Shenyang J-15 aircraft carrier-based aircraft

[xhw1986]

A China Hunan Television documentary on PLAN Senior Colonel Chen Qing, program manager of J-15 program. Offers rare glimpse into the J-15 production line in Shenyang.

 

[Syed Hussain]

Good, but it would have been great if they would have applied fly by wire system...plus only a Chinese can say something more sure about how ready WS-10 is...!

 

[cnleio]

J-15

 

[conworldus]

The Chinese photos are in the painting stage. The one you posted is of the assembly stage. The assembly stage is automated, but you can't, and shouldn't automate the painting stage. Sometimes humans hands work better than robotic arms.

F35 a little more automated

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

The Chinese photos are in the painting stage. The one you posted is of the assembly stage. The assembly stage is automated, but you can't, and shouldn't automate the painting stage. Sometimes humans hands work better than robotic arms.

you can easily automate the painting stage...you just need to get better robots.

 

[tonyget]

F35 a little more automated

I have heard that F-35 production line can produce one Jet per day

 

[Infra_Man99]

F35 a little more automated

That's an impressive picture of mass production, but the F-35 has a history of major problems despite being the most expensive fighter jet ever researched and developed. The F-35 is currently more fancy bullsh** than next-gen sophistication.

you can easily automate the painting stage...you just need to get better robots.

To anyone reading this:

I've seen pictures and read reports of the F-22 and F-35 being painted manually. What is the practical difference between robot painting and manual painting?

 

[Superboy]

LM fire workers. Bad. American unemployment too high.

 

[Aepsilons]

The outer shape and stuff aren't changed much from SU-33.

Haven't installed AESA yet, this guy isn't responsible for this part, but it's likely going to be more expensive. The electronic system is the same as J-16. AESA will probably be installed around 2015 when a newer version is finished, it will gradually replace the older ones too.

This carrier's size makes it as effective as the De Gualle, even though it doesn't have any catapult. It's about 70% as effective as Nimitz. I guess this means in terms of amount of air craft launches? The Mig 29k was considered but turned down, the J-15 can reach 38 Tons, it's a heavy jet. Obviously not as effective as say launched on Nimitz, but this is definitely the second best out there. Mig 29 is 29 tons btw, more or less.

Which means we still suck, go first or go home. (my comment, not part of story lol)


There's about 20 J-15s currently made with more on the way. By 2015, all should be good including flight testing of fighter and helicopter. Will probably enter service then.


One of the things done is taking off and landing of a few fighters at the same time, a couple dozen times at a time.


The current AEW is about 25 tons, it's electronic system is better than E-2 Hawkeye, mmm, how did he know that Further testing still needed. The Hawkeye is 43 tons, so there is still a difference.

at 160 meters run way it can take off, at least in theory.


Surprise in 2015 for the carrier.

There's been quite a few tests in rough seas, but the carries are reduced in such situations for safety, with further training and testing to happen.




I should get a damn positive rating, that was freaking long.

Thanks for the translation, Genesis.

 

[terranMarine]

Thanks for the translation, Genesis.

I thought you can read Chinese

 

[Aepsilons]

I thought you can read Chinese

@terranMarine , hou noi muoh gin..

I thanked him because he took the effort to translate for us. Showing a little appreciation.

 

[Saifullah Sani]

Satellite imagery provided by Airbus Defence and Space has confirmed media reports that Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning recently undertook a four-month maintenance period in the Dalian shipyard, which refurbished the ship after its acquisition from Ukraine.

The Kuznetsov (Orel) (Project 1143.5/6)-class carrier, which completed its first sea trials in the South China Sea in January, was shown alongside at Dalian in 26 July imagery. The absence of markings shows that the flight deck had been repainted, but no other maintenance work is visible.

The flight deck surface has been stripped and repainted at least once before, following Liaoning 's first sea trials in August 2011.

The images of the Dalian shipyard throw up a number of interesting issues. One is the presence of a Shenyang J-15 combat aircraft mockup in a ship assembly area next to the dry dock where Liaoning underwent maintenance. This may be the calibration model that made an appearance on the carrier's flight deck in early 2012 and it could be there as part of the maintenance programme that Liaoning was undergoing when the July 2014 images were taken.

The alternative is that the mockup is part of China's future carrier programme, although this seems unlikely as there are no signs of carrier construction at the Dalian shipyard. In January 2014 a senior Chinese Communist Party official from Dalian was reported as saying that the city could build a second carrier in "six years" and also claimed that China would eventually acquire four aircraft carriers.

In 2013 the Dalian shipyard and Shanghai's Jiangnan-Changxing shipyard produced sections of aircraft carrier hulls as an exercise to demonstrate their capacity to do so. Since then, there has been no sign of carrier construction at either site, although it is possible - and likely - that blocks are being fabricated in hangars before being positioned in dry docks.

Imagery shows Liaoning, J-15 mockup at Dalian shipyard - IHS Jane's 360

 

[qwerrty]

i must be blind, where the hell is the mockup in that satellite photo?

 

[jkroo]

i must be blind, where the hell is the mockup in that satellite photo?

In the drydock and it's several dots.

 

[english_man]

In the drydock and it's several dots.

.......these dots, they must be very small........coz i cant make anything out either.

How about someone highlighting the photo of what they can see, by using a Windows 'Paint' program for example!