Ask anything Thread (Air Force)

[gongolongo]

The comments do raise a good question, though. How did the two pilots end up so close to each other after ejection, assuming that one didn't crawl to the other's location? Seems fishy.

Is it not crazy to think they crawled or walked to each other after?

 

[Akame]

Does anyone know anything about new AAM projects?

 

[Boubalord]

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So...with that...carryon!

Hey , please do you have any photographs of the CH-3A and CH-4 Ground Control Stations?
Thank you.

I'm new here and I don't know my way around.

 

[ficker22]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1536972871741865984

Hi, how much sense does this make for China? Wouldnt make under wing or wing tip carry more stealthy?


Also with CL-20 now in mass production, can we miniturarise this a bit and fit 2x of these per J-20 side bay?


Note in the follow up tweet, the new missile is same width (wrt to fins not main body) as IRIS-T but much less in height (X-finsnon IRIS-T) , so could volume wise already fit 2 pieces per J-20 Side bay already assuming PL-10 is slightly larger, but with less range, than IRIS-T according to Wikipedia.

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[Schwerter_]

Hi, how much sense does this make for China?

None I guess, according to Diehl this is still in the concept design phase, AKA they haven't even started thinking what the actual design would look like, and the model is most likely a placeholder that bears little to no resemblence to the final product. To be honest the square shape (at least to me) feels more like an effort to get as much volume as possible out of the limited space of the weapons bay than anything else, which kinda makes sense because 1. as mentioned weapons bay volume is limited and any way of getting more stuff in there would be a plus; and 2. at least from the current concept pictures FCAS (the platform that this is designed to work with) has no side bays so designing a conveniently shaped short-range missile that can easily fit into the main bay without taking up too much space is desirable.

just my personal take tho.

 

[Heyolemayo]

Why's it feel like news about the dual seater J-20 has been sort of scarce? We got some blurry primer pics, then some blurry painted pics. When do the 4k res images drop?

 

[Kch]

Hi, this is my first post and I hope it is in the correct thread. My query is whether any one has any inputs of PLAAF converting J-7 fighters into drones, as they have done for J-6 fighters?

 

[Andy1974]

Will @Loveleenkr ever post a message?

 

[Aval]

What's the latest on the WS-15 engine?

 

[Michaelsinodef]

What's the latest on the WS-15 engine?

Likely to be undergoing testing right now, so maybe only like 1-2 years away from low production.

At least, that was what I kinda gathered from the engine thread?