Another good annotation by @tsingchih:
Shenyang next gen combat aircraft (?J-XDS)
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Now that we can see it together with more tangible things (cars, bikes, etc.) in the background, can anyone more accurately measure the dimension of the aircraft by making a relative comparison to those things?
That way we can confirm whether it's as big as a flanker, or approximate size of its IWB by comparing the calculated length with another picture that clearly shows its IWB..
This is quite rare tbh, perhaps the only one for years to come, where we get such a clear picture, albeit having to approximate the missing, movable parts.
If we take wheelbase=2.7, it'll be about 20 meters long, and taking 3 or 2.5 gives about 22 or 18 meters long.
Could you please also try to extrapolate the wingspan? Thx!
Tbh that's harder since the wingtips aren't present
I am pretty sure that the two white vans are from either police, PAP or company's security team which used to be PAP detachment in the old times. You can also see two police cars (engine hood) by the road side with one having warning lights on. I am sure there are some other white vans and police cars ahead out of the photo.
It is strange that we have never seen photos or videos that CAC does the same thing (transporting airframe with wings attached to Yanliang for test). When FC-31 did this one may be able to argue that J-20 was made more traditionally, transported with wings detached then reattached in Xian. But it is hard to argue the same reason when J-36 is made from latest tech as SAC has.
I can only think that CAC has its own rig in Chengdu for whatever test that SAC has to send to Yanliang.
I can only think that CAC has its own rig in Chengdu for whatever test that SAC has to send to Yanliang.