Shenyang next gen combat aircraft thread

Kich

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The gap between the belly of the fuselage is the only perplexing thing about this design. I feel there's no need to have it and it actually might limit the size of the IWB. Smoothing out the belly won't create drag and logical should improve overall stealth.

Maybe Shenyang is just focused on the flying characteristics for now and not the overall stealth at this stage. This gap might not be there in a future prototype design like the design maturation from the FC-31 to J-35.

In the end what do I know, I'm not an aerospace engineer.
 

Mearex

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The gap between the belly of the fuselage is the only perplexing thing about this design. I feel there's no need to have it and it actually might limit the size of the IWB. Smoothing out the belly won't create drag and logical should improve overall stealth.

Maybe Shenyang is just focused on the flying characteristics for now and not the overall stealth at this stage. This gap might not be there in a future prototype design like the design maturation from the FC-31 to J-35.

In the end what do I know, I'm not an aerospace engineer.
I will cope to the ends of the earth that it doesn’t have that groove
 
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