Model Description
Hobbymaster 1/72nd scale HA6409C J-15 Flying Shark No. 70, Aircraft Carrier Liaoning, PLAAF. Buy online at Flying Tigers.
The J-15 is a Chinese twin-engine all-weather carrier-based fighter manufactured by the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation in cooperation with the 601 Institute for the Chinese PLAN aircraft carriers. In China the J-15 is known as the Flying Shark with a NATO designation of Flanker-X2. The J-15 has the same basic airframe design as the Su-33. When the jet entered service in 2015 it was compared to the U.S. Navy’s two-seat FA-18 Super Hornet fighter. In 2018 it was announced the J-15 would stop production for the J-15B.
The Chinese J-15 began development in 2006 code named “Flying Shark”. The idea was to develop a naval variant of the Shenyang J-11 that could operate from aircraft carriers. A Russian Su-33 was acquired from Ukraine and reverse-engineered and the first prototype completed its maiden flight on August 31, 2009. The J-15 is a large and heavy aircraft for carriers, but China now operates a new class of carrier: the Type 003 carrier will be larger than the Liaoning and will use a magnetic field catapult system.
RRP £126.00
