recently reported on CCTV an interview with Naval Aviation University, the cradle of our carrier-based fighter pilots. The improved J-15 carrier-based aircraft appears to have appeared, and there is a detailed device that has caused heated discussions at home and abroad.
Some military enthusiasts have observed that there are two J-15s covered with camouflage cloth covers in the video, but in close-up close-up photos, the aircraft covered with camouflage cloth on the right side of the screen exposed the nose landing gear diagonal struts and ejection hooks. . In response to this, an expert account focusing on Chinese aerospace on foreign social media stated that three J-15 carrier-based fighters appeared in the video, and one of the two gray-painted aircraft may be the long-rumored J-15T prototype. machine.
As early as 2017, it was reported that the J-15 was successfully ejected from a land-based electromagnetic catapult in Huangdi Village for the first time. The difference between the F-15T and the F-15 is that due to the extremely high acceleration and huge traction exerted by the ejection hook during the catapult takeoff, the catapult version of the F-15 needs to redesign the entire nose landing gear and strengthen the fuselage, so its nose landing gear is stronger. The shock-absorbing hydraulic prop is longer and wider.
is also equipped with an ejection hook at the front end of the torsion arm, and an anti-slip rod joint is added at the rear end. Moreover, the new nose landing gear also has the ability to adjust the formation of buffer struts. It is lowered during ejection so that the hook can hook the slider, and when the end of the deck is separated from the slider, the nose landing gear is extended to improve the lift of the wing.
At present, the two aircraft carriers of my country’s Liaoning and Shandong are ski-jump take-off/blocking landing methods. It has been widely rumoured for many times that my country’s next-generation aircraft carriers may adopt ejection devices. Due to the achievements of Ma Weiming’s team in electromagnetic ejection technology, it is a matter of course for the aircraft carriers to be equipped with electromagnetic ejection devices. However, the American Ford-class aircraft carrier equipped with electromagnetic catapults went the wrong way. It is still malfunctioning. Why do we have to develop a catapult take-off aircraft carrier?
In fact, compared with catapult takeoff, ski jump takeoff reduces the cost and complexity of the aircraft carrier, and can also reduce the load-bearing structure of the ship. However, the ski-jump take-off relies on the engine with a large thrust-to-weight ratio, which limits the take-off weight, so the load of the carrier aircraft is reduced, and the efficiency is not as high as the catapult take-off. If the J-15 can be ejected and taken off, it will significantly increase its combat load such as fuel and weapons, further enhance the combat capability of the carrier-based aircraft and expand its combat range.
Ma Weiming
pointed out that the Russian media military website "topwar" pointed out that the electromagnetic ejection system will give the J-15 carrier aircraft a new life at sea. At present, the J-15 is the only carrier-based aircraft in China. As China's first carrier-equipped aircraft carrier with a catapult is nearly completed, they may develop a catapult version of the FC-31 in the future, but they may also develop new ones. Of unmanned carrier-based aircraft. It is worth noting that one of the reports briefly mentioned the replacement WS-10 engine.
