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Has anyone any information on the new J15s? Seems like in the videos of 001 and 002 dual carrier strike group footage they have a new paintwork similar to that of J16, but lighter in colour
It’s J-15B, a fully upgraded one using some of J-11D’s tech/design
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You can think of it as J-16 engine + avionics in the J-15 air frame.
Does anyone know if j-16 or j-11d better for air to air
IDK about J11D, but J16 definitely has PL15/17 equipped so should be better although those weren’t present when J11D came along.
Scale model concept for the J-16 max air to air capability, 16 PL-15s and 6 PL-10s.
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I think you have a J-16 with your missiles
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Theoretically they could utilize triple racks under the wings for an additional four or six missiles but there is no point, no one will ever take off with such a large number of ordnance in real life.
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You’ll have enough fuel for 10 minutes
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triple rack for which missile?
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Technically we’ve never seen a J-16 with double rack pylons, at least for AAMs
This should be for rockets, the rails are too short.
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I’m aware, I was just stating that it is a theoretical possibility to mount that many missiles since to my knowledge the wings can support the weight… and developing a triple pylon would not be very difficult for the PRC.
We could make the assumption for double racks since we do see them on the J-10s.
Still waiting for J11B RN. Looks great though, I love this low visibility cammo.
So cool 🤤🤤
Just wanted to say the best Flanker China could recieve may possibly be the J-15B instead of the J-16 and simply due to features from the J-16 being incorporated into the J-15 whilst being a single seat derivative with a canard design.
The canards in-game on the SU-34 makes a pretty notable difference and this could be the same for the J-15B.
It’s designated J-15T officially. You are correct that J-15T would be quite a menace, though. The original J-15 was already notably lighter than the Su-33, and the J-15T is likely to be even lighter by incorporating more composite materials. There is now confirmation that J-15T will use WS-10 engines which are anywhere in between 135-147 kilonewtons of thrust, which would give it very respectable thrust-to-weight ratio. Couple that with high AOA capability and low stall speed of naval fighters (especially a naval Flanker) it would be pretty deadly in a dogfight.
J-15T’s avionics and radar fit are supposedly from the now-canceled J-11D fighter. While the J-16 is a multirole aircraft, the J-11D is a pure air-superiority Flanker. So the J-15T might end up even better than J-16 versus other aircraft.