Shenyang next gen combat aircraft (?J-XDS)

[Alfa_Particle]

Could it also be possible that this belongs to an unknown model of UADF? I.e. not the ones we've seen at the 9-3 parade or at the parade's training base beforehand.

I did consider this, but really, what are the chances of them producing a UADF that has almost the exact same characteristics as the J-XD-S? They already have lower end ones that are almost like a mini-J-XDS already. The point of a high end UADF with high overlaps with the J-XD-S seems kinda of null in point to me.

 

[Tomboy]

I certainly do. Except the only UADF that utilises AMWs has a completely different intake shape (what I meant by backwards swept intakes [blended under the wings]).

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Fair enough, but isn't this rather small for a full sized model? J-XDS should be about as long as J-20 but much wider, it is doubtful they'll be able to fit it on a flatbed without much disassembly.

 

[Alfa_Particle]

Fair enough, but isn't this rather small for a full sized model? J-XDS should be about as long as J-20 but much wider, it is doubtful they'll be able to fit it on a flatbed without much disassembly.

Without other objects as a size reference I wouldn't be so sure about it being "small." We don't know the angle and position of the airframe relative to the camera, so that might just be some weird optical illusion.

 

[Alfa_Particle]

Good drawing on what's roughly missing (from @tsingchih on Twitter):

 

[siegecrossbow]

Good drawing on what's roughly missing (from @tsingchih on Twitter):
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Pretty much all the control surfaces. My guess is that engines are not there either.

 

[taxiya]

This is almost CERTAINLY the J-XD-S. The tips (or the lack thereof really) of the wings match up exactly with the AMWs' profile. The wing profile and backwards swept intake (that are fully blended under the wing) further reaffirms that.

You do realise the UADFs also have AMWTs and shares the lambda wing profile as J-XDS

I think the feature that tells apart J-XD-S and UADF is the hump in the wrapped one whose location matches the base of cockpit. The UADF is smoth.

 

[taxiya]

Fair enough, but isn't this rather small for a full sized model? J-XDS should be about as long as J-20 but much wider, it is doubtful they'll be able to fit it on a flatbed without much disassembly.

size isn't really an issue because the thing doesn't need much space from the flatbed to sit on. See the trasportation of FC-31, most of it is hanging outside.

 

[siegecrossbow]

size isn't really an issue because the thing doesn't need much space from the flatbed to sit on. See the trasportation of FC-31, most of it is hanging outside.
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If this is the real plane then it is not that large at least cross sectional wise.

 

[Tomboy]

If this is the real plane then it is not that large at least cross sectional wise.

That's a FC-31

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Someone got a top-down view.

So what's the verdict?