J-15, China’s first aircraft carrier-based aircraft wing folding available
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Central Evaluation Agency Beijing April 26 / Xinhua World Wide Web news: the West about China’s aircraft carrier and carrier aircraft guess newspapers are frequent, most recently, the “Chinese Defense Review” reported that China has already produced the first aircraft named “J -15 “and carrier-based fighter aircraft, is waiting for a flight test work.
Han and said that Western news that SAC in October last year, completed the first flight test aircraft type J -15 prototype production, starting from November the Shenyang Aircraft Factory was folded wing flaps and other experiments. Sources said that the plane was the pilot in the Soviet -33 basis T-10K aircraft from imitation, is awaiting test.
Han and articles mentioned in the Shenyang plant in the folding wings, shaped much like the prototype Su -33, some Western military attaches had been mistaken for those obtained from the Ukrainian T-10K aircraft
03 machine, however, Han and determined that the yellow skin of the aircraft and aircraft have used the “F -15″ name, but also from students in China, plans to test 2010. This is so quick to be able to copy the Soviet -33, due to China from the Ukraine was the Soviet Union and -33 prototype. “From several experimental situation, the technical wing folding problem has been solved.”
The article said that the current problem is that test. Traditionally, aircraft flight test should be carried out first in the factory, and is the Air Force test pilot plant origin, there has never been factory belongs to the Navy test pilot. Subsequently, the new fighter will be sent to a base Yanliang flight, so the Navy needs to build their own test centers and develop their own fighter test pilot. The Navy’s flight test center is under construction plans, so F -15 to test, is a problem.
Article concludes that China’s aircraft carrier will use the Chinese version of Su-do -33, the J-shape with the Soviet -33 -15 basic shape is very similar. The article mentioned that in four years ago, had been raised in the CAC on the basis of J -10 into double fighter aircraft as the future vision of China’s aircraft carrier, but has not been implemented.
Han and also speculated that the development speed of J -15 should be able to keep up with the aircraft carrier construction standards, such imports from Russia Soviet -33 questions are not necessary. And the carrier-based aircraft engine problems, the article referred to “Taihang” engine is an option, but the use and reliability in the material, and the United States and Russia still lagging behind.
