Post by johnlamarck on Jun 4, 2020 9:30:31 GMT
Available for only 36€, this model is improved with a few Lego parts (vertical fins, wheels for the main landing gear, nose).
The J-15 “Flying Shark” is derived from the Su-33, a navalized variant of the Su-27 for carrier operations with folding wings, strengthened landing gear and an arresting hook. After an attempt to buy two Su-33s from Russia for $100 million was refused in 2006, China instead relied on a prototype purchased from Ukraine in 2001. By 2009, the first J-15 had been produced, and in 2012 two J-15s performed their first landing on the carrier Liaoning. Twenty-four Flying Sharks now serve on board the Chinese carrier.
The J-15 is intended to be in a similar league as the FA-18E/F Hornet, but the insufficient thrust of the WS-10A engines apparently limits the J-15 from using the “ski-jump” ramps on China’s aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, while carrying a full weapons load. Atypically, a Chinese publication criticized the fighter’s inability to take off from the carrier when carrying more than twenty-four thousand pounds of ordnance—or if carrying a full fuel load, only four thousand pounds of munitions.
The J-15 is intended to be in a similar league as the FA-18E/F Hornet, but the insufficient thrust of the WS-10A engines apparently limits the J-15 from using the “ski-jump” ramps on China’s aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, while carrying a full weapons load. Atypically, a Chinese publication criticized the fighter’s inability to take off from the carrier when carrying more than twenty-four thousand pounds of ordnance—or if carrying a full fuel load, only four thousand pounds of munitions.
Shenyang J-15 "Flying Shark" by john lamarck, sur Flickr
Shenyang J-15 "Flying Shark" by john lamarck, sur Flickr
Shenyang J-15 "Flying Shark" by john lamarck, sur Flickr
Shenyang J-15 "Flying Shark" by john lamarck, sur Flickr
Shenyang J-15 "Flying Shark" by john lamarck, sur Flickr
Shenyang J-15 "Flying Shark" by john lamarck, sur Flickr
Shenyang J-15 "Flying Shark" by john lamarck, sur Flickr
Sembo crew by john lamarck, sur Flickr
