J-15

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(1) David A. Fulghum, New Chinese Ship-Based Fighter Progresses. Aviation Week, Apr 27, 2011.
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=aerospacedaily&id=news/asd/2011/04/27/02.xml&headline=New%20Chinese%20Ship-Based%20Fighter%20Progresses
("Analysts and aircraft watchers in China say the aircraft’s first flight was made on Aug. 31, 2009, powered by a Russian-supplied AL-31. Ukraine is the source of China’s Su-33/Flanker D, U.S. analysts agree. 'Russia’s carrier training is done in Ukraine at Saki, and for years there was one of the first prototype Su-33s sitting there,' one of the analysts says.")

Note:
(a) Foreplane. Eurofighter typhone.
http://www.eurofighter.com/capabilities/technology/production/foreplane.html

Canard and foreplane are used interchangeably. And this comment is substanciated by paragraph 4 of this article ("The J-15’s canards replicate those on the Su-33").

(i) A canard is before the main wing,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canard_(aeronautics)
whereas a tailplane is behind the main wing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailplane
(see photo 2)
(ii) This is a MODEL of Su-33, which shows forplanes and folding wings (for main wing and tailpane).
http://precise3dmodeling.com/models/su33.html

(b) folding wings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding_wing
(a design feature of aircraft to save space in the airfield, and time, and is typical of naval aircraft that operate from the limited deck space of aircraft carriers; Short Brothers, the world's first aircraft manufacturer, developed and patented[1] folding wing mechanisms for ship-borne aircraft (Short Folder), the first patent being granted in 1913; The wings were hinged so that they folded back horizontally alongside the fuselage [see illustration]; A folding wing has disadvantages over a fixed wing. It will be heavier and have complex connections for electrical, fuel, aerodynamic and structural systems)

Quote: "Since the monoplane supplanted the biplane in the late 1930s, virtually all fixed-wing aircraft designed for shipboard duty have been equipped with folding wings. Notable exceptions include the SBD Dauntless, F2A Buffalo, and A4D/A-4 Skyhawk (all USN types) and the Sea Harrier (British). All four are relatively small designs.

* Please note: Folding wing is not "variable-sweep wing." See
wing configuration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_configuration
(section 3.2 Wing sweep)

(c) head-up display
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-up_display
(The origin of the name stems from the pilots being able to view information with heads "up" and looking forward, instead of angled down looking at lower instruments)
(d) The report alludes to

Russia downplays Chinese J-15 fighter capabilities. Ria Novosti, June 4, 2010
http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20100604/159306694.html
, which I brought to your attention at the time.
(e) low-rate initial production (LRIP)
(f) The article cites New York Times. See (2).

(g) The article mentions "a close-in (Club-type cruise missile) weapons system."

* close-in weapons system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-in_weapon_system
(CIWS, often pronounced sea-whiz; Nearly all classes of modern warship are equipped with some kind of CIWS device; sections 1 Gun systems, 2 Missile systems)

* Russia has at least three types of Club cruise missiles: Club-K, -M, and -N.


(2) Michael Wine, Chinese State Media, in a Show of Openness, Print Jet Photos; Pictures suggest that the usually secretive People's Liberation Army is lifting some veils. New York Times, Apr 26, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/world/asia/26fighter.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=j-15&st=cse

Quote:

"Like the aircraft carrier it will call home, the jet [J-15] faces years of tests and refinement before it will formally enter service, military analysts say.  

"But in 2001, the Chinese bought an Su-33 prototype from Ukraine, a former Soviet republic, and began a teardown to learn its secrets. The Russians were incensed.

"But Mr. Lan [Yun, an editor at the Beijing-based Modern Ships magazine] said it had a shorter range, in large part because its takeoff method — flying off a ski-jump-style runway — dictated that it could carry less fuel than a comparable American jet, which is propelled off a flat carrier runway.

My comment:
(a) Flying Shark 飞鲨
(b) The report states "Chinese interests" bought Varyag from Ukraine, "supposedly for conversion into a floating casino in Macao."

interest (n): "BUSINESS, COMPANY"
www.m-w.com
(c) Both Aviation Week and New York Times affirm the conventional wisdom that the carrier-based fighter (whatever it is called, J-15 or -18) will use skip-jump to take off, rather than vertical takeoff. Please recall just a week ago Beijing dismissed a vertical-takeoff fighter, J-18, as pure fantasy. It will lose crebility if it now reverses itself and says China indeed has vertical-takeoff, which is unlikely considering the facts China invarriably cloning Russia's stuff and that Russia failed to develop
V/STOL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V/STOL
(Vertical and/or short take-off and landing (V/STOL; includes the Harrier, Yak-38 Forger and V-22 Osprey)

* Yakovlev Yak-38
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-38
(NATO reporting name: Forger; Soviet Naval Aviation's first and only operational VTOL strike fighter aircraft)
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(1) Russia's defense (as well as civilian) industry was decimated.

Russian Helicopters Are Back. Strategy Page, Apr 25, 2011.
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/articles/20110425.aspx
("Total annual production of all these companies had collapsed to less than a hundred helicopters in the 1990s, mostly for export. Four years ago, annual production passed a hundred again, and it continues to grow, but not enough to keep all these firms solvent")

(2) I re-read the Global Times report yesterday, which quoted extensively an expert LAN Yun, editor of the Modern Ships  现代舰船 知识资深编辑 蓝 云. New York Times also cited him.

Mr Lan was Chinese, I noticed (when reading it), though I was unsure how much he was boasting, of Chinese-made J-15 compared against Su-33.  

(3) Chinese Carrier Fighter Shows Its Colors. Strategy Page, Apr 28, 2011.
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htnavai/articles/20110428.aspx

Quote:

"The J-11BH [formerly the J-15] probably will not be ready, at least in large numbers, to go to sea with Shi Lang later this year. While the J-11BH prototypes have been flying since 2009, it's taken a long time to integrate all the new components.

"China is still having problems designing and building naval helicopters that can match or surpass Russian models. So Russian choppers will continue in service for at least another decade.

Note:
(a) color (n): "CHARACTER, NATURE—usually used in plural <showed himself in his true colors>"
www.m-w.com
(b) show one's true colors:   

"Reveal oneself as one really is, as in We always thought he was completely honest, but he showed his true colors when he tried to use a stolen credit card . This expression alludes to the antonym, false colors, that is, sailing under a flag other than one's own. [Late 1700s]."
The American Heritage&reg; Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer, 1997.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/show+one's+true+colors

(4) China’s J-15 New Carrier Based Fighter Get Ready for More Test Flights. Defense Update, Apr 26, 2011.
http://defense-update.com/wp/20110426_j-15_unveiled.html

My comment: There is no need to read it, except the last two photos.
(a) The second last photo has caption: "The second J-15 prototype made its first flight yesterday (April 26) from 112 plant at Shenyang, China."
(b) Caption of the last photo: "This J-15 was seen last week at Shenyang No. 12 plant, in China.


【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: (1) David A. Fulghum, New Chinese Ship-Based Fighter Progresses. Aviation Week, Apr 27, 2011.
: http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=aerospacedaily&amp;id=news/asd/2011/04/27/02.xml&amp;headline=New%20Chinese%20Ship-Based%20Fighter%20Progresses
: ("Analysts and aircraft watchers in China say the
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