 is a huge deal. the nozzles does match with WS-10C. black and silver. did they changed in WS-10H2 ? so many questions.

Edit - this aircraft carrying weapons so this could be the production model.. huge if true

 

[Deino]

It's not a J-15T, it's just the old J-15 prototype with WS-10H. Probably old pic that just got released.

Correction: It is actually a J-15T with WS-10H(H2?)
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Are you sure it's a WS-10??

 

[Tomboy]

Are you sure it's a WS-10??

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Almost definitely to be some kind of WS-10, question is whether it is WS-10H or the alleged production variant which is WS-10H2.

 

[Deino]

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Almost definitely to be some kind of WS-10, question is whether it is WS-10H or the alleged production variant which is WS-10H2.

Agreed, but it could also be no. 1518 or any other WS-10-powered prototype!

 

[Blitzo]

Agreed, but it could also be no. 1518 or any other WS-10-powered prototype!

That is indeed true, but there is one milestone which is still worth mentioning...

... i.e.: If it is a J-15 powered by WS-10 (whether it's a prototype or not), this would still be the first time that we've had visual confirmation that any J-15 variant powered by WS-10 has operated from a carrier at sea??

 

[Deino]

That is indeed true, but there is one milestone which is still worth mentioning...

... i.e.: If it is a J-15 powered by WS-10 (whether it's a prototype or not), this would still be the first time that we've had visual confirmation that any J-15 variant powered by WS-10 has operated from a carrier at sea??

Agreed!

 

[siegecrossbow]

I don’t see why it’s so hard to believe when they’ve been boosting J-15T numbers without a corresponding increase in AL-31 imports. Obviously they figured out naval aircraft engines for J-35 and it is not a stretch that they can apply the same process to WS-10H.

 

[Blitzo]

I don’t see why it’s so hard to believe when they’ve been boosting J-15T numbers without a corresponding increase in AL-31 imports. Obviously they figured out naval aircraft engines for J-35 and it is not a stretch that they can apply the same process to WS-10H.

With PRC aeroengine "milestones" it is (or at least should be) a default mantra to err on the side of caution until definitively proven otherwise.

It's not a matter of whether something is hard to believe or not, but rather it is to steelman the alternative position and to await the evidence that is able to definitively still breakdown said steelmanned position.

 

[sunnymaxi]

I don’t see why it’s so hard to believe when they’ve been boosting J-15T numbers without a corresponding increase in AL-31 imports. Obviously they figured out naval aircraft engines for J-35 and it is not a stretch that they can apply the same process to WS-10H.

its not about Engine tech but rather conservative approach of PLAN ''lOgIsTiCs & cOsT''. this was also mentioned by trio.

remember Zhuhai 2024 airshow they showed J-15 with WS-10 Engines. it was the massage that engine is ready but it is solely PLAN decision to go with unreliable AL-31 just coz of cost cope. lol

 

[Gloire_bb]

its not about Engine tech but rather conservative approach of PLAN ''lOgIsTiCs & cOsT''. this was also mentioned by trio.

remember Zhuhai 2024 airshow they showed J-15 with WS-10 Engines. it was the massage that engine is ready but it is solely PLAN decision to go with unreliable AL-31 just coz of cost cope. lol

I don't buy it, it's just cope. AL-31 is underpowered for naval use (and frankly for any flanker after vanilla), and in naval matters, it is everything, starting from basic safety of operations; if a better engine for naval use had been available, it would've been used.